# Manas Zelik <!-- AUTO:BEGIN — generated from GEDCOM; do not edit, overwritten on rebuild --> > 🔵 **Bernstein — Ozzy's side** · Relationship to Ozzy: **7x great-grandfather** **Children** [[Uszer Winer (b.1740)]] *GEDCOM I521578 · Bernstein tree · synced 2026-07-01* <!-- AUTO:END --> ## Narrative "Manas Zelik" is not a documented man but a conjectural name — a best guess at the father of [[Uszer Winer (b.1740)]], whose paternity no surviving record actually gives.[^guess] The guess is drawn from the [[Bełżyce]] tax and ground-rent ledgers of the early 1770s, in which several men named Manas appear near Uszer: a "Manas Herszkowicz" in the 1772 Bełżyce tax report; and, more suggestively, a "Manas Trzeszkowski" — the register once noting "Moszkowa Trzeszkowska" and, directly beneath her, "her son, the lodger (*komornik*) Manas," a man whose byname points to an origin in nearby Trzeszkowice (the birthplace carried in this profile's frontmatter).[^ledgers] A third candidate, "Zelik Osiorowicz," recurs in the same ledgers, and the profile's compound name "Manas Zelik" seems to fuse these threads.[^ledgers] None of them is linked to Uszer by a document: in the ledgers Uszer appears not beside a father but beneath his father-in-law [[Ayzyk Kłodnicki (b.1720)]], as Ayzyk's son-in-law, so his own paternity is left open.[^guess] [^guess]: The family's own MyHeritage note states plainly: "This placement is complete guesswork based on naming patterns. I have no document which links Uszer to a father's name." In the 1770–1772 Bełżyce rent ledgers [[Uszer Winer (b.1740)]] is entered as *zięć* (son-in-law) of [[Ayzyk Kłodnicki (b.1720)]], not beside any father — see the Uszer and Ayzyk profiles (those ledgers deep-read 2026-07-06). [^ledgers]: Bełżyce tax/rent ledgers, early 1770s (cited on this profile's MyHeritage note): a "Manas Herszkowicz" in the 1772 Bełżyce tax report ([scan](https://www.szukajwarchiwach.gov.pl/skan/-/skan/e40cea0c73be84e3a37b8701bb66bedc7f9f262c0023efd8c236ed5b0531b786)); a "Manas Trzeszkowski, syn" listed near Uszer ([scan](https://www.szukajwarchiwach.gov.pl/skan/-/skan/bc5f2552e52cb4d46052f2ac17e9a069fa7aa368a8b480b3afb2a769af038bd6)); the 1771 ledger's "Moszkowa Trzeszkowska" with "Syn iey komornik Manas" beneath her ([scan](https://www.szukajwarchiwach.gov.pl/skan/-/skan/5a5c84033436735b53dbab1847b14bdcd9f5b4b088d0a5ada488aab2875996a5)); and a recurring "Zelik Osiorowicz." Candidate names only — none documented as Uszer's father. ## Research *(your reasoning — preserved across every rebuild)* - **Conjectural placeholder — not a documented person.** "Manas Zelik" stands for the undocumented father of [[Uszer Winer (b.1740)]]. Candidates in the 1770s Bełżyce ledgers: Manas Herszkowicz, Manas Trzeszkowski (son of Moszkowa Trzeszkowska; byname → Trzeszkowice, this profile's birthplace), Zelik Osiorowicz. No record links any of them to Uszer, who appears in the ledgers only as son-in-law of [[Ayzyk Kłodnicki (b.1720)]]. ## Evidence ## Open questions - **Uszer Winer's paternity is unproven.** Best routes: a Bełżyce/Trzeszkowice record naming Uszer's father, or a birth/marriage act (~1740 / ~1769). Until then, do not treat "Manas Zelik" as an established identity. - Reconcile the compound name "Manas Zelik" against the three distinct ledger candidates (Manas Herszkowicz vs Manas Trzeszkowski vs Zelik Osiorowicz). - **Additional MyHeritage-bio scan leads (not yet read/incorporated; preserved 2026-07-06):** [here](https://www.szukajwarchiwach.gov.pl/skan/-/skan/7ac968f1ab347fb856d3755a04a6db91317711c89358ee30df31527a618809d1)