# Leyzor Blusztajn (b.1822) <!-- AUTO:BEGIN — generated from GEDCOM; do not edit, overwritten on rebuild --> > 🔵 **Bernstein — Ozzy's side** · Relationship to Ozzy: **in-law (married into the family)** **Born** ~1822 — [[Łęczna]] **Parents** [[Abram Blusztajn (b.1781)]] · [[Rajzla (b.1784)]] **Spouse** Fayga Hochman **Children** Abram Rubin Blusztajn · Sura Maryja Blusztajn · Chaja Frejda Blusztajn · Estera Blusztajn · Rajzla Blusztajn · Chil Blusztajn **Siblings** [[Cyrla Blusztajn (b.1808)]] · [[Laja Dwojra Blusztajn (b.1812)]] · [[Icek Dawid Blusztajn (b.1821)]] · [[Laia Blusztajn (b.1824)]] *GEDCOM I519561 · Bernstein tree · synced 2026-07-01* <!-- AUTO:END --> ## Narrative **Leyzor Blusztajn** — recorded in the town's Treasury papers as **Lejzor Blusztein** — was a Łęczna Jew, born there about 1822, son of [[Abram Blusztajn (b.1781)]] and [[Rajzla (b.1784)]]. He belonged to one of Łęczna's established Jewish families: his father Abram sat on the town's Jewish supervisory board in 1834, and Blusztajns recur through the town records across the century. He first appears in his own right as a young man of about eighteen, on the wrong side of the excise. When the Łęczna Treasury office drew up its **register of persons who had defrauded the 1840 consumption tax on vodka** (compiled 24 March / 5 April 1841), his name stood as **entry 11 — "Lejzor Blusztein," charged with 1 *garniec* 1 *kwarta*** of untaxed vodka.[^defraud] His was among the smallest amounts on a list running to some ninety-four *garnce*; other townsmen of the family appear on the same sheet — a joint entry for **Tojna and Danhil Blusztein** (with Abraham Abuś Wasman) for five *garnce*, and, a couple of lines below Leyzor, the tavern-keeper and former propination-lessee **[[Chaim Edelsztajn (b.1779)]]** for six.[^defraud] Petty evasion of the vodka duty was an ordinary feature of a small Jewish trading town where much of the household economy turned on liquor. He married Fayga Hochman. He was still — or again — living in Łęczna at mid-century: the town's **1866 liquidation table** records him as the holder of two household plots, No. 332 and No. 436, entered in Cyrillic as *"Блюнштейнъ Лейзоръ."*[^liq] [^defraud]: *Miasto Łęczna* administrative file vol. VIII, AGAD 1/191/0/-/3648, jedn. 17742785, sc.[125](https://www.szukajwarchiwach.gov.pl/en/jednostka/-/jednostka/17742785?p_p_id=Jednostka&_Jednostka_delta=1&_Jednostka_cur=125): *"Wykaz Osób defraudujących podatek Konsumpcyjny od Wódki z 1840 przy Urzędzie Skarbowym Łęczna,"* dated Łęczna 24 Mar / 5 Apr 1841 — entry 11 "Lejzor Blusztein" (1 garniec 1 kwarta); entry 8 the "Blusztyny" (Tojna and Danhil Blusztein, with Abraham Abuś Wasman, 5 garnce joint); entry 13 "Chaim Edelsztyn" (6 garnce). Read from the scan 2026-07-06. [^liq]: Łęczna liquidation table, APL *Zbiór tabel likwidacyjnych*, jedn. 2766805, Jewish town-residents section, households No. 332 (scan [22](https://www.szukajwarchiwach.gov.pl/en/jednostka/-/jednostka/2766805?p_p_id=Jednostka&_Jednostka_delta=1&_Jednostka_cur=22)) and No. 436 (scan 28), *"Лейзоръ Блюнштейнъ"* (read 2026-07-02). ## Research *(your reasoning — preserved across every rebuild)* **Recorded spellings:** *Blusztajn* (vault/GEDCOM), **Blusztein / Blusztyn** (1840 Treasury register), *Блюнштейнъ* (Cyrillic, 1866 table). Given name *Leyzor / Lejzor*. **1840 vodka consumption-tax defraud register — *Miasto Łęczna* vol. VIII (AGAD 1/191/0/-/3648, jedn. 17742785), read from the scan 2026-07-06.** - **Entry 11: "Lejzor Blusztein" — 1 *garniec* 1 *kwarta*** of vodka, on the Łęczna Treasury's register of 1840 consumption-tax defrauders (compiled 24 Mar / 5 Apr 1841). sc.[125](https://www.szukajwarchiwach.gov.pl/en/jednostka/-/jednostka/17742785?p_p_id=Jednostka&_Jednostka_delta=1&_Jednostka_cur=125). - **Identification — confirmed by disambiguation.** The vault holds two Leyzor Blusztajn: **this one (b.1822)** and **[[Leyzor Blusztajn (d.1836)]]**. The latter was already dead by 1840, so the 1840 register can only be **this** man (b.1822, then ~18) — himself continuous with the *"Лейзоръ Блюнштейнъ"* who held Łęczna plots 332 & 436 on the 1866 table. ## Evidence ![[Leczna-1840-vodka-defraud-register jedn17742785 sc125.jpg]] *1840 vodka consumption-tax defraud register, Łęczna Treasury (dated 24 Mar / 5 Apr 1841) — **entry 11 "Lejzor Blusztein," 1 garniec 1 kwarta** (also entry 8 the Blusztyny, and entry 13 Chaim Edelsztyn). *Miasto Łęczna* vol. VIII, AGAD 1/191/0/-/3648, jedn. 17742785, sc.[125](https://www.szukajwarchiwach.gov.pl/en/jednostka/-/jednostka/17742785?p_p_id=Jednostka&_Jednostka_delta=1&_Jednostka_cur=125).* - **Łęczna liquidation table** (APL, *Zbiór tabel likwidacyjnych*, jednostka 2766805; read 2026-07-02). Households **№332 and №436** in the Jewish town-residents section (Часть III) listed as **"Блюнштейнъ Лейзоръ" (Blusztajn Lejzor)**. Scan: [household 332 (scan 22)](https://www.szukajwarchiwach.gov.pl/en/jednostka/-/jednostka/2766805?p_p_id=Jednostka&_Jednostka_delta=1&_Jednostka_cur=22). ![[Leczna-liq-1866_Blusztajn-Lejzor_hh332.jpg]] *Łęczna liquidation table (scan 22), hh 332: **Блюнштейнъ Лейзоръ** — Leyzor Blusztajn.* ![[Leczna-liq-1866_Blusztajn-Lejzor_hh436.jpg]] *Scan 28, hh 436: **Лейзоръ Блюнштейнъ** — Leyzor Blusztajn.* ## Open questions - **Tojna and Danhil (Daniel?) Blusztein — further Łęczna Blusztajn family, not in the vault.** They appear jointly (entry 8, with Abraham Abuś Wasman) on the same 1840 vodka-defraud register (jedn. 17742785, sc.[125](https://www.szukajwarchiwach.gov.pl/en/jednostka/-/jednostka/17742785?p_p_id=Jednostka&_Jednostka_delta=1&_Jednostka_cur=125)). Relationship to Leyzor (b.1822) / his father [[Abram Blusztajn (b.1781)]] unknown — likely kin. No matching profile found (searched 2026-07-06). Flag for a possible new-profile decision.