# Menachem Mendel Hochberger (b.1770) <!-- AUTO:BEGIN — generated from GEDCOM; do not edit, overwritten on rebuild --> > 🔵 **Bernstein — Ozzy's side** · Relationship to Ozzy: **1st cousin 7x removed** **Born** ~1770 — [[Łęczna]] **Died** 09/30/1851 — [[Łęczna]] **Parents** [[Ichiel Michel Hochberger (b.1739)]] · [[PLACEHOLDER Chaia (d.1838)]] **Spouse** [[Sylka Zysla Perelman (b.1776)]] **Siblings** [[Jankiel Hochberger (b.1750)]] · [[Aron Hochberger (b.1765)]] · [[Herszek Hochberger (b.1792)]] · [[Mala Hochberger]] *GEDCOM I519235 · Bernstein tree · synced 2026-07-01* <!-- AUTO:END --> ## Research *(your reasoning — preserved across every rebuild)* **CONFIRMED "Mendel Michlowicz Hochberger" — the 1789 candidate is now documented (notarial books, deep-read 2026-07-06).** In the Łęczna notarial register he appears explicitly as **"Mendel Michlowicz Hochberger"** (Mendel son of Michel), acting for his parents: he **submits for registration his parents' house-donation deed** in which [[Ichiel Michel Hochberger (b.1739)]] ("Michel Mędlowicz Rabinowicz") and wife **Chaia (z Domu Segał, daughter of the late Jankiel Kopel Segal)** donate half their house to their son "Nachim Mędlowicz" — act 128, 17 Nov 1808 (jedn. 1753843, sc.[308](https://www.szukajwarchiwach.gov.pl/en/jednostka/-/jednostka/1753843?p_p_id=Jednostka&_Jednostka_delta=1&_Jednostka_cur=308)); and he is the **donee son "Mnachem Mendel Michlowicz"** in the underlying 1793 donation (act 77, jedn. 1753843, sc.[174](https://www.szukajwarchiwach.gov.pl/en/jednostka/-/jednostka/1753843?p_p_id=Jednostka&_Jednostka_delta=1&_Jednostka_cur=174)); and again in the 1805 parallel (jedn. 1753841, sc.[128](https://www.szukajwarchiwach.gov.pl/en/jednostka/-/jednostka/1753841?p_p_id=Jednostka&_Jednostka_delta=1&_Jednostka_cur=128)). This **documents the "Mendel Michlowicz = son of Ichiel Michel Hochberger" identity** (the 1789 citizenship match below) and confirms his mother [[PLACEHOLDER Chaia (d.1838)]] = **Chaia Koplowna z Domu Segał**, daughter of [[Jankiel Kopel (b.1720)]] (Jankiel Kopel Segal). Extraction: [[Łęczna - 1807-1811 - Protokół transakcji wieczystych 1753843]]. ## Evidence ![[Menachem Mendel Hochberger - 1789 Leczna citizenship (Mendel Michlowicz) jedn1753829 sc67.jpg]] *1789 — "**Mendel Michlowicz**" (Mendel son of Michel = son of [[Ichiel Michel Hochberger (b.1739)]]) admitted to Łęczna municipal citizenship, 4th in the numbered Jewish-admittee list ("Froim Michlowicz" also appears). Aged ~19, consistent with b.~1770. APL 35/44/0/1/24, jedn. 1753829, sc.[67](https://www.szukajwarchiwach.gov.pl/en/jednostka/-/jednostka/1753829?p_p_id=Jednostka&_Jednostka_delta=1&_Jednostka_cur=67). (Identification reasoning under ## Open questions.)* ## Open questions - **STRONG match — Menachem Mendel is almost certainly the "Mendel Michlowicz" admitted to Łęczna Jewish citizenship in 1789 (APL 35/44, jednostka [1753829](https://www.szukajwarchiwach.gov.pl/en/jednostka/-/jednostka/1753829), [scan 67](https://www.szukajwarchiwach.gov.pl/en/jednostka/-/jednostka/1753829?p_p_id=Jednostka&_Jednostka_delta=1&_Jednostka_cur=67)), and very likely the "rabbi Mendel of Łęczna" of that year ([scan 69](https://www.szukajwarchiwach.gov.pl/en/jednostka/-/jednostka/1753829?p_p_id=Jednostka&_Jednostka_delta=1&_Jednostka_cur=69)).** Four axes converge: (1) patronymic — *Michlowicz* = **son of Michel**, and his father is [[Ichiel Michel Hochberger (b.1739)]]; (2) given name — **Menachem Mendel**; (3) place — he was born, admitted and died in **Łęczna**; (4) age — b. ~1770, so **~19 in 1789**, exactly when a young man took up burgher rights. Decisively, the vault **already** records a "**Mendel Michlowicz Hochberger, rabbi of Łęczna**" (named in [[Jankiel Kopel (b.1720)]]'s bio as the husband of a possible Kopel daughter, **Chaia**) — so "Mendel Michlowicz" is an *already-attested Hochberger identity*, and this book independently confirms a real Mendel Michlowicz / rabbi Mendel in Łęczna in 1789. **This is a strong, near-certain identification** (documentary confirmation still wanted). If the rabbi's-wife detail holds, it would also marry him (or a namesake) into the **Koplowicz** anchor family — tying the Hochberger and Kopel/Koplowicz lines. Full extraction: [[Łęczna - 1716-1810 - Akta Miasta]]; see also father [[Ichiel Michel Hochberger (b.1739)]].