# Srul Abram Friedman (b.1881) <!-- AUTO:BEGIN — generated from GEDCOM; do not edit, overwritten on rebuild --> > 🔵 **Bernstein — Ozzy's side** · Relationship to Ozzy: **2x great-grandfather** ![[I500160.jpg|220]] **Born** 03/23/1881 — [[Głusk]] **Died** 09/20/1914 — [[Głusk]] **Parents** [[Szajma Hersz Friedman (b.1859)]] · [[Ita Ryfka Stajnzalc (b.1857)]] **Spouse** [[Tauba Winer (b.1877)]] **Children** [[Sylka Gitla Friedman (b.1900)]] · [[Shamai Friedman (b.1902)]] · [[Manas Friedman (b.1903)]] · [[Chaja Friedman (b.1905)]] · [[Baila Yachet Yocheved Friedman (b.1908)]] **Siblings** [[Sura Gitla Friedman (b.1881)]] · [[Dwojra Jenta Friedman (b.1885)]] · [[Chana Ruchla Friedman (b.1885)]] · [[Prywa Buchszrajber (b.1888)]] · [[Jankiel Lejbus Buchszrajber (b.1890)]] **📸 Media — from MyHeritage** ![[I500160_1.jpg|180]] ![[I500160_2.jpg|180]] ![[I500160_3.jpg|180]] *GEDCOM I500160 · Bernstein tree · synced 2026-07-01* <!-- AUTO:END --> ## Narrative Srul Abram Friedman was born in the *posad* of **[[Głusk]]**, near Lublin, in the small hours of **23 March 1881** (11 March by the old calendar) — the **elder of twins**.[^birth] His father, [[Szajma Hersz Friedman (b.1859)]], was a young merchant of Głusk, only twenty-one; his mother was [[Ita Ryfka Stajnzalc (b.1857)]], recorded at the birth as Ryfka Ita née Sztajnzalc, aged twenty-two.[^birth] The infant was named **Srul-Abram** at his *brit*, before two synagogue functionaries — the *shammes* Judka Goldsztajn and the sexton Szlema Majer Pizem.[^birth] He married **[[Tauba Winer (b.1877)]]**, and the couple had five children in Głusk: [[Sylka Gitla Friedman (b.1900)]], [[Shamai Friedman (b.1902)]], [[Manas Friedman (b.1903)]], [[Chaja Friedman (b.1905)]] and [[Baila Yachet Yocheved Friedman (b.1908)]] — the last of whom would survive the Holocaust and reach the Bronx. His own life was short. On **19 September 1914** — just weeks into the First World War — Srul Abram died at six in the morning in Głusk, aged only **thirty-three**.[^death] The death act, brought the next day by two Głusk merchants, names him "son of Szajma Hersz and Ryfka née Sztajnzalc" and records that he was a **permanent resident of the gmina of Kurów**, though he lived and died in Głusk.[^death] His death left Tauba a widow with five children, the youngest — Baila — barely six years old, on the eve of a world war. [^birth]: Birth act no. 11, civil register of the *posad* of **Głusk**, dated 18/30 March 1881, read directly from the scan. Father **Szajma Hersz Friedman**, merchant (*torgowiec*) of Głusk, aged 21, presented a male child, **the elder of twins**, born in Głusk on **11/23 March 1881 at 3 a.m.** of his lawful wife **Ryfka Ita née Sztajnzalc**, aged 22; named **Srul-Abram** at circumcision. Witnesses: Judka Goldsztajn, *shammes*, 55, and Szlema Majer Pizem, synagogue sexton, 32; the father signed, the witnesses declared illiterate. Registrar W. Fronk. (His twin was [[Sura Gitla Friedman (b.1881)]].) [^death]: Death act no. 10, civil register of **Głusk**, dated 7/20 September 1914, read directly from the scan. Declarants **Lejzor Lajtel** (49) and **Raskel Lejzman** (56), merchants of Głusk, declared that the day before — **6/19 September 1914 at 6 a.m.** — died in Głusk **Srul-Abram Friedman**, aged **33**, a permanent resident of the *posad* and gmina of **Kurów**, "son of **Szajma Hersz and Ryfka née Sztajnzalc**, spouses Friedman." One witness signed, the other declared illiterate. (Confirms parents; the vault's death date "20 Sept 1914" is the registration date — death was 19 Sept.) ## Research - **Birth, 1881, Głusk (birth act no. 11).** Read directly. **Srul-Abram Friedman**, born **11/23 March 1881 at 3 a.m.**, **elder of twins**; father **Szajma Hersz Friedman**, merchant, 21; mother **Ryfka Ita née Sztajnzalc**, 22; witnesses Judka Goldsztajn (shammes, 55) & Szlema Majer Pizem (sexton, 32). Twin = [[Sura Gitla Friedman (b.1881)]]. (Image I500160_2.) - **Death, 1914, Głusk (death act no. 10).** Read directly. **Srul-Abram Friedman**, aged **33**, died **19 September 1914 at 6 a.m.** (registered 20 Sept); son of **Szajma Hersz and Ryfka née Sztajnzalc**; permanent resident of gmina **Kurów**; declarants Lejzor Lajtel (49) & Raskel Lejzman (56), merchants of Głusk. (Image I500160_3.) - **Parentage** confirmed by both his own birth and death acts: [[Szajma Hersz Friedman (b.1859)]] & [[Ita Ryfka Stajnzalc (b.1857)]]. - **Permanent residency (przypisanie)** to gmina Kurów, though resident in Głusk — a registry detail worth noting for tracing the family's earlier base. - **Family:** wife [[Tauba Winer (b.1877)]]; five children incl. [[Baila Yachet Yocheved Friedman (b.1908)]] (his youngest, orphaned of her father at ~6). ## Evidence - **1881 birth act (Głusk, no. 11)** — Srul-Abram Friedman, b. 23 March 1881, elder of twins; father Szajma Hersz (merchant), mother Ryfka Ita née Sztajnzalc. His own birth record. ![[I500160_2.jpg]] *Birth act no. 11, Głusk, 1881 — Szajma Hersz Friedman, merchant, registers the birth of his son Srul-Abram, the elder of twins, born 11/23 March 1881 of Ryfka Ita née Sztajnzalc.* - **1914 death act (Głusk, no. 10)** — Srul-Abram Friedman, aged 33, died 19 Sept 1914; son of Szajma Hersz and Ryfka née Sztajnzalc, of gmina Kurów. His own death record; fixes his early death and confirms parentage. ![[I500160_3.jpg]] *Death act no. 10, Głusk, 1914 — death of Srul-Abram Friedman, aged 33, son of Szajma Hersz and Ryfka née Sztajnzalc, permanent resident of gmina Kurów; reported by two Głusk merchants.* ## Open questions - **Death date (19 vs 20 September 1914).** The death act registers the death as the day before the 7/20 September registration — i.e. **19 September 1914**; the vault's "09/20/1914" is the registration date. - **Kurów residency.** He was a permanent resident (*przypisany*) of gmina Kurów while living in Głusk — the family's connection to Kurów (and whether earlier Friedman records are filed there) is worth pursuing. - **Cause of early death (age 33)** is not given in the act.