Shon Gilel Davidovich (9.05.1917, Gostiņi, Latvia) – worker. He was born into the family of merchant Shon David Naumovich (1872, Riga – 1939, Gostiņi, Latvia) and Shon Khana Borisovna (1882, Gostiņi – killed by the Nazis in 1941). He completed gymnasium (1933), worked as a salesman at Shkolnik's store (1933, Pļaviņas), at Frida's store (1934–1939, Riga), served in the Latvian Army (1939–1940), worked as a fitter at the VEF plant (1940–1941), was evacuated to Zakamsk, Perm Region, where he was a worker at Ukrneftstroy (1941–1943), and was a worker at construction-installation unit No. 104 (1943–1946, Voroshilovsk, Gorky Region). On arriving in Riga he worked as a supply agent at the Maritime Trade School (1946–1950), as a supply agent and warehouse manager, and from 1963 as a process engineer at “Sarkanā Zvaigzne” (1950–1969).

In his marriage to Shon (née Skutskaya) Bella Solomonovna (1926), son Shon Sholom Gillevich (b. 1947, Riga) and daughter Shon Anna Gillevna (b. 1955, Riga) were born.

In 1969 he received permission to emigrate to Israel, where his sister Sharoni (née Shon) Genya Davidovna (1914, Gostiņi) had been living since 1933.

N. Voronova

Shon David Naumovich (1872–1939) – father
Shon Khana Borisovna (1882–1941) – mother
Shon Shleima Davidovich (1913, Gostiņi – killed by the Nazis in 1941) – brother
Sharoni (née Shon) Genya Davidovna (1914) – sister
Kovnat (née Shon) Meri Davidovna (1918, Gostiņi – killed by the Nazis in 1941, Koknese) – sister
Shon (née Skutskaya) Bella Solomonovna (1926) – wife
Shon Sholom Gillevich (1947) – son
Shon Anna Gillevna (1955) – daughter