# Risza Vizel (b.1840) <!-- AUTO:BEGIN — generated from GEDCOM; do not edit, overwritten on rebuild --> > 🔵 **Bernstein — Ozzy's side** · Relationship to Ozzy: **4x great-grandmother** ![[I506911.jpg|220]] **Born** ~1840 **Died** bef 1880 **Parents** [[Mordechai Menachem Vizel]] **Spouse** [[Salamon Rezmovics (d.1888)]] **Children** [[Mechel Rezmovics (b.1860)]] · [[Baila Rezmovics (b.1863)]] · [[Rifka Rezmovics (b.1865)]] · [[Fisel Rezmovics (b.1870)]] · [[Eidl Rezmovics (b.1875)]] ### Biography — from MyHeritage Maiden name Vizel from daughters Baila and Rifka's birth record. **📸 Media — from MyHeritage** ![[I506911_1.jpg|180]] *GEDCOM I506911 · Bernstein tree · synced 2026-07-01* <!-- AUTO:END --> ## Research *(your reasoning — preserved across every rebuild)* ### Name variation — recorded spellings Same woman, different spellings across records (all variants of the Yiddish name *Reyzl*). Noting them so she isn't mistaken for a different person in future record matching. - **Risza** — vault/GEDCOM form. - **Rissel** — 2nd image of daughter [[Baila Rezmovics (b.1863)]]'s record. - **Ziszel** (surname *WIZL*) — daughter [[Baila Rezmovics (b.1863)]]'s birth register (Baia Mare, Book #273, 14-03). Same spelling family as *Rissel* above — this is the transcription underlying that image note. - **Riszi** — daughter [[Rifka Rezmovics (b.1865)]]'s birth register (Baia Mare, Reg. Book #273, 14-14). - **Risze** — daughter [[Eidl Rezmovics (b.1875)]]'s birth register (Baia Mare, Reg. Book #276, 41-10; no surname given); also on son [[Mechel Rezmovics (b.1860)]]'s 1897 death record. - **Riszye** — son [[Fisel Rezmovics (b.1870)]]'s birth (JewishGen; Book #276, 40-11). - **Reszsze** — Fisel's duplicate birth entry (Book 359, 78-01c). - **Reisze** — Eidl's birth entry (Book 359, 121-03d). - **Reiza** — see the Dubove 1902 death-index possible match below (identity unconfirmed). ## Evidence ### Possible match — VIZEL Reiza death index, Dubove 1902 Death-index entry, **VIZEL Reiza**, d. **1902**, in **Dombo / Dubove** (Tecsői járás, Máramaros megye). - **Name:** *Reiza* is a variant of *Risza / Rissel / Reyzl* — consistent with this person. See name-variation note above. - **Surname & place:** VIZEL in the Máramaros region — geographically plausible for our family (Teresva / Solotvyno area). - **Limitations:** Partial book, **index only, no parents' names** — cannot confirm identity from the index alone. No age/house number recorded. - **Source:** Dubove area death index 1895–1924; Fund 1606, Opus 11, Delo 531 — page-row **V1-22/14**. ### Possible match (weak) — WIZEL Racze death, Kökényes 1875 Death record: **WIZEL, Racze**, F, **age 20**, d. **15-Apr-1875**, born Kökényes (Ternovo), **"Resides in Taracköz."** No parents/occupation listed. Source: Baia Mare Register Book **289**, 36-01. - **For:** surname *Wizel/Vizel* ✓; residence *Taracköz* ✓ (our Risza's town); death **~5 weeks after daughter [[Eidl Rezmovics (b.1875)]]'s birth** (9-Mar-1875) — a postpartum death would explain the vault's *died bef 1880* and Eidl being the last child. - **Against (decisive):** **age 20 → born ~1855**, but our Risza bore [[Mechel Rezmovics (b.1860)]] in 1860, so she must be born ~1840 (age ~35 in 1875). A 20-year-old cannot be that mother. Given name *Racze* is also a poor fit for *Risza/Reyzl*. No parents listed to test against [[Mordechai Menachem Vizel]]. - **Assessment:** **Probably NOT our Risza** — the age rules it out. More likely a different (younger) Vizel woman living in Taracköz, possibly a relative worth tracing. Kept here as a candidate to formally exclude. ## Open questions - **Which death is Risza's — if either?** Two competing candidates now: **WIZEL Racze 1875** (right place/timing, but age 20 is incompatible) vs **VIZEL Reiza, Dubove 1902** (right age-plausibility, wrong for *bef 1880*). They can't both be her, and both have disqualifying issues. Resolve by pulling the **full register images** (Book 289 36-01 for 1875; Fund 1606/Op.11/Delo 531 for 1902) to check parents/spouse before accepting either. - **Does the 1902 Dubove death belong to this Risza?** Her current death is recorded as *bef 1880* (an inference — maiden name came from daughters Baila's & Rifka's birth records, not a death record). A confirmed 1902 death would overturn that; a woman b. ~1840 dying 1902 (age ~62) is entirely plausible. **Do not change the death date on the strength of an index alone** — order/view the full death register entry (Fund 1606, Opus 11, Delo 531) to confirm before amending.