# Szajma Hersz Friedman (b.1859) <!-- AUTO:BEGIN — generated from GEDCOM; do not edit, overwritten on rebuild --> > 🔵 **Bernstein — Ozzy's side** · Relationship to Ozzy: **3x great-grandfather** ![[I507156.jpg|220]] **Born** ~1859 — [[Wieniawa]] **Died** 03/19/1886 — [[Głusk]] **Parents** [[Izrael Josef Friedman (b.1820)]] · [[Sylka Gitla Mandelajl (b.1823)]] **Spouse** [[Ita Ryfka Stajnzalc (b.1857)]] **Children** [[Srul Abram Friedman (b.1881)]] · [[Sura Gitla Friedman (b.1881)]] · [[Dwojra Jenta Friedman (b.1885)]] · [[Chana Ruchla Friedman (b.1885)]] **Siblings** [[Fajga Ita Friedman (b.1845)]] · [[Majer Wolf Friedman (b.1845)]] · [[Czarna Friedman (b.1855)]] · [[Chwala Friedman (b.1866)]] **📸 Media — from MyHeritage** ![[I507156_1.jpg|180]] ![[I507156_2.jpg|180]] ![[I507156_3.jpg|180]] *GEDCOM I507156 · Bernstein tree · synced 2026-07-01* <!-- AUTO:END --> ## Narrative Szajma Hersz Friedman was born about 1859 in **[[Wieniawa]]** — the Jewish town beside Lublin — the son of [[Izrael Josef Friedman (b.1820)]] (recorded as "Srul Józef") and [[Sylka Gitla Mandelajl (b.1823)]]. By the time he came to marry, both his parents were already dead.[^marriage] A **merchant** by trade, he was a permanent resident of Wieniawa but had come to the small *posad* of **[[Głusk]]**, south of Lublin, where he settled.[^marriage][^death] On **18 May 1880** he married in Głusk, still a bachelor of twenty. The bride was **[[Ita Ryfka Stajnzalc (b.1857)]]**, a young woman of twenty-two, daughter of Symcha and Bajla née Pasznik of Głusk. The union was solemnised by the officiating rabbi of the Głusk district, **Jakób Jankiel Rabinowicz**, after the banns had been read three times through that March in the synagogues of both **Wieniawa and Głusk**.[^marriage] The couple's children came quickly — the twins [[Srul Abram Friedman (b.1881)]] and [[Sura Gitla Friedman (b.1881)]] within a year, then [[Dwojra Jenta Friedman (b.1885)]] and [[Chana Ruchla Friedman (b.1885)]]. His life, like his son's would be, was cut short. On **31 March 1886** (19 March by the old calendar), in the evening, Szajma Hersz died in Głusk, a merchant of only **twenty-seven**, leaving Ita Ryfka a widow with four small children — the eldest barely five.[^death] It is the first of two early deaths that shadowed this line: his son Srul Abram would in turn die at thirty-three in 1914, and both men were carried to the register by the very same two Głusk synagogue functionaries, Judka Goldsztajn and Szlema Majer Pizem, whose names bracket the family's records across three decades.[^death] [^marriage]: Marriage act no. 3, civil register of **Głusk**, dated 6/18 May 1880, read directly from the scan (court-hand faded; the detailed reading follows the translation on the profile). Groom **Szajma Gersz Friedman**, bachelor, aged 20, permanent resident of **Wieniawa**, temporarily in Głusk, son of **Srul Józef and Sylka Gitla**, spouses Friedman, both deceased; bride **Ita Ryfka Sztajnzalc**, maiden, aged 22, daughter of Symcha and Bajla née Pasznik of Głusk. Officiated by rabbi **Jakób Jankiel Rabinowicz**; banns read in the Wieniawa and Głusk synagogues on 1/13, 8/20 and 15/27 March 1880. Witnesses Judka Goldsztajn (synagogue supervisor, 54) and Szlema Majer Pizem (sexton, 31). (Record image on this profile.) [^death]: Death act no. 2, civil register of **Głusk**, dated 21 March/2 April 1886, read directly from the scan. Declarants **Judka Goldsztajn**, synagogue servant, 60, and **Szlema Majer Pizem**, *shammes*, both of Głusk, declared that on **19/31 March 1886**, in the evening, died **Szajma Gersz Friedman**, merchant (*torgowiec*), aged **27**, born in **Wieniawa**, resident of Głusk, "son of **Srul Józef and Sylka Gitla**, spouses Friedman," leaving his widowed wife **Ita Ryfka née Sztajnzalc**. (The same two witnesses registered his son [[Srul Abram Friedman (b.1881)]]'s birth in 1881.) ## Research - **Marriage, 1880, Głusk (marriage act no. 3).** Read directly. **Szajma Gersz Friedman**, bachelor, 20, of **Wieniawa** (temp. Głusk), son of the late **Srul Józef & Sylka Gitla** Friedman; married **Ita Ryfka Sztajnzalc**, 22, daughter of Symcha & Bajla née Pasznik of Głusk; officiant rabbi Jakób Jankiel Rabinowicz; banns in Wieniawa & Głusk synagogues; witnesses Judka Goldsztajn (54) & Szlema Majer Pizem (31). (Image I507156_1.) - **Death, 1886, Głusk (death act no. 2).** Read directly. **Szajma Gersz Friedman**, merchant, aged **27**, born Wieniawa, died Głusk **31 March 1886** (evening); son of Srul Józef & Sylka Gitla; widow **Ita Ryfka née Sztajnzalc**; declarants Judka Goldsztajn (60) & Szlema Majer Pizem (shammes). (Image I507156_3.) - **Parentage** confirmed by both records: father [[Izrael Josef Friedman (b.1820)]] ("Srul Józef"), mother [[Sylka Gitla Mandelajl (b.1823)]] ("Sylka Gitla"; maiden name not given in these acts). - **Standing Głusk witnesses:** Judka Goldsztajn & Szlema Majer Pizem recur across the family's Głusk records (1880 marriage, 1881 birth of Srul Abram, 1886 death) — the town's synagogue functionaries. - **Family:** wife [[Ita Ryfka Stajnzalc (b.1857)]]; four children (twins Srul Abram & Sura Gitla, 1881; Dwojra Jenta & Chana Ruchla, 1885). ## Evidence - **1880 marriage act (Głusk, no. 3)** — Szajma Gersz Friedman (of Wieniawa) married Ita Ryfka Sztajnzalc (of Głusk); officiated by rabbi Jakób Jankiel Rabinowicz. His marriage record; fixes his origin (Wieniawa), parents, and wife's family. ![[I507156_1.jpg]] *Marriage act no. 3, Głusk, 1880 — the marriage of Szajma Gersz Friedman of Wieniawa and Ita Ryfka Sztajnzalc of Głusk (right-hand entry; officiant rabbi Jakób Jankiel Rabinowicz).* - **1886 death act (Głusk, no. 2)** — Szajma Gersz Friedman, merchant, aged 27, born Wieniawa, died Głusk 31 March 1886; son of Srul Józef & Sylka Gitla; widow Ita Ryfka née Sztajnzalc. His death record; fixes his early death and confirms parentage. ![[I507156_3.jpg]] *Death act no. 2, Głusk, 1886 (left-hand entry) — death of Szajma Gersz Friedman, merchant, aged 27, born in Wieniawa, son of Srul Józef and Sylka Gitla, leaving widow Ita Ryfka née Sztajnzalc.* ## Open questions - **Mother's maiden name.** Neither the marriage nor the death act gives Sylka Gitla's maiden name (Mandelajl per the tree); a Wieniawa/Lublin record for her or her marriage would confirm it. - **Birth record.** No birth record for Szajma Hersz himself (Wieniawa, c. 1859) has been read here; it would fix his exact birth year and confirm parents [[Izrael Josef Friedman (b.1820)]] & [[Sylka Gitla Mandelajl (b.1823)]] directly.