Elo Rubinowicz (b.1719) - The Bernstein-Dahne Genealogy Wiki

# Elo Rubinowicz (b.1719)  > 🔵 **Bernstein — Ozzy's side** · Relationship to Ozzy: **7x great-grandfather** **Born** ~1719 **Died** bef 1796 — [[Łęczna]] **Parents** [[Rubin (b.1694)]] **Spouses** [[Unknown (135)]] · [[Tyla (d.1796)]] **Children** [[Rubin Edelsztajn (b.1744)]] *GEDCOM I519023 · Bernstein tree · synced 2026-07-01*  ## Research *(your reasoning — preserved across every rebuild)* **1796 — death and estate settlement (Łęczna kahal testimony).** Elo died over the winter of 1795–96; the settlement of his estate was made by sworn testimony in the Łęczna kahal synagogue, registered in the town books on **26 January 1796** ([jedn. 1753838, scans 102–104](https://www.szukajwarchiwach.gov.pl/en/jednostka/-/jednostka/1753838?p_p_id=Jednostka&_Jednostka_delta=1&_Jednostka_cur=102)). The estate was a working concern shared with his son [[Rubin Edelsztajn (b.1744)]]: a homestead (by then burned down) in which Rubin lived, a market stall (*klitka*), and a distillery (*Winnica*) Elo had held jointly with two kahal officials. His **widow [[Tyla (d.1796)]] — his second wife — deposed to the movables and calls Rubin her *pasierb* / stepson**, confirming Rubin was Elo's son by his first wife [[Unknown (135)]]. The estate was divided **"among the children,"** corroborating that Rubin had siblings (see the candidate son-of-Elo *Elowicz / Iłowicz / Jełowicz* mentions below). (Read from the record 2026-07-04.) ## Evidence ## Open questions - **Possible brother in the Łęczna *Akta Miasta* 1745–1803 (APL 35/44, jednostka [1753840](https://www.szukajwarchiwach.gov.pl/en/jednostka/-/jednostka/1753840)) — unproven.** The book names **Mortka Rubinowicz** ([scan 35](https://www.szukajwarchiwach.gov.pl/en/jednostka/-/jednostka/1753840?p_p_id=Jednostka&_Jednostka_delta=1&_Jednostka_cur=35), 1766) as father-in-law of the Jewish debtor **Leyba Koplowicz** (Leyba married Mortka's daughter and assumed her father's 80 zł church-brotherhood debt). Like Elo, *Rubinowicz* = **son of Rubin**, and Mortka was of the same generation (a married daughter by 1766 → b. ~1710–1725). → **Candidate that Mortka Rubinowicz is another son of [[Rubin (b.1694)]]**, i.e. Elo's brother. Note this would also place the *Koplowicz* family ([[Jankiel Kopel (b.1720)]]'s line) marrying into the *Rubinowicz* family in 18th-c Łęczna. Unproven — same father-name + town + era, no direct link. Full analysis: [[Łęczna - 1745-1803 - Akta Miasta]]. - **Corroborating "son-of-Rubin" mentions in the earlier Łęczna *Akta Miasta* 1711–1749 (APL 35/44, jednostka [1753833](https://www.szukajwarchiwach.gov.pl/en/jednostka/-/jednostka/1753833)) — unproven.** The court decree book names three *Rubinowicz* men in Łęczna: **Chaim Rubinowicz** (1739, assumed a 3-taler debt; [scan 63](https://www.szukajwarchiwach.gov.pl/en/jednostka/-/jednostka/1753833?p_p_id=Jednostka&_Jednostka_delta=1&_Jednostka_cur=63); the reader first read it "Staim/Szaim" — likely **Chaim**), and the tailor **Naszek Rubinowicz** & plaintiff **Szymon Rubinowicz** (both 1722; [scan 34](https://www.szukajwarchiwach.gov.pl/en/jednostka/-/jednostka/1753833?p_p_id=Jednostka&_Jednostka_delta=1&_Jednostka_cur=34)). **Chaim** (active 1739 → b. ~1710–20) is the best age-fit as a further son of [[Rubin (b.1694)]] / brother of Elo; Szymon & Naszek (adults by 1722) point to a slightly earlier Rubin. Confirms a persistent Łęczna Rubinowicz family across 1722–1766 to test against the tree. Full analysis: [[Łęczna - 1711-1749 - Akta Miasta]]. - **Property-book *Rubinowicz* owners in Łęczna 1715–1741 (APL 35/44, jednostka [1753830](https://www.szukajwarchiwach.gov.pl/en/jednostka/-/jednostka/1753830)) — refines the Chaim dating.** The 1711–1745 property-inscription book shows **Chaim Rubinowicz** as an *established arendarz Łęczyński* buying property already in **1716** ([scan 65](https://www.szukajwarchiwach.gov.pl/en/jednostka/-/jednostka/1753830?p_p_id=Jednostka&_Jednostka_delta=1&_Jednostka_cur=65)) and recurring to 1741 ([scan 68](https://www.szukajwarchiwach.gov.pl/en/jednostka/-/jednostka/1753830?p_p_id=Jednostka&_Jednostka_delta=1&_Jednostka_cur=68)/[69](https://www.szukajwarchiwach.gov.pl/en/jednostka/-/jednostka/1753830?p_p_id=Jednostka&_Jednostka_delta=1&_Jednostka_cur=69), [80](https://www.szukajwarchiwach.gov.pl/en/jednostka/-/jednostka/1753830?p_p_id=Jednostka&_Jednostka_delta=1&_Jednostka_cur=80)) — so **b. bef. ~1695**, which makes him **too old to be a son of his father [[Rubin (b.1694)]]** (contra the book-2 inference above). More likely collateral kin of the same lineage. Also present: **Szmul Rubinowicz** & **Sloma Rubinowicz** (1720; [scan 68](https://www.szukajwarchiwach.gov.pl/en/jednostka/-/jednostka/1753830?p_p_id=Jednostka&_Jednostka_delta=1&_Jednostka_cur=68)/[69](https://www.szukajwarchiwach.gov.pl/en/jednostka/-/jednostka/1753830?p_p_id=Jednostka&_Jednostka_delta=1&_Jednostka_cur=69)) and a widow **Rubinowiczowa** (1715; [scan 57](https://www.szukajwarchiwach.gov.pl/en/jednostka/-/jednostka/1753830?p_p_id=Jednostka&_Jednostka_delta=1&_Jednostka_cur=57)). Unproven; candidate collateral kin. Full extraction: [[Łęczna - 1711-1745 - Akta Miasta]]. - **The Rubinowicz name persists into the late-18th-c Łęczna citizenship register, *Akta Miasta* 1716–1810 (APL 35/44, jednostka [1753829](https://www.szukajwarchiwach.gov.pl/en/jednostka/-/jednostka/1753829)).** The Jewish municipal-admission roll includes **Kisiel Rubinowicz** (admitted 1785, [scan 66](https://www.szukajwarchiwach.gov.pl/en/jednostka/-/jednostka/1753829?p_p_id=Jednostka&_Jednostka_delta=1&_Jednostka_cur=66)) and sons named for the ancestral name (Rubin Illowicz 1773, Rubin Chaimowicz 1785) — the same persistent Łęczna Rubinowicz family, no single identity fixed. Unproven, family-level. Full extraction: [[Łęczna - 1716-1810 - Akta Miasta]]. - **MAJOR advance on the Mortka lead — Mortka Rubinowicz was HEAD of the Łęczna kahał, wife Brocha, 1726–1744 (APL 35/44, jednostka [1753831](https://www.szukajwarchiwach.gov.pl/en/jednostka/-/jednostka/1753831)).** The 1720–1747 wójt-court property book names "*niewierny Mortka Rubinowicz, Starszy w Kahale*" (**kahał elder**) buying a market-stall with wife **Brocha** in 1726 ([scan 21](https://www.szukajwarchiwach.gov.pl/en/jednostka/-/jednostka/1753831?p_p_id=Jednostka&_Jednostka_delta=1&_Jednostka_cur=21)), and again as principal **Mordko Rubinowicz** in a 1744 stall dispute whose boundary names "**Brochla, wife of the kahał-head**" ([scan 95](https://www.szukajwarchiwach.gov.pl/en/jednostka/-/jednostka/1753831?p_p_id=Jednostka&_Jednostka_delta=1&_Jednostka_cur=95)) — the same couple. So the Mortka Rubinowicz thread had a **kahał-leader** named Mortka (b. ~1690–1700, wife Brocha/Brochla) active 1726–1744 — **too old to be Elo's brother**. Either (a) book 1's 1766 Mortka (father-in-law of Leyba Koplowicz) is this elder's **son/namesake** — and *that* younger Mortka is the candidate brother; or (b) one long-lived Mortka (b.~1700, still active 1766 at ~66). Either way the Rubinowicz family held Łęczna kahał leadership. Also **Szmul Rubinowicz** (1720). Unproven; strongest Rubinowicz-context find yet. Full extraction: [[Łęczna - 1720-1747 - Akta Miasta]]. - **The Mortka Rubinowicz thread continues to 1761 (APL 35/44, jednostka [1753832](https://www.szukajwarchiwach.gov.pl/en/jednostka/-/jednostka/1753832)).** The 1749–1767 property book names **Motka Rubinowicz** as a boundary Jew in 1761 ([scan 90](https://www.szukajwarchiwach.gov.pl/en/jednostka/-/jednostka/1753832?p_p_id=Jednostka&_Jednostka_delta=1&_Jednostka_cur=90)) — either the same Mortka who headed the Łęczna kahał 1726–1744 (then ~65) or his son/namesake, bridging toward book 1's 1766 Mortka (father-in-law of Leyba Koplowicz). Also **Nachim Rubinowicz** (1763, [scan 105](https://www.szukajwarchiwach.gov.pl/en/jednostka/-/jednostka/1753832?p_p_id=Jednostka&_Jednostka_delta=1&_Jednostka_cur=105)) — another son-of-Rubin. Unproven, family-level. Full extraction: [[Łęczna - 1749-1767 - Akta Miasta]]. - **A concrete recurring son-of-Rubin — Daniel Rubinowicz, active 1777–1786 (APL 35/44, jednostka [1753834](https://www.szukajwarchiwach.gov.pl/en/jednostka/-/jednostka/1753834)); almost certainly = book 1's "Daniel Rabinowicz" (1782).** The 1768–1789 inscription-&-decree book names **Daniel Rubinowicz** (*starozakonny*) as a property buyer in 1777 ([scan 135](https://www.szukajwarchiwach.gov.pl/en/jednostka/-/jednostka/1753834?p_p_id=Jednostka&_Jednostka_delta=1&_Jednostka_cur=135)), seller 1778 ([scan 144](https://www.szukajwarchiwach.gov.pl/en/jednostka/-/jednostka/1753834?p_p_id=Jednostka&_Jednostka_delta=1&_Jednostka_cur=144)) and buyer 1786 ([scan 170](https://www.szukajwarchiwach.gov.pl/en/jednostka/-/jednostka/1753834?p_p_id=Jednostka&_Jednostka_delta=1&_Jednostka_cur=170)) — signing in Hebrew. This is **the same Daniel Rabinowicz who appears in the [[Łęczna - 1745-1803 - Akta Miasta|1745–1803 debt-protocol]] (1782)** — a specific, cross-book-attested *son of Rubin* (b. ~1745–55, so of the generation of Elo's grandsons). The best-defined Rubinowicz individual in the whole series — candidate grandson of [[Rubin (b.1694)]] / nephew or grand-nephew of Elo. Unproven. Full extraction: [[Łęczna - 1768-1789 - Akta Miasta]]. - **Children of Elo appear under the patronymic *Elowicz / Iłowicz / Illowicz* (= "son of Iło/Elo").** His son [[Rubin Edelsztajn (b.1744)]] is documented as **"Rubin Elowicz"** (1796 estate record) and identified as **"Rubin Illowicz/Iłowicz"** — Łęczna citizen 1773, moneylender and holder of the town's slaughterhouse-and-meat-stall concession 1787 (see that profile; he was **not** himself a butcher). A variant-spelling re-sweep of all seven Łęczna books surfaced further candidate children of Elo under the same patronymic: **Josz Illowicz** (admitted to citizenship 1759, jednostka [1753829](https://www.szukajwarchiwach.gov.pl/en/jednostka/-/jednostka/1753829?p_p_id=Jednostka&_Jednostka_delta=1&_Jednostka_cur=58) sc.58) and **Moszko & Morek Iłłowicz** (1786, jednostka [1753834](https://www.szukajwarchiwach.gov.pl/en/jednostka/-/jednostka/1753834?p_p_id=Jednostka&_Jednostka_delta=1&_Jednostka_cur=244) sc.244) — candidate undocumented siblings of Rubin. Unproven. (Earlier *Majer Ilowicz*, 1735/1755, predates Elo's fatherhood — a different Iło.) - **More candidate children of Elo in the 1779–1810 book (APL 35/44, jednostka [1753836](https://www.szukajwarchiwach.gov.pl/en/jednostka/-/jednostka/1753836)):** **Moszko Jełowicz** (1780 [scan 8](https://www.szukajwarchiwach.gov.pl/en/jednostka/-/jednostka/1753836?p_p_id=Jednostka&_Jednostka_delta=1&_Jednostka_cur=8), 1801 [scan 61](https://www.szukajwarchiwach.gov.pl/en/jednostka/-/jednostka/1753836?p_p_id=Jednostka&_Jednostka_delta=1&_Jednostka_cur=61)) and **Szmul Zawel Jełowicz** (1799) — *Jełowicz = son of Jeło/Elo* — candidate brothers of the confirmed [[Rubin Edelsztajn (b.1744)]]. Unproven. Full extraction: [[Łęczna - 1779-1810 - Akta Miasta]].