# Abram Abus Goldrajch (b.1783) <!-- AUTO:BEGIN — generated from GEDCOM; do not edit, overwritten on rebuild --> > 🔵 **Bernstein — Ozzy's side** · Relationship to Ozzy: **6x great-grandfather** ![[I507418.jpg|220]] **Born** ~1783 — [[Bychawa]] **Died** 03/16/1853 · House #47 — [[Lublin]] **Parents** [[Jankiel (4)]] · [[Ita (d.1819)]] **Spouses** [[Ruchla Hofman (b.1783)]] · [[Frajda Szulsztajn]] **Children** [[Dwojra Jenta Goldrajch (b.1804)]] · [[Mordko Goldrajch (b.1805)]] · [[Josef Goldrajch (b.1808)]] · [[Chaja Frajda Goldrajch (b.1813)]] · [[Chaim Goldrajch (b.1817)]] · [[Ita Goldrajch (b.1819)]] · [[Sura Ryfka Goldrajch (b.1822)]] · [[Izrael Goldrajch (b.1825)]] · [[Ruchla Ita Goldrajch (b.1847)]] **Siblings** [[Szajndla (b.1812)]] **📸 Media — from MyHeritage** ![[I507418_1.jpg|180]] ![[I507418_2.jpg|180]] ![[I507418_3.jpg|180]] ![[I507418_4.jpg|180]] *GEDCOM I507418 · Bernstein tree · synced 2026-07-01* <!-- AUTO:END --> ## Narrative Abram Abus Goldrajch — Abuś in the diminutive by which his neighbours knew him — was born in [[Bychawa]], a small Lublin-region town, the son of [[Jankiel (4)]] and [[Ita (d.1819)]]. His parentage is stated most plainly in his own hand's record: the 1844 Lublin marriage register that recorded his second wedding names him "syn Jankla i Itty małżonków Goldrajch nieżyjących" — son of the late spouses Jankiel and Itta Goldrajch.[^marriage2] The same paternity surfaces obliquely a generation earlier, in his daughter's marriage file: the 1822 banns for [[Dwojra Jenta Goldrajch (b.1804)]] name the bride's father as "Abuś Janklowicz" — Abuś, son of Jankiel — and fix his trade and his age in a single stroke.[^banns] His birth year is the one fact the records will not settle. The Bychawa Kahal register puts it near 1783, since he and Ruchla are each entered as seventeen at their marriage; the 1822 banns give his age as forty-four (pointing to ~1778); the Lublin 1839 Book of Residents records the year as 1772 [?]; and his 1844 marriage record calls him "lat sześćdziesiąt" — sixty — which points to ~1784.[^kahal][^banns][^residents][^marriage2] The spread is roughly a decade, and it is left open [?].[^conflict] His earliest recorded trade is fixed by the 1822 banns, which name him a *szynkarz* — an innkeeper.[^banns] In the private towns of the Lublin palatinate the tavern-keeper was a familiar Jewish livelihood: a *szynkarz* held the propination (liquor) concession, ran the inn where travellers lodged and villagers drank, and stood at the meeting-point of the manor's economy and the peasant trade. It is in that character — a settled householder of standing in the Bychawa kahal — that Abuś first surfaces in the record on his own account. His occupation shifted with his fortunes and his move to the city: by his 1844 marriage he is styled a *spekulant* (a dealer or trader), and at his death in 1853 simply a *wyrobnik* — a day-labourer, the plainest description of all.[^marriage2][^death] Around 1800, at about seventeen, he married [[Ruchla Hofman (b.1783)]], who came from [[Janów Lubelski]]; the Kahal register enters them both at that age.[^kahal] The couple made their home at House #3 in Bychawa, the house in which at least two of their children, [[Dwojra Jenta Goldrajch (b.1804)]] and [[Josef Goldrajch (b.1808)]], were born.[^house3] It was at that same House #3, on 1 January 1802, that Abuś stood as a witness to the marriage of Szloma and Fayge Szymchowicz — a small act of civic weight that places him, still in his teens, among the men the community called on to attest its unions.[^witness] Over the two decades that followed he and Ruchla raised a large family: besides Dwojra Jenta and Josef came [[Mordko Goldrajch (b.1805)]], [[Chaja Frajda Goldrajch (b.1813)]], [[Chaim Goldrajch (b.1817)]], [[Ita Goldrajch (b.1819)]], [[Sura Ryfka Goldrajch (b.1822)]] and [[Izrael Goldrajch (b.1825)]].[^children] By 1839 the family had left Bychawa for [[Lublin]]. The city's Book of Residents enters them at house #469 as a household spanning three generations: Abuś and Ruchla, both recorded of the Mosaic faith and both with roots in the small towns south of Lublin; their daughter Sura Haja; and their grandson Icek, son of their son Mordko, born 1828 in Bychawa, with Icek's own wife Jenta.[^residents] The register carries a later marginal note against the household — "Umarła 5 lutego 1844" — recording a death in the family on 5 February 1844.[^residents] That note names the moment the family's centre gave way: Ruchla, Abuś's wife of more than forty years, died in Lublin that day.[^residents][^marriage2] Widowed and past sixty, Abuś did not remain alone. On 26 November 1844 — nine months after Ruchla's death — he married again in Lublin, before Szmul Engelsberg, deputy rabbi of the city.[^marriage2] His bride was Frajda, a young widow of about twenty-eight from [[Żelechów]], whose own first husband had died there and who was the daughter of Mordka, then living, and the late Henna, a couple of Żelechów.[^marriage2] The witnesses were two Lublin Jews — Fiszel Grünfeld, a bookbinder of twenty-seven, and a young clerk of twenty-two — and the banns had been read in both the Lublin synagogue and Żelechów through the autumn.[^marriage2] The late marriage gave Abuś one more child, [[Ruchla Ita Goldrajch (b.1847)]] — "Rechla Itta" — born 1847 in Lublin.[^remarriage] Abram Abus Goldrajch died in Lublin in March 1853, his death registered on the 17th of that month; the record names him a *wyrobnik*, a widower, and records that he left two daughters, Dwojra Jenta and Chaja.[^death] He had outlived Ruchla by nine years and had ended his days, an old man of the small Lublin-region towns, in the provincial capital to which his family had migrated a generation before.[^death] [^kahal]: Bychawa Kahal register (Bychawa 1797–1808 BMD Kahal), recording Abram Abus Goldrajch and [[Ruchla Hofman (b.1783)]] as each aged 17 at their marriage c. 1800 — the basis for the ~1783 birth year carried in the family's MyHeritage biography. [^banns]: First marriage banns (zapowiedź) No. 60 to the 1822 marriage of his daughter [[Dwojra Jenta Goldrajch (b.1804)]], Głusk civil registry (Abramowice parish), read 8 December 1822. Names the bride's father as "Abuś Janklowicz" — Abram son of Jankiel — a *szynkarz* (innkeeper) of Bychawa, aged 44, with wife "Ruchla Janklowiczowa," aged 30, both lawful residents of Bychawa; the bride "Dwora Abusiówna" is entered as a maiden of 19. Read directly from the scan (Polish court-hand). [scan](https://www.szukajwarchiwach.gov.pl/skan/-/skan/09906401df9af7db639b8a30c15a13281fe993dc8d89595c9d28d4f62f79b60d) [^house3]: Family's MyHeritage biography and the Bychawa 1797–1808 BMD Kahal: children [[Dwojra Jenta Goldrajch (b.1804)]] and [[Josef Goldrajch (b.1808)]] were born at House #3 in Bychawa — the same house at which the 1802 Szymchowicz marriage was witnessed. [^witness]: Bychawa 1797–1808 BMD Kahal: Abram Abus Goldrajch served as a witness to the marriage of Szloma and Fayge Szymchowicz on 1 January 1802 at House #3, Bychawa. [^children]: Children attributed to Abram Abus Goldrajch and Ruchla Hofman in the GEDCOM/MyHeritage record: [[Dwojra Jenta Goldrajch (b.1804)]], [[Mordko Goldrajch (b.1805)]], [[Josef Goldrajch (b.1808)]], [[Chaja Frajda Goldrajch (b.1813)]], [[Chaim Goldrajch (b.1817)]], [[Ita Goldrajch (b.1819)]], [[Sura Ryfka Goldrajch (b.1822)]] and [[Izrael Goldrajch (b.1825)]]. The 1853 death record independently confirms two surviving daughters, Dwojra Jenta and Chaja. [^residents]: Lublin 1839 Book of Residents, house #469 (read directly from the scan): the Goldrajch household is entered with Abuś Goldrajch (head, born-year written 1772 [?], of Janów/Bychawa origin), his wife Ruchla, their daughter Sura Haja, and their grandson Icek (son of their son Mordko, b. 1828, Bychawa) with Icek's wife Jenta. A marginal note in the household reads "Umarła 5 lutego 1844" (a death on 5 February 1844) — corroborated by the 1844 second-marriage record as the death of Abuś's first wife Ruchla. All entered as of the Mosaic faith. Column-by-column ages and some birthplaces are in a badly-faded hand and read only approximately. [scan](https://legacy.jri-poland.org/databases/psa_image2.php?&urldir=35/22/0/11/10&jpgpage=133) [^conflict]: Birth-year conflict: the Bychawa Kahal marriage entry implies b. ~1783 (aged 17 c. 1800); the 1822 banns give his age as 44 (→ ~1778); the Lublin 1839 Book of Residents writes the year as 1772 [?]; and the 1844 marriage record gives his age as 60 (→ ~1784). The discrepancy spans roughly a decade and is unresolved. [^marriage2]: Second-marriage record, Lublin 1844, akt No. 104 (read directly from the scan; Polish). Dated 14/26 November 1844. Groom: "Abuś Goldrajch," widower, *spekulant*, aged 60, resident of Lublin, "syn Jankla i Itty małżonków Goldrajch nieżyjących" (son of the late Jankiel and Itta Goldrajch) — a direct record naming both his parents. States his first wife died 24 January / 5 February 1844 in Lublin. Bride: Frajda [surname read as *Szulsztejn* [?], from her first marriage], a widow of ~28 from [[Żelechów]] (born and resident there; first husband died there per a submitted death act), daughter of Mordka (living) and the late Henna, a couple of Żelechów. Officiant: Szmul Engelsberg, deputy Rabbi of Lublin. Witnesses: Fiszel Grünfeld, bookbinder (*introligator*), aged 27, and Natan Eli Szternfinkel [?], clerk, aged 22, both of Lublin. Registrar: Leopold Schultz. [scan](https://legacy.jri-poland.org/databases/psa_image2.php?urldir=35/1753/0/1.2/17&jpgpage=20) [^remarriage]: Family's MyHeritage biography and the 1839 Book of Residents: the child of the second marriage, [[Ruchla Ita Goldrajch (b.1847)]] ("Rechla Itta"), was born 1847 in Lublin. [^death]: Death record, Lublin 1853, akt No. 114 (read directly from the scan; Polish). Registered 17 March 1853 at 4 p.m., the death having occurred the previous day/two days before (→ ~16 March 1853). Deceased: "Abuś Goldrajch," *wyrobnik* (day-labourer), a widower, aged in his sixties [?], died in a house numbered in the 400s (consistent with the residents-book house #469). Records that he left two daughters, Dwojra Jenta and Chaja. Informants: two Lublin Jews — one aged 35 and Menasse Dajerman [?], a *szkolnik* (synagogue functionary), aged 44. Registrar: Leopold Schultz. [scan](https://legacy.jri-poland.org/databases/psa_image2.php?urldir=35/1753/0/2/68&jpgpage=170) ## Research *(your reasoning — preserved across every rebuild)* All four archival scans linked on this profile have now been read directly from the szukajwarchiwach full-resolution images (Polish court-hand; best-effort, doubtful words marked [?]). - **1822 banns No. 60, Głusk (Abramowice parish civil registry), read 8 December 1822** — the first-marriage banns for daughter [[Dwojra Jenta Goldrajch (b.1804)]]. Names her father "Abuś Janklowicz," a *szynkarz* (innkeeper) of Bychawa, aged 44, and her mother "Ruchla Janklowiczowa," aged 30. Fixes Abuś's patronymic (son of Jankiel), his early occupation, and his Bychawa residence. (Same source used on Dwojra Jenta's own profile.) - **Lublin 1839 Book of Residents, house #469** — the Goldrajch household: Abuś (head; born-year written 1772 [?]), wife Ruchla, daughter Sura Haja, grandson Icek (son of son Mordko, b.1828 Bychawa) and Icek's wife Jenta; all of the Mosaic faith. A marginal note "Umarła 5 lutego 1844" records a family death on 5 Feb 1844 — cross-confirmed by the 1844 marriage record as Ruchla's death. - **Second-marriage record, Lublin 1844, akt 104, dated 14/26 November 1844** — the single richest document. Abuś ("spekulant," widower, **aged 60**) is expressly named **"syn Jankla i Itty małżonków Goldrajch nieżyjących"** — son of the late Jankiel AND Itta Goldrajch. This is the first record to name **both** his parents directly (father previously only inferred from the banns patronymic; mother previously only in frontmatter). It states his first wife died 24 Jan / 5 Feb 1844. His bride is **Frajda**, a widow (~28) of [[Żelechów]], daughter of Mordka (living) and the late Henna. Officiant: **Szmul Engelsberg, deputy Rabbi of Lublin** — see the second-wife-surname note under Open questions. - **Death record, Lublin 1853, akt 114, registered 17 March 1853** — Abuś "Goldrajch," *wyrobnik* (day-labourer), a widower, died ~16 March 1853 in a house in the 400s (consistent with #469). Left two daughters, Dwojra Jenta and Chaja. Confirms he outlived Ruchla and died a widower. **Occupation trajectory across the records:** *szynkarz* (innkeeper, 1822) → *spekulant* (dealer/trader, 1844) → *wyrobnik* (day-labourer, 1853) — a downward drift consistent with an old man losing his standing after the move to the city and the death of his wife. ## Evidence - **1822 marriage banns No. 60, Głusk (Abramowice parish civil registry), 8 December 1822.** First-marriage banns for daughter [[Dwojra Jenta Goldrajch (b.1804)]], naming her father "Abuś Janklowicz," *szynkarz* of Bychawa, aged 44, and mother "Ruchla," aged 30. [scan](https://www.szukajwarchiwach.gov.pl/skan/-/skan/09906401df9af7db639b8a30c15a13281fe993dc8d89595c9d28d4f62f79b60d) ![[AbusGoldrajch_1822_banns_Glusk_no60.jpg]] *Głusk banns No. 60, 8 Dec 1822: "Abuś Janklowicz Szynkarz lat Czterdzieści cztery" and wife "Ruchla," parents of the bride Dwora — the record fixing Abuś's patronymic and innkeeper's trade.* - **Lublin 1839 Book of Residents, house #469.** The Goldrajch household across three generations, with the marginal note "Umarła 5 lutego 1844" recording Ruchla's death. [scan](https://legacy.jri-poland.org/databases/psa_image2.php?&urldir=35/22/0/11/10&jpgpage=133) ![[AbusGoldrajch_1839_BookOfResidents_Lublin_house469.jpg]] *Lublin Book of Residents, house #469: "Goldrajch Abuś," wife "Ruchla," daughter "Sura Haja," and grandson Icek's line; the far-right note "Umarła 5 lutego 1844" marks the death of the wife.* - **Second marriage, Lublin 1844, akt 104, 26 November 1844.** Abuś Goldrajch (widower, spekulant, aged 60), "son of the late Jankiel and Itta Goldrajch," marries the Żelechów widow Frajda; before deputy rabbi Szmul Engelsberg. Names both of Abuś's parents. [scan](https://legacy.jri-poland.org/databases/psa_image2.php?urldir=35/1753/0/1.2/17&jpgpage=20) ![[AbusGoldrajch_1844_marriage2_Lublin_akt104.jpg]] *Lublin marriage akt 104 (left page), 26 Nov 1844: "Abusiem Goldrajch spekulantem wdowcem… synem Jankla i Itty małżonków Goldrajch nieżyjących… lat sześćdziesiąt" — the record naming both his parents and giving his age as 60.* - **Death, Lublin 1853, akt 114, registered 17 March 1853.** Abuś "Goldrajch," wyrobnik, widower, died ~16 March 1853; left daughters Dwojra Jenta and Chaja. [scan](https://legacy.jri-poland.org/databases/psa_image2.php?urldir=35/1753/0/2/68&jpgpage=170) ![[AbusGoldrajch_1853_death_Lublin_akt114.jpg]] *Lublin death akt 114 (lower-right), reg. 17 March 1853: "Abuś Goldrajch wyrobnik… wdowiec" of Lublin, leaving two daughters — the record of his death as an old widower and day-labourer.* ## Open questions - **Parents — CONFIRMED Jankiel + Itta (user-confirmed 2026-07-06).** The 1844 second-marriage record names him "syn Jankla i Itty małżonków Goldrajch nieżyjących" (son of the late Jankiel and Itta Goldrajch); the 1822 banns' patronymic "Abuś Janklowicz" agrees. Frontmatter parents [[Jankiel (4)]] + [[Ita (d.1819)]] stand. - **Second wife's surname — RESOLVED: NOT "Engelsberg" (user-confirmed 2026-07-06).** "Engelsberg" is the surname of the **officiating deputy rabbi, Szmul Engelsberg**, not of the bride — a misreading carried into the GEDCOM/MyHeritage. The bride is **Frajda**, a widow of [[Żelechów]] (daughter of Mordka and the late Henna); her surname is that of her **first husband, Szulsztajn** [scan reading Szulsztejn [?]], not Engelsberg. **→ Source fix needed in MyHeritage/GEDCOM: rename [[Frajda Szulsztajn]] → "Frajda Szulsztajn"** (the vault frontmatter/auto-block will correct on the next rebuild; not hand-edited here per the no-GEDCOM-edit rule). See [[Frajda Szulsztajn]]. - **Birth year — ~1772 vs. ~1778 vs. ~1783 vs. ~1784.** Four sources now disagree: the Bychawa Kahal marriage entry (aged 17 c. 1800 → ~1783); the 1822 banns for his daughter (aged 44 → ~1778); the Lublin 1839 Book of Residents (year written 1772 [?]); and the 1844 second-marriage record (aged 60 → ~1784). The two adult self-reported records (1822 banns and 1844 marriage) cluster around ~1778–1784, i.e. later than the residents-book 1772; the ~1783 Kahal figure carried in frontmatter is compatible with that cluster but not decisively best. Left unresolved. - **Second wife's surname — "Engelsberg" is likely a misattribution.** Frontmatter and the family biography name the second wife "[[Frajda Szulsztajn]]," but the 1844 marriage record (akt 104) shows **"Engelsberg" is the surname of the officiating deputy rabbi, Szmul Engelsberg**, not of the bride. The bride is entered as **Frajda**, a widow of Żelechów, daughter of Mordka and Henna; her own surname (from her first marriage) reads as **Szulsztejn [?]** and needs a second look at the scan. Do not overwrite the linked profile until the surname is confirmed by the user's eyes — flag only. - **Court-hand readings needing the user's eyes.** In the 1839 Book of Residents the birth-year and birthplace columns for the Goldrajch rows are badly faded (Abuś's year read as 1772 [?]; Sura Haja's and the grandchildren's years uncertain). In the 1853 death record the informants' names read as "…Flohman [?]" and "Menasse Dajerman [?], szkolnik," and Abuś's exact age is illegible. In the 1844 marriage record the bride's surname (Szulsztejn [?]) and the second witness's name (Natan Eli Szternfinkel [?]) are tentative.