According to family lore, Mendel was blind.
Note on death record says that Mendel is from Dotnuva which is 24 miles NW of Jonava.
1870 tax records list Mendel Gutman in Dotnuva, 1 in family.
May have had an infant child: Khaim Aizik Gutman
[1944]- born Feb 8, 1889, died on Oct 15, 1889 (dates may be Julian calendar)
- death registered in Dotnuva JC
- mother of infant: Elka Kovler, daughter of Iosel Kovler.
May have had a child, Tsipe Gutman
- died April 1, 1883 in Dotnuva at age 2
- respiratory failure