# Mordko Majer Kaufman (b.1791) <!-- AUTO:BEGIN — generated from GEDCOM; do not edit, overwritten on rebuild --> > 🔵 **Bernstein — Ozzy's side** · Relationship to Ozzy: **5x great-grandfather** ![[I512768.jpg|220]] **Born** ~1791 **Died** 11/16/1875 — [[Lubartów]] **Parents** [[Jankiel Kaufman (d.1826)]] · [[Judesa (d.1832)]] **Spouses** [[Bajla Minka (d.1832)]] · [[Blima Sura Elsteyn (b.1810)]] **Children** [[Jankiel Kaufman (b.1826)]] · [[Ides Kaufman (b.1829)]] · [[Ela Kaufman (b.1833)]] · [[Eta Dreyzla Kaufman (b.1835)]] · [[Tauba Rajzla Kaufman (b.1837)]] · [[Szprynca Kaufman (b.1839)]] · [[Nachman Kaufman (b.1842)]] · [[Ela Eta (b.1845)]] · [[Hinda Drajzla Kaufman (b.1849)]] **📸 Media — from MyHeritage** ![[I512768_1.jpg|180]] ![[I512768_2.jpg|180]] *GEDCOM I512768 · Bernstein tree · synced 2026-07-01* <!-- AUTO:END --> ## Narrative Mordko Majer Kaufman — Mordko Majer of two names — was born about 1791–94 in [[Lubartów]], where he lived his whole life and died, a **dealer in used goods** (*handlarz starzyzną*). He was the son of [[Jankiel Kaufman (d.1826)]] and [[Judesa (d.1832)]].[^parents] He married twice: his first wife was [[Bajla Minka (d.1832)]], and after her death in 1832 he married, that same year, [[Blima Sura Elsteyn (b.1810)]] — the "Sura" who would survive him as his widow.[^marriage] Between the two marriages he had a large family across three decades: [[Jankiel Kaufman (b.1826)]], [[Ides Kaufman (b.1829)]], [[Ela Kaufman (b.1833)]], [[Eta Dreyzla Kaufman (b.1835)]], [[Tauba Rajzla Kaufman (b.1837)]], [[Szprynca Kaufman (b.1839)]], [[Nachman Kaufman (b.1842)]], [[Ela Eta (b.1845)]] and [[Hinda Drajzla Kaufman (b.1849)]].[^children] He died in Lubartów on 4/16 November 1875, at the age of eighty-one — "born and residing in Lubartów, a dealer in used goods, son of the late Jankel and Judesa," as his death act sets him down. The act, registered two days later, records that he left his widow Sura, three grown sons — Nachman, Elia and Jankel — and a daughter, Hinda Drajzla; it was reported by two Lubartów flour-traders, Aron Brondwajn, fifty, and Dawid Brondwajn, twenty-six.[^death] [^parents]: Son of [[Jankiel Kaufman (d.1826)]] and [[Judesa (d.1832)]] — named in his 1875 death act (below). Born ~1791 (frontmatter) / ~1794 (from the death act's age 81 in 1875). [^marriage]: Two marriages: first [[Bajla Minka (d.1832)]]; then, 1832, [[Blima Sura Elsteyn (b.1810)]] (second-marriage record akt No. 8, 1832 — [scan](https://www.szukajwarchiwach.gov.pl/skan/-/skan/e89a947e588f1045891e277419facb1f994c6e394ba7f87827c7cbd2f98b989f), not yet read directly). "Sura" is the widow named in his 1875 death act (= Blima Sura). [^children]: Children per the GEDCOM/MyHeritage record: [[Jankiel Kaufman (b.1826)]], [[Ides Kaufman (b.1829)]], [[Ela Kaufman (b.1833)]], [[Eta Dreyzla Kaufman (b.1835)]], [[Tauba Rajzla Kaufman (b.1837)]], [[Szprynca Kaufman (b.1839)]], [[Nachman Kaufman (b.1842)]], [[Ela Eta (b.1845)]], [[Hinda Drajzla Kaufman (b.1849)]]. The death act names three surviving sons (Nachman, Elia, Jankel) and daughter Hinda Drajzla. [^death]: Death record, [[Lubartów]], akt No. 68, registered 6/18 November 1875, 9 a.m. (translation on the profile, family MyHeritage biography): "Mordko Majer of two names Kaufman," died 4/16 November 1875 at 12 in Lubartów, aged 81, born and resident in Lubartów, a dealer in used goods, son of the late Jankel and Judesa Kaufman; left widow Sura, sons Nachman, Elia and Jankel (of legal age), and daughter Chinda Drezla. Reported by Aron Brondwajn (flour-trader, 50) and Dawid Brondwajn (flour-trader, 26). [scan](https://www.szukajwarchiwach.gov.pl/skan/-/skan/f76ebc6edc05d00ffff7669efcad516bb953963077a2790d9c29bafa4fdbd4da) (not yet read directly). Death-record image on the profile. ## Research *(your reasoning — preserved across every rebuild)* - **1875 Lubartów death record (akta 68) translated on the profile** — "Mordko Majer Kaufman," d. 4/16 Nov 1875, aged 81, **dealer in used goods**, son of the late Jankel + Judesa; widow Sura; surviving sons Nachman, Elia, Jankel; daughter Hinda Drajzla. Fixes his trade, parents and family. - **Two marriages:** [[Bajla Minka (d.1832)]] then [[Blima Sura Elsteyn (b.1810)]] (2nd marriage 1832, akta 8) — the widow "Sura" of the death act. - Birth-year ~1791 (frontmatter) vs ~1794 (death-act age 81). Scans (2nd-marriage akta 8; death akta 68) still to **read directly**. ## Evidence ## Open questions - **Read the 1832 second-marriage (akta 8) and 1875 death (akta 68) scans directly** and add to Evidence. [marriage scan](https://www.szukajwarchiwach.gov.pl/skan/-/skan/e89a947e588f1045891e277419facb1f994c6e394ba7f87827c7cbd2f98b989f) · [death scan](https://www.szukajwarchiwach.gov.pl/skan/-/skan/f76ebc6edc05d00ffff7669efcad516bb953963077a2790d9c29bafa4fdbd4da) - **Birth year** ~1791 vs ~1794 — a birth/first-marriage record would settle it.