# Judka Frenk (b.1796) <!-- AUTO:BEGIN β€” generated from GEDCOM; do not edit, overwritten on rebuild --> > πŸ”΅ **Bernstein β€” Ozzy's side** Β· Relationship to Ozzy: **5x great-grandfather** ![[I507522.jpg|220]] **Born** ~1796 β€” [[Podzamcze]] **Died** aft 1855 β€” [[Podzamcze]] **Parents** [[Herszek (d.1818)]] Β· [[Chana (d.1841)]] **Spouses** [[Bajla Felyat (b.1800)]] Β· [[Dwojra Syma (b.1801)]] **Children** [[Herszek Frenk (b.1815)]] Β· [[Mirla Frenk (b.1819)]] Β· [[Dawid Frenk (b.1821)]] Β· [[Esterka Frenk (b.1826)]] **Siblings** [[PLACEHOLDER Abram Ber Frenk (b.1790)]] Β· [[PLACEHOLDER Rayzla (b.1813)]] **πŸ“Έ Media β€” from MyHeritage** ![[I507522_1.jpg|180]] ![[I507522_2.jpg|180]] *GEDCOM I507522 Β· Bernstein tree Β· synced 2026-07-01* <!-- AUTO:END --> ## Narrative Judka Frenk was a Jew of [[Podzamcze]] β€” the suburb below the castle at [[Łęczna]] β€” born about 1796, the son of [[Herszek (d.1818)]] and [[Chana (d.1841)]].[^parents] He married twice. His first wife was [[Bajla Felyat (b.1800)]], the mother of his children; after her he married, in 1846, [[Dwojra Syma (b.1801)]]. That second marriage is the record that fixes his age: the 1846 act (No. 6) enters him as fifty years old, pointing to a birth about 1796.[^marriage] His children β€” [[Herszek Frenk (b.1815)]], [[Mirla Frenk (b.1819)]], [[Dawid Frenk (b.1821)]] and [[Esterka Frenk (b.1826)]] β€” carry the family on, the eldest named, in the Ashkenazi way, for Judka's own late father Herszek.[^children] He was still living after 1855.[^death] His birth year is, however, entangled in a wider puzzle about this family's recorded ages. Some of his children's records imply the parents were born back in the 1780s, yet the 1846 marriage age (fifty) and other evidence point to Judka and his wife being born nearer 1800 β€” so the "1780s" readings are probably inflated. The tangle reaches up to his parents, whose own candidate death records disagree by years; it is left unresolved.[^ages] [^parents]: Son of [[Herszek (d.1818)]] and [[Chana (d.1841)]] (GEDCOM/MyHeritage). Born ~1796 (from his 1846 marriage age of 50), [[Podzamcze]]. [^marriage]: Second-marriage record, to [[Dwojra Syma (b.1801)]], 1846, akt No. 6 (family MyHeritage biography): Judka entered as aged 50 (β†’ b.~1796). [scan](https://www.szukajwarchiwach.gov.pl/skan/-/skan/d8fb5fe6c6e46ef4ee739f216b562367117843c28625902f9968259ed4db84e5) (not yet read directly). His first wife (mother of his children) was [[Bajla Felyat (b.1800)]]. [^children]: Children (with first wife [[Bajla Felyat (b.1800)]]) per the GEDCOM/MyHeritage record: [[Herszek Frenk (b.1815)]], [[Mirla Frenk (b.1819)]], [[Dawid Frenk (b.1821)]], [[Esterka Frenk (b.1826)]]. [^death]: Died after 1855 (frontmatter; not precisely documented), [[Podzamcze]]. [^ages]: Age-consistency problem across the Frenk family (see [[Herszek (d.1818)]] / [[Chana (d.1841)]]): several children's records imply 1780s births for the parents, but Judka's 1846 marriage age (50 β†’ b.~1796) and the ~1800 birth implied for his wife point to a later generation; the "1780s" ages are likely exaggerated. Unresolved. ## Research *(your reasoning β€” preserved across every rebuild)* - **1846 second-marriage record (to [[Dwojra Syma (b.1801)]], akta 6) β€” age 50 β†’ b.~1796.** The anchor for Judka's birth year. First wife [[Bajla Felyat (b.1800)]] (mother of his children). - **Age-exaggeration puzzle:** the family's records disagree on the generations' birth years β€” see [[Herszek (d.1818)]] and [[Chana (d.1841)]] (parents) for the linked candidate-record contradictions. - **Speculative lead (unconfirmed):** twins Syma & Zlota born 14 Dec 1823 in Łęczna to "Icek Szmulowicz," wife "Bayla Mendlow" (akta 163) β€” flagged in the family biography as "worth looking into" for a possible tie to Judka/Bajla; **not confirmed** and probably a different family (patronymic Szmulowicz, wife's surname Mendlow). [scan](https://photos.szukajwarchiwach.gov.pl/32327ff54402638ca47c57d574aac83b6f0a9aad23973d26f1c9cfc18a37c361_max) ## Evidence ## Open questions - **Read the 1846 marriage scan (akta 6) directly** to confirm the age/parents and add to Evidence. [scan](https://www.szukajwarchiwach.gov.pl/skan/-/skan/d8fb5fe6c6e46ef4ee739f216b562367117843c28625902f9968259ed4db84e5) - **The 1823 twins record (akta 163)** β€” test or drop the "worth looking into" lead (Icek Szmulowicz / Bayla Mendlow); on its face a different family. - **Judka's own birth/parents** β€” bound up with the [[Herszek (d.1818)]] / [[Chana (d.1841)]] age-and-identity tangle.