# Bajla Frenk (b.1857) <!-- AUTO:BEGIN — generated from GEDCOM; do not edit, overwritten on rebuild --> > 🔵 **Bernstein — Ozzy's side** · Relationship to Ozzy: **3x great-grandmother · also 1st cousin 4x removed *(2 ancestral lines)*** ![[I504415.jpg|220]] **Born** 02/20/1857 — [[Łęczna]] **Died** 01/15/1919 — [[Łęczna]] **Parents** [[Dawid Frenk (b.1821)]] · [[Syma Fajga Grynblat (b.1826)]] **Spouse** [[Jojna Berek Hamerman (b.1839)]] **Children** [[Moszek Mortko Hamerman (b.1881)]] · [[Dawid Hamerman (b.1890)]] · [[Wolf Hamerman (b.1895)]] · [[Chaim Hamerman (d.1888)]] **Siblings** [[Ruchla Frenk (b.1859)]] · [[Judko Hersz Frenk (b.1862)]] · [[Sosia Estera Frenk (b.1866)]] · [[Mordko Frenk (b.1871)]] · [[Abram Icek Frenk (b.1878)]] · [[Mordka Ber Frenk (b.1843)]] · [[Laja Frenk (b.1845)]] · [[Chana Frenk (b.1848)]] · [[Sura Rywa Frenk (b.1852)]] **📸 Media — from MyHeritage** ![[I504415_1.jpg|180]] ![[I504415_2.jpg|180]] ![[I504415_3.jpg|180]] ![[I504415_4.jpg|180]] ### How you're related — 2 distinct paths *These are genuinely separate bloodlines (the family intermarried), not the same line counted twice.* - **3x great-grandmother** — [[Bajla Frenk (b.1857)]] → [[Moszek Mortko Hamerman (b.1881)]] → [[Yona Hamerman (b.1911)]] → [[Sara Hamerman (b.1943)]] → [[Gila Barbanel (b.1977)]] → [[Azriel Yosef Bernstein (b.2000)]] - **1st cousin 4x removed** — [[Bajla Frenk (b.1857)]] → [[Syma Fajga Grynblat (b.1826)]] → [[Chaim Grynblat (b.1812)]] → [[Moszek Hersz Grynblat (b.1839)]] → [[Maryia Grynblat (b.1876)]] → [[Yona Hamerman (b.1911)]] → [[Sara Hamerman (b.1943)]] → [[Gila Barbanel (b.1977)]] → [[Azriel Yosef Bernstein (b.2000)]] *GEDCOM I504415 · Bernstein tree · synced 2026-07-01* <!-- AUTO:END --> ## Narrative Bajla — named **Bejla** at her birth ceremony — was born in [[Łęczna]] on **20 February 1857** (the 8th by the old calendar), at ten in the evening.[^birth] Her father, [[Dawid Frenk (b.1821)]], was a **shoemaker** (*szewc*) of the town; her mother was [[Syma Fajga Grynblat (b.1826)]], of the Łęczna Grynblats.[^birth][^death] The birth was registered on 28 February before the civil registrar Ludwik Danüsteü, Dawid declaring that he could not write, so the two witnesses — a baker and a factor — signed for him.[^birth] Bajla grew up in a shoemaking household, and shoemakers would bracket her life at both ends: the men who reported her death two generations later were of the same trade. She married [[Jojna Berek Hamerman (b.1839)]] and had several children in Łęczna, among them [[Moszek Mortko Hamerman (b.1881)]], [[Dawid Hamerman (b.1890)]] and [[Wolf Hamerman (b.1895)]]; a son Chaim died young in 1888. Through her mother's Grynblat family the Frenk, Grynblat and Hamerman lines were already knotted together — which is why Bajla stands in Ozzy's tree along two separate paths at once. By the end of her life she was a widow. On **15 November 1919**, at five in the afternoon, "**Bajla Hamerman, widow**," aged **sixty-two**, died in Łęczna; her death act names her plainly as "**daughter of Dawid Frenk and Syma née Grynblat**," fixing her parentage from her own record.[^death] The death was reported the next afternoon, 16 November, by two Łęczna **shoemakers** — Szloma Lipszyc, aged seventy, and Jankiel Grynholc, aged thirty-five — both of whom declared they could not write.[^death] (Her death is entered under the date 15 November 1919 in the register; the family tree's "15 January 1919" appears to be a month error — see Open questions.) [^birth]: Birth act no. 18, Łęczna civil register, dated 16/28 February 1857, read directly from the scan. Father **Dawid Frenk**, *szewc* (shoemaker), aged 30, of Łęczna, presented a female child born in Łęczna on **8/20 February 1857 at 10 p.m.** of his wife **Syma**, aged 21; the child was given the name **Bejla** at the religious ceremony. Witnesses: Jankiel Goldflarb, baker, 32, and Srul Lewit, factor, 43, both of Łęczna (signed in Hebrew); the father declared he could not write. Registrar: Ludwik Danüsteü. (Image "Baila Frenk birth" on this profile.) [^death]: Death act no. 29, Łęczna civil register, dated **16 November 1919**, read directly from the scan. Declarants **Szloma Lipszyc**, shoemaker (*szewc*), 70, and **Jankiel Grynholc**, shoemaker, 35, both of Łęczna, declared that "yesterday" — **15 November 1919 at 5 p.m.** — died in Łęczna **Bajla Hamerman, widow**, aged **62**, "**córka Dawida Frenka i Symy z Grinblatów**" (daughter of Dawid Frenk and Syma née Grynblat). Both witnesses declared they could not write. Age 62 → birth c. 1857. Scan: [Akta 29](https://www.szukajwarchiwach.gov.pl/skan/-/skan/7dfb00d0aa6b22d36a3d36b0cece484f18454e70569386c98ba9ded6216fc9b3). (Image "Baila Hamerman death" on this profile.) ## Research - **Birth, 1857, Łęczna (birth act no. 18).** Read directly. **Bejla Frenk**, female, born **8/20 February 1857 at 10 p.m.** in Łęczna; father **Dawid Frenk, shoemaker (szewc), 30**; mother **Syma, 21**; witnesses Jankiel Goldflarb (baker, 32) & Srul Lewit (factor, 43); father illiterate. Registrar Ludwik Danüsteü. (Image I504415_3.jpg.) - **Death, 1919, Łęczna (death act no. 29).** Read directly. **Bajla Hamerman, widow, aged 62**, died **15 November 1919 at 5 p.m.**, registered 16 November; **daughter of Dawid Frenk and Syma née Grynblat**; declarants Szloma Lipszyc (shoemaker, 70) & Jankiel Grynholc (shoemaker, 35), both illiterate. Source: [Akta 29](https://www.szukajwarchiwach.gov.pl/skan/-/skan/7dfb00d0aa6b22d36a3d36b0cece484f18454e70569386c98ba9ded6216fc9b3). (Image I504415_4.jpg.) - **Parentage** confirmed by her own death act ("daughter of Dawid Frenk and Syma née Grynblat") — [[Dawid Frenk (b.1821)]] + [[Syma Fajga Grynblat (b.1826)]]. - **Recorded ages of parents** run younger than the vault's birth years: Dawid "30" in 1857 (→ b. ~1827 vs vault 1821), Syma "21" in 1857 (→ b. ~1836 vs vault 1826). Likely approximate/under-stated ages in the birth act. ## Evidence - **1857 birth act (Łęczna, no. 18)** — Bejla Frenk, b. 20 Feb 1857; father Dawid Frenk (shoemaker), mother Syma. Her own birth record; fixes her birth date and parents. ![[I504415_3.jpg]] *Birth act no. 18, Łęczna civil register, 1857 — Dawid Frenk, shoemaker, registers the birth of his daughter Bejla (record image from MyHeritage).* - **1919 death act (Łęczna, no. 29)** — Bajla Hamerman, widow, aged 62, died 15 Nov 1919; daughter of Dawid Frenk and Syma née Grynblat. Her own death record; fixes her death, widowhood, and parentage. ![[I504415_4.jpg]] *Death act no. 29, Łęczna, 16 November 1919 — death of "Bajla Hamerman, widow," aged 62, daughter of Dawid Frenk and Syma née Grynblat; reported by two Łęczna shoemakers ([szukajwarchiwach scan](https://www.szukajwarchiwach.gov.pl/skan/-/skan/7dfb00d0aa6b22d36a3d36b0cece484f18454e70569386c98ba9ded6216fc9b3)).* ## Open questions - **Death date — month conflict (flag for GEDCOM/MyHeritage).** Her death act no. 29 is dated **16 November 1919** and states she died the previous day, **15 November 1919**. The family tree records "15 January 1919." The day (15) and year match; the month differs — the register clearly reads *listopada* (November). The tree's January is very likely a transcription error and should be corrected to **15 November 1919**. - **Mother's age/birth year.** The 1857 birth act gives the mother's age as 21 (→ b. ~1836), against the vault's Syma Fajga Grynblat b.1826. Whether this is an approximate age or points to a birth-year revision for [[Syma Fajga Grynblat (b.1826)]] is worth checking against Syma's own records.