Shiah's first wife, Miriam, was the mother of their son, Ezriel. She died in 1883 and he later married Sprintze Yawitz, a divorcee with no children. They became the parents of Sarah Oifman Malamud, Morris Hoffman, Meyer Hoffman, Isaac Hoffman, Chana Fayge Hoffman and Ruchel (Rose) Hoffman Ehrlich.

    Ezriel Oifman, Shiah's oldest son, emigrated to the U.S. in 1903 to avoid further army conscription. This was prior to the Russo-Japanese war. He was very close to the Gralnek and Gervich cousins, who had already settled in Iowa. Ezriel was married to Muntze Klarfeld. He had been a teacher in Nikolayev, and owned a large family grocery store in Marshalltown, Iowa. Max Gralnek described Ezriel as extremely learned and religious.

   Shiah and Sprintze's son, Morris, was the next one of his children to emigrate to the U.S. He lived in Rock Island, II. and St. Louis. He was married to Freida and their one daughter, Florence Korn, later settled in California with her family. Morris died in 1966 at age 81.

   Isaac, Shiah's youngest son worked in a tannery in Nikolayev, (earning one dollar per day) to save enough for his trip to the U.S., at age 19. The trip cost about $100. He sailed on the "Maine" from Bremen, Germany and landed in Baltimore in December, 1912. Isaac worked as a tailor in St. Louis and later owned his own cleaning shop. It was only in the last few years that Isaac moved away from downtown St. Louis and the building he owned, when he sold the property for a large redevelopment project. Isaac remained single, as did his sister Chana Fayge, and they shared the apartment above his shop. Isaac's photo was in the newspaper a few years ago, shown conducting the religious services in downtown St. Louis for the business-men who worked there.