# Yosef Iserov (b.1841) <!-- AUTO:BEGIN β€” generated from GEDCOM; do not edit, overwritten on rebuild --> > πŸ”΅ **Bernstein β€” Ozzy's side** Β· Relationship to Ozzy: **4x great-grandfather Β· also 3rd cousin 8x removed *(2 ancestral lines)*** ![[I500061.jpg|220]] **Born** 01/27/1841 β€” [[Novokostyantyniv]] **Died** aft 1888 **Parents** [[Avrum Iserov (b.1818)]] Β· [[Rukhlya Chmelnicky Auerbach (b.1818)]] **Spouse** [[Beyla Horodenka (d.1894)]] **Children** [[Shimshon Aryeh Iserov (b.1864)]] Β· [[Bina Isseroff (b.1884)]] **Siblings** [[Moshe Leizer Iserov (b.1839)]] **πŸ“Έ Media β€” from MyHeritage** ![[I500061_1.jpg|180]] ![[I500061_2.jpg|180]] ![[I500061_3.jpg|180]] ### How you're related β€” 2 distinct paths *These are genuinely separate bloodlines (the family intermarried), not the same line counted twice.* - **4x great-grandfather** β€” [[Yosef Iserov (b.1841)]] β†’ [[Shimshon Aryeh Iserov (b.1864)]] β†’ [[Yehuda Leib Isseroff (b.1898)]] β†’ [[Hadassah Isseroff (b.1928)]] β†’ [[Chaya Goldfischer (b.1950)]] β†’ [[Avi Bernstein (b.1977)]] β†’ [[Azriel Yosef Bernstein (b.2000)]] - **3rd cousin 8x removed** β€” [[Yosef Iserov (b.1841)]] β†’ [[Rukhlya Chmelnicky Auerbach (b.1818)]] β†’ [[Udel Horodenker (b.1787)]] β†’ [[Nachman Horodenker (b.1772)]] β†’ [[Simcha Weinberg (b.1750)]] β†’ [[Yechiel Tzvi Horodenker of Krementchik and Tcherin (b.1771)]] β†’ [[Baila (b.1787)]] β†’ [[Rivka Miriam (b.1790)]] β†’ [[Rochel Rosenberg (b.1825)]] β†’ [[Maryim Rivka Perlman (b.1845)]] β†’ [[Sura Yuta Reiter (b.1855)]] β†’ [[Shalom Goldfischer (b.1878)]] β†’ [[Miriam Goldfischer (b.1902)]] β†’ [[William Bill Goldfischer (b.1923)]] β†’ [[Chaya Goldfischer (b.1950)]] β†’ [[Avi Bernstein (b.1977)]] β†’ [[Azriel Yosef Bernstein (b.2000)]] *GEDCOM I500061 Β· Bernstein tree Β· synced 2026-07-01* <!-- AUTO:END --> ## Narrative Yosef Iserov belongs to the family's **Podolian** branch β€” the Iserov / Isseroff line of the shtetls of the Russian southwest, a world apart from the Łęczna and Lublin lines that fill most of the tree. He was born on **27 January 1841** (17 Shvat 5601) in the town of **[[Novokostyantyniv]]**, in the Litin district of Podolia gubernia, the son of [[Avrum Iserov (b.1818)]] and [[Rukhlya Chmelnicky Auerbach (b.1818)]].[^birth] Following the commandment, he was circumcised eight days later, on 3 February (24 Shvat).[^birth] His brother [[Moshe Leizer Iserov (b.1839)]] had been born two years before. He married [[Beyla Horodenka (d.1894)]], and their children carried the line onward β€” [[Shimshon Aryeh Iserov (b.1864)]], through whom the direct descent runs, and [[Bina Isseroff (b.1884)]]. The record loses sight of him after 1888; his date and place of death are not established. His birth is preserved in the bilingual metrical register of Novokostyantyniv, kept β€” as such Russian-Empire Jewish registers were β€” in parallel Russian and Hebrew columns. The Russian side sets him down plainly: born 27 January in the town of Novokostyantynov, father Iserov, mother **Rukhla**; the Hebrew side records the same birth in the Jewish calendar.[^birth] [^birth]: Birth record, metrical book of **Novokostyantyniv** (Litin uyezd, Podolia gubernia), **ДАΠ₯мО 227-1-3831**, entry M3 (image 106), read directly from both the Russian- and Hebrew-language pages of the scan. Records the birth of **Yosef ("Ios") Iserov** on **27 January 1841** (17 Shvat), circumcised **3 February** (24 Shvat), in Novokostyantynov; father **Avrum Iserov**, mother **Rukhla** (Rukhlya). Confirmed by the JewishGen index of the same register (ISIROV, Ios; father Avrum; mother Rukhlya; 27-Jan-1841; Novokostyantinov, Litin, Podol). Register image: [ДАΠ₯мО 227-1-3831, img 106](https://data.jewishgen.org/imagedata/ukraine/Letichev_district%2F227-1-3831%2F106.jpg). (The Hebrew-side cursive is faint; the Russian column and JewishGen index carry the confident reading.) ## Research - **Birth, 1841, Novokostyantyniv (metrical register ДАΠ₯мО 227-1-3831, entry M3).** Read directly (both Russian and Hebrew pages). **Yosef ("Ios") Iserov**, born **27 January 1841** (17 Shvat), circumcised **3 February** (24 Shvat), in Novokostyantynov, Litin uyezd, Podolia; father **Avrum Iserov**, mother **Rukhla**. Cross-confirmed by the JewishGen index. Register image: [227-1-3831, img 106](https://data.jewishgen.org/imagedata/ukraine/Letichev_district%2F227-1-3831%2F106.jpg). - **Parentage** confirmed by the birth register: son of **Avrum** ([[Avrum Iserov (b.1818)]]) and **Rukhla/Rukhlya** ([[Rukhlya Chmelnicky Auerbach (b.1818)]]). - **Recorded name forms:** Yosef / Ios (Russian register) Β· surname Iserov / Isirov / Isserov / Isseroff. - **Place note:** the JewishGen index files this under Litin uyezd; the vault's born_place records Novokostyantyniv (Podolia) more generally. ## Evidence - **1841 birth register (Novokostyantyniv, ДАΠ₯мО 227-1-3831)** β€” bilingual Russian/Hebrew metrical book recording Yosef Iserov's birth (27 Jan 1841), father Avrum, mother Rukhla. His own birth record; fixes his birth date, place, and parents. ![[I500061_2.jpg]] *Russian-language page of the Novokostyantyniv birth register, 1841 β€” the entry (born 27 January / 17 Shvat, in Novokostyantynov) recording Yosef Iserov, son of Avrum Iserov and Rukhla. Register [ДАΠ₯мО 227-1-3831, img 106](https://data.jewishgen.org/imagedata/ukraine/Letichev_district%2F227-1-3831%2F106.jpg).* ## Open questions - **Death.** "After 1888" only β€” no death date or place is documented. A later Podolian record (revision list, family list, or a child's marriage) may fix it. - **Litin vs Letychiv.** The JewishGen index places Novokostyantyniv in Litin uyezd; confirm the exact district against the register's title page. - **Beyond the birth record**, Yosef's adult life (occupation, residence, his marriage to Beyla Horodenka) is undocumented here; Podolian marriage or census records would flesh it out.