# Izrael Josef Friedman (b.1820) <!-- AUTO:BEGIN — generated from GEDCOM; do not edit, overwritten on rebuild --> > 🔵 **Bernstein — Ozzy's side** · Relationship to Ozzy: **4x great-grandfather** ![[I507164.jpg|220]] **Born** 03/26/1820 · House #41 — [[Rury]] **Died** 06/10/1867 — [[Wieniawa]] **Parents** [[Szajma Friedman (b.1781)]] · [[Czarna Mittelman (b.1790)]] **Spouse** [[Sylka Gitla Mandelajl (b.1823)]] **Children** [[Fajga Ita Friedman (b.1845)]] · [[Majer Wolf Friedman (b.1845)]] · [[Czarna Friedman (b.1855)]] · [[Szajma Hersz Friedman (b.1859)]] · [[Chwala Friedman (b.1866)]] **Siblings** [[Jankiel Friedman (b.1823)]] · [[Dawid Friedman (b.1827)]] · [[Icek Szmul Friedman (b.1830)]] **📸 Media — from MyHeritage** ![[I507164_1.jpg|180]] ![[I507164_2.jpg|180]] ![[I507164_3.jpg|180]] ![[I507164_4.jpg|180]] *GEDCOM I507164 · Bernstein tree · synced 2026-07-01* <!-- AUTO:END --> ## Narrative Izrael Josef Friedman was born on 26 March 1820, in house No. 41 in [[Rury]] — a village on the edge of [[Lublin]] — the son of [[Szajma Friedman (b.1781)]] and [[Czarna Mittelman (b.1790)]].[^birth] He grew up among brothers, [[Jankiel Friedman (b.1823)]], [[Dawid Friedman (b.1827)]] and [[Icek Szmul Friedman (b.1830)]], and made his life in the villages just outside Lublin.[^birth] At twenty-three he married. The marriage act, drawn at [[Wieniawa]] on 29 August 1843 before the rabbi Lejor Morgensztern, records "Izrael Josef Frydman," a bachelor of twenty-three residing in Rury and born in Lublin of Szyme and Zema Frydman, taking as his wife **[[Sylka Gitla Mandelajl (b.1823)]]** — Silka Gitla, just turned twenty, daughter of Szymon Hersz and Piri (née Wolw) Mandelajl of Wieniawa.[^marriage] The groom's mother and the bride's father stood with them, the banns had been read on the three Sabbaths of that August, and two Wieniawa sextons — Tobiasz Erlich, sixty, and Manasz Sztajnszrajber, forty — witnessed the union.[^marriage] Izrael Josef and Sylka Gitla had a large family: [[Fajga Ita Friedman (b.1845)]], [[Majer Wolf Friedman (b.1845)]], [[Czarna Friedman (b.1855)]], [[Szajma Hersz Friedman (b.1859)]] and [[Chwala Friedman (b.1866)]].[^children] He died on 10 June 1867 at [[Wieniawa]], his wife's town, at the age of forty-seven.[^death] [^birth]: Birth record, akt No. 91 (family MyHeritage biography): born 26 March 1820, house No. 41, [[Rury]]; parents [[Szajma Friedman (b.1781)]] and [[Czarna Mittelman (b.1790)]]. [scan](https://www.szukajwarchiwach.gov.pl/en/jednostka/-/jednostka/1631276?p_p_id=Jednostka&_Jednostka_delta=1&_Jednostka_cur=31) (not yet read directly — see Open questions). [^marriage]: Marriage record, [[Wieniawa]], 29 August 1843, 7 p.m. (translation on the profile, family MyHeritage biography). Rabbi Lejor Morgensztern. Groom "Izrael Josef Frydman," bachelor aged 23, residing in Rury, born in Lublin of Szyme and Zema Frydman; bride "Silka Gitla Mandelajl," aged 20, daughter of Szymon Hersz and Piri née Wolw Mandelajl of Wieniawa. Present: the groom's mother and the bride's father. Witnesses: Tobiasz Erlich (60) and Manasz Sztajnszrajber (40), both Wieniawa sextons. Banns 12, 19, 26 August. (Marriage-record image on the profile.) [^children]: Children per the GEDCOM/MyHeritage record: [[Fajga Ita Friedman (b.1845)]], [[Majer Wolf Friedman (b.1845)]], [[Czarna Friedman (b.1855)]], [[Szajma Hersz Friedman (b.1859)]], [[Chwala Friedman (b.1866)]]. [^death]: Died 10 June 1867, [[Wieniawa]] (GEDCOM/MyHeritage; death-record image on the profile, "Izrael Frydman death"). ## Research *(your reasoning — preserved across every rebuild)* - **Marriage record (Wieniawa, 29 Aug 1843) translated on the profile** — groom "Izrael Josef Frydman," 23, of Rury, born Lublin, son of Szyme + Zema; bride Sylka Gitla Mandelajl, 20, daughter of Szymon Hersz + Piri née Wolw. The bride's Mandelajl family and the Wieniawa setting are confirmed here. - Records still to **read directly from the scans**: birth akta 91 (jedn 1631276 cur=31); the marriage and death images on the profile; and an additional un-labelled scan (see Open questions). ## Evidence ## Open questions - **Read the scans directly.** Birth akta 91 ([scan](https://www.szukajwarchiwach.gov.pl/en/jednostka/-/jednostka/1631276?p_p_id=Jednostka&_Jednostka_delta=1&_Jednostka_cur=31)), the marriage and death record images on the profile, and an **un-labelled szukajwarchiwach scan** cited in the family biography ([scan](https://szukajwarchiwach.gov.pl/skan/-/skan/0050f445e3964f7ffb94339d13f3217767a6fc70c7fbdedb23d78ad348d1f27e)) are not yet read here; confirm the birth/death details and identify the unlabelled scan. - **Name-form of his parents** — the marriage act gives them as "Szyme and Zema Frydman" (of Lublin), while the frontmatter/birth record has [[Szajma Friedman (b.1781)]] and [[Czarna Mittelman (b.1790)]]; reconcile "Zema" vs "Czarna."