# Josef Tuchsznajder (Tuchszer) (b.1775) <!-- AUTO:BEGIN β€” generated from GEDCOM; do not edit, overwritten on rebuild --> > πŸ”΅ **Bernstein β€” Ozzy's side** Β· Relationship to Ozzy: **5x great-grandfather Β· also 6x great-grandfather *(2 ancestral lines)*** ![[I509214.jpg|220]] **Born** 1775–1780 **Died** 10/10/1830 β€” [[Łęczna]] **Parents** [[Lejbus (b.1745)]] Β· [[Szajndla (b.1745)]] **Spouse** [[Ruchla (b.1774)]] **Children** [[Zelman Nuchym Tuchsznajder (b.1803)]] Β· [[Lejbus Hersz Tuchsznajder (b.1810)]] Β· [[Chana Sura Tuchsznajder (b.1813)]] Β· [[Chwula Tuchsznajder (b.1818)]] Β· [[Perla Tuchsznajder (b.1823)]] Β· [[Szajndla Tuchsznajder (b.1823)]] **Siblings** [[Ester (b.1769)]] **πŸ“Έ Media β€” from MyHeritage** ![[I509214_1.jpg|180]] ### How you're related β€” 2 distinct paths *These are genuinely separate bloodlines (the family intermarried), not the same line counted twice.* - **5x great-grandfather** β€” [[Josef Tuchsznajder (Tuchszer) (b.1775)]] β†’ [[Chwula Tuchsznajder (b.1818)]] β†’ [[Moszek Hersz Grynblat (b.1839)]] β†’ [[Maryia Grynblat (b.1876)]] β†’ [[Yona Hamerman (b.1911)]] β†’ [[Sara Hamerman (b.1943)]] β†’ [[Gila Barbanel (b.1977)]] β†’ [[Azriel Yosef Bernstein (b.2000)]] - **6x great-grandfather** β€” [[Josef Tuchsznajder (Tuchszer) (b.1775)]] β†’ [[Chwula Tuchsznajder (b.1818)]] β†’ [[Syma Fajga Grynblat (b.1826)]] β†’ [[Bajla Frenk (b.1857)]] β†’ [[Moszek Mortko Hamerman (b.1881)]] β†’ [[Yona Hamerman (b.1911)]] β†’ [[Sara Hamerman (b.1943)]] β†’ [[Gila Barbanel (b.1977)]] β†’ [[Azriel Yosef Bernstein (b.2000)]] *GEDCOM I509214 Β· Bernstein tree Β· synced 2026-07-01* <!-- AUTO:END --> ## Narrative Josef Tuchsznajder β€” the surname (also written **Tuchszer**) is an occupational one, from the German *Tuchscherer*, a cloth-shearer or cloth-cutter, the trade that named the family β€” was born about 1775–80, the son of [[Lejbus (b.1745)]] and [[Szajndla (b.1745)]], and lived and died in [[Łęczna]].[^parents] He married [[Ruchla (b.1774)]], and the couple raised a large Łęczna family: [[Zelman Nuchym Tuchsznajder (b.1803)]], [[Lejbus Hersz Tuchsznajder (b.1810)]], [[Chana Sura Tuchsznajder (b.1813)]], [[Chwula Tuchsznajder (b.1818)]], [[Perla Tuchsznajder (b.1823)]] and [[Szajndla Tuchsznajder (b.1823)]].[^children] Through his daughter [[Chwula Tuchsznajder (b.1818)]] β€” who married into the Grynblat family β€” his line runs down to Ozzy along two intermarried paths.[^kin] Josef Tuchsznajder died in Łęczna on 10 October 1830.[^death] [^parents]: Son of [[Lejbus (b.1745)]] and [[Szajndla (b.1745)]] (GEDCOM/MyHeritage). Born ~1775–80. Surname Tuchsznajder / Tuchszer β€” occupational (cloth-shearer/-cutter, from Ger. *Tuchscherer*). [^children]: Married [[Ruchla (b.1774)]]; children per the GEDCOM/MyHeritage record: [[Zelman Nuchym Tuchsznajder (b.1803)]], [[Lejbus Hersz Tuchsznajder (b.1810)]], [[Chana Sura Tuchsznajder (b.1813)]], [[Chwula Tuchsznajder (b.1818)]], [[Perla Tuchsznajder (b.1823)]], [[Szajndla Tuchsznajder (b.1823)]]. [^kin]: Direct line to Ozzy via [[Chwula Tuchsznajder (b.1818)]] β†’ [[Moszek Hersz Grynblat (b.1839)]] β†’ [[Maryia Grynblat (b.1876)]] β†’ [[Yona Hamerman (b.1911)]] β†’ [[Sara Hamerman (b.1943)]] β†’ [[Gila Barbanel (b.1977)]] (and a second, intermarried Grynblat path β€” see the paths on this profile). [^death]: Death record, [[Łęczna]], akt No. 48 (family MyHeritage biography): died 10 October 1830. [scan](https://www.szukajwarchiwach.gov.pl/skan/-/skan/7b4fa209b9484a449008c3de89c261fa5914fcf01112b3955c73cfdcc80ffcff) (not yet read directly). A second szukajwarchiwach scan is cited unlabelled on the profile ([scan](https://www.szukajwarchiwach.gov.pl/skan/-/skan/a35b30989e4d2acbe76f3c7fdee20defdc889ace0aec98c80450e337e9cf6285)). ## Research *(your reasoning β€” preserved across every rebuild)* - **Death record (Łęczna akta 48, 1830).** Son of Lejbus + Szajndla; married Ruchla; of Łęczna. Surname **Tuchsznajder/Tuchszer** = cloth-cutter (occupational). Direct-line daughter [[Chwula Tuchsznajder (b.1818)]]. - Scans (death akta 48; a second unlabelled scan) still to **read directly** β€” confirm the death details, age, and identify the second scan. ## Evidence ## Open questions - **Read the death-record scan (akta 48) directly** and add to Evidence; it should give his age (to refine the 1775–80 birth) and possibly his trade. - **Identify the second (unlabelled) szukajwarchiwach scan** cited in the family biography. [scan](https://www.szukajwarchiwach.gov.pl/skan/-/skan/a35b30989e4d2acbe76f3c7fdee20defdc889ace0aec98c80450e337e9cf6285)