Isaac Shishi’s family came to Dublin from Vieksniai in Lithuania in 1890. His father, Shaya, had five married sisters who had also come to Dublin. Their married names were Fanny Pushinsky (Purcell), Malke Eppel, Judith Lipman, Pearl Clein and Rebecca Bloomberg. Today, these families have many descendants in Ireland, South Africa and the USA.  

Isaac was born in Dublin on 29 January 1891. His sister, Rose (or Rachel), was born in Dublin on 22 April 1892. The family were living in 36 St Alban’s Road, off the South Circular Road, Dublin. In 1890,

Shaya’s father died in Lithuania. He had been a publican and had a small brewery. In 1893, Shaya, together with his wife, Ida, and their two young Irish children, Isaac and Rose, returned to Vieksniai where they had three more children. The married sisters remained in Dublin. In 1920, Rose emigrated to the United States, but Isaac stayed in Lithuania where he married Chana Garbel in 1922 and they had a daughter, Sheine Shishi, born in 1924. In 1941, Isaac Shishi, an Irish citizen, his wife, Chana, and their daughter, Sheine, were murdered by the Nazis in Vieksniai. (Birth certificates of Isaac Shishi and Rose Shishi born 1891 and 1892 are available on irishgenealogy.ie).