Long lives....

One of the things that have surprised me, is how many Jews  lived long lives in prewar Lubaczow.

The two oldest who died in Lubaczow during that time were:
HOLZER Aron who died at the age of 99 in 1929 .
BIENENFELD nee KULMAN Ryfka who died at the age of 98 in 1937.
Their graves have not yet been located.

According to the death register, around 125 persons who died from September 1914 to December 1938  had reached the age of 80 and more. 
Out of these,  23 persons were age 90 and more.


1915
Chaja Tauba MOND nee EHLBAUM   90 years old
Simszon SCHAECHTER    95 years old

1916
Izak STAZ r. LICHTER    90 years old

1917
Joel KATZ    93 years old

1919 
Gitla MEISELS nee KELCZ   90 years old

1920
Hersz Leib MAJERAN    90 years old

1921
Ronia NADEL nee BIRKEN    90 years old

1922
Jakob STEINBRUCH     95 years old
Gitla FEDER       90 years old
Jozef FRIEDMAN   90 years old

1924
Matla SCHAECHTER nee SPRUNG    93 years old

1926
Genendel EIGNER    90 years old

1927
Laja WEINGARTEN married FRIED    90 years old

1929
Aron HOLZER    99 years old

1931
Lea STERN nee LANDMAN    91 years and six months old

1933
Leib FUCHS    92 years old
Chaje Ester REINFELD nee SCHIROK    94 years

1934
Basia FUCHS    90 years old
Chaim Leib GOTTLIEB     91 years old

1936
Scheindla HARTMAN nee SPINDEL      90 years old
Binem KRAEMER           94 years old

1937
Jakob SCHNEK  92 years old
Ryfka BIENENFELD nee KULMAN    98 years old

Thought:
The vital records for the Jewish community in Lubaczow had been destroyed by the fire of 1899 and possibly from the warfare in WWI. Birth records only exist from the year 1914, though you can see there has been an attempt to register at least some of the births before that year.

When really old persons died back then, it seems likely that the age of the deceased  in most cases was based on what the relatives said, and not on any birth documents. A likely exception: Lea STERN was listed as being 91 years old and six months when she died. Did the family have her birth certificate?

The possibility that  the ages of these really old persons is not 100 % exact, must be taken into consideration, in my opinion. 

Even so, I believe many of the Jews of Lubaczow lived long, long lives.