{geni:occupation} Glazier for 3 months of the year, the rest of year sold Spices and Haberdashery
{geni:about_me} [http://www.jewishgen.org/austriaczech/Matusikova.htm Czech Archival Sources]; ..in 1797 '''Elias''' took on the surname '''Glaser''' for himself and his unmarried sons '''Simon''', '''Löbl''' and '''Isaak'''. '''Elias''' is the first member of the '''Glaser''' family in [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Postoloprty Postoloprty] (Postelberg [http://www.hugogold.com/bohemia/postelberg.pdf Hugo Gold hist.]), Bohemia who can definitely be verifiedin the sources. His adoption of the surname '''Glaser''' is confirmed in the records of the manorial administration of the estate of Postoloprty, currently held in the Regional State Archives in Třeboň. Among other documents, this archive contains official confirmations of adoptions of new first names and surnames by Jews from 1787 onward. As a glazier, '''Elias Wolf''' was in 1759 allowed to get married to '''Barbara Löwenfeld''' ('''Löbl'''). Their 4 sons can only be found in the Book of Jewish families, because the Jewish vital registers in Postoloprty only started in 1788. Oldest son '''Wolf''' was allowed to marry '''Kressel''' ('''Katharina''') '''Kofman''' and gained his own position of licensed Jew on the estate of [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lene%C5%A1ice Lenešice] (okres Louny), Bohemia.

'''Wolf'''s sons; '''Michael''' (1787), '''Pinkas''' (1791) and '''Löwy''' (1796) were born there, while '''Elias''' (1807) and '''Moises''' (1810) were born in Postoloprty, because '''Wolf''' was invited back to occupy his father’s position as licensed Jew there. We do not know how many daughters were born to the family, because the Books of Jewish families only record sons...