# Szmul Edelsztajn (b.1810) <!-- AUTO:BEGIN — generated from GEDCOM; do not edit, overwritten on rebuild --> > 🔵 **Bernstein — Ozzy's side** · Relationship to Ozzy: **1st cousin 6x removed** **Born** ~1810 — [[Łęczna]] **Died** 1811 — [[Łęczna]] **Parents** [[Pejsach Edelsztajn (b.1764)]] · [[Chana (b.1771)]] **Siblings** [[Szyia Edelsztajn (b.1785)]] · [[Herszek Edelsztajn (b.1790)]] · [[Wolf Edelsztajn (b.1790)]] · [[Tyla Edelsztajn (b.1800)]] · [[Elo Edelsztajn (b.1800)]] · [[Ryfka Edelsztajn (b.1801)]] · [[Judka Edelsztajn (b.1804)]] · [[Laja Edelsztajn (b.1809)]] · [[Symcha Edelsztajn (d.1831)]] ### Biography — from MyHeritage [Death record](https://szukajwarchiwach.gov.pl/skan/-/skan/d0098c26a967cf1a2cf87f168be75afec94efc3bc7ad2e5869624820b8ae18d3) - akta 26 *GEDCOM I519048 · Bernstein tree · synced 2026-07-01* <!-- AUTO:END --> ## Research *(your reasoning — preserved across every rebuild)* **RETRACTED — the "1841 Szmul Edelsztajn" candidate was wrong on two counts (re-read from the scans 2026-07-06).** An earlier note here proposed that a "Szmul Edelsztajn" among the Łęczna tavern-keepers in the 1840–41 propination/vodka-tax dispute (*Miasto Łęczna vol. VIII*, jedn 17742785) was this man. Reading the scans by eye shows it is **not**: 1. **This Szmul died in infancy in 1811** (frontmatter `died: 1811`; Łęczna death act 26) — he could not be an 1841 adult tavern-keeper at all. 2. **The record's man is "Aron Szmul *Edelsberg*," a different surname and family, not Edelsztajn.** Read directly: sc.[99](https://www.szukajwarchiwach.gov.pl/en/jednostka/-/jednostka/17742785?p_p_id=Jednostka&_Jednostka_delta=1&_Jednostka_cur=99) — *"Nazywam się **Aron Szmul Edelsberg, lat mam 44**"* (→ b.~1797), married, seven children, tavern-keeper; and he signs the tavern-keepers' petition sc.[112](https://www.szukajwarchiwach.gov.pl/en/jednostka/-/jednostka/17742785?p_p_id=Jednostka&_Jednostka_delta=1&_Jednostka_cur=112) as **"Szmul Edelsberg,"** on the same sheet where **Chaim Edelstein** (= [[Chaim Edelsztajn (b.1779)]]) signs separately — the two surnames are distinct. In the 1843 witness list (sc.51) too, "Aron Szmul Edelsberg" (#8) and "Chaim Edelsztejn" (#7) stand as separate men. **Aron Szmul Edelsberg is not in the vault and is a distinct family; no genuine "Szmul Edelsztajn" appears in vol VIII.** Extraction context: [[Łęczna - 1841-1852 - Miasto Łęczna vol VIII]]. *(The only other Szmul Edelsztajn in the vault, [[Szmul Szloma Edelsztajn (b.1846)]], was born after 1841 — also not the man.)* ## Evidence ## Open questions