# Szmul Rubinsztajn (b.1771) <!-- AUTO:BEGIN — generated from GEDCOM; do not edit, overwritten on rebuild --> > 🔵 **Bernstein — Ozzy's side** · Relationship to Ozzy: **in-law (married into the family)** **Born** ~1771 **Died** 07/19/1831 — [[Łęczna]] **Parents** Szyja Rubinsztajn · Laja **Spouse** [[Chana Herszkow (b.1781)]] **Children** [[Josef Rubinsztajn (b.1809)]] *GEDCOM I519547 · Bernstein tree · synced 2026-07-01* <!-- AUTO:END --> ## Research *(your reasoning — preserved across every rebuild)* ## Evidence ## Open questions - **Candidate pre-surname record (unproven): "Szmul Oszyjowicz Rabinowicz," Łęczna 1801.** In a 14 Apr 1801 arbitration (*kompromis*) over a house built by Mendel Szapsowicz, one of the four appointed arbitrators is **"Szmul Oszyjowicz Rabinowicz"** (chosen, with Wolf Ickowicz, by Mendel Szapsowicz). *Oszyjowicz = son of Oszyia/Szyia* — matches this man's father **Szyja Rubinsztajn**; given name, father-name, place (Łęczna) and era (age ~30 in 1801) all fit, and "Rabinowicz"≈Rubin(owicz), the root of the later fixed surname **Rubinsztajn**. Not proven — "Rabinowicz" may instead mean "son of the rabbi," and *Szmul son of Szyia* is not a rare pairing. APL 35/44/0/1/30, jednostka 1753836, sc.[59](https://www.szukajwarchiwach.gov.pl/en/jednostka/-/jednostka/1753836?p_p_id=Jednostka&_Jednostka_delta=1&_Jednostka_cur=59). Extraction: [[Łęczna - 1779-1810 - Akta Miasta]].