# Brana (b.1749) <!-- AUTO:BEGIN — generated from GEDCOM; do not edit, overwritten on rebuild --> > 🔵 **Bernstein — Ozzy's side** · Relationship to Ozzy: **6x great-grandmother** **Born** ~1749 **Died** 10/14/1829 — [[Żółkiewka]] **Parents** [[Herszek (3)]] · [[Ita (6)]] **Spouse** [[Chaim Waintraub (b.1757)]] **Children** [[Laja Chaimowiczowna (b.1781)]] · [[Zanwel Waintraub (b.1795)]] · [[Fraydla Waintraub]] *GEDCOM I521472 · Bernstein tree · synced 2026-07-01* <!-- AUTO:END --> ## Narrative Brana was a Jewish woman of [[Żółkiewka]], born about 1749, the daughter of Herszek and Ita Herszmann.[^parents] She married [[Chaim Waintraub (b.1757)]], and their children were [[Laja Chaimowiczowna (b.1781)]], [[Zanwel Waintraub (b.1795)]] and [[Fraydla Waintraub]].[^children] Like her son, she is recorded as a *wyrobnik* — a day-labourer — the plainest of the town's working livelihoods.[^death] She died at Żółkiewka on 14 October 1829, at six in the morning, aged eighty.[^death] Her death was reported the next day by two of her own family: her son **Zanwel Weyntraub**, a day-labourer of forty, and her son-in-law **Jankiel Herszmann**, thirty-seven — both of whom signed the act in Polish and Hebrew, and who named her surviving children, the son Zanwel and the two daughters Laia and Faygla.[^death] [^parents]: Daughter of Herszek and Ita Herszmann — named in her 1829 death act (below). Born ~1749 (from the death act's age 80 in 1829). [^children]: Wife of [[Chaim Waintraub (b.1757)]]; children [[Laja Chaimowiczowna (b.1781)]], [[Zanwel Waintraub (b.1795)]] and [[Fraydla Waintraub]] (GEDCOM/MyHeritage; the death act names son Zanwel and daughters Laia and Faygla). [^death]: Death record, [[Żółkiewka]], akt No. 20, drawn 15 October 1829 (full translation on the profile, family MyHeritage biography): "Brana Weyntraub," a day-labourer (*wyrobnik*), aged 80, daughter of Herszek and Ita Herszmann, died 14 October 1829 at 6 a.m., leaving a son Zanwel and daughters Laia and Faygla. Reported by her son Zanwel Weyntraub (day-labourer, 40) and her son-in-law Jankiel Herszmann (37), who both signed in Polish and Hebrew; mayor/registrar Święcki. [scan](https://www.szukajwarchiwach.gov.pl/skan/-/skan/2ef98d1b2af79599a756fad99dcd2a0ee6ae8d6eb380e0af5b2c1492dc282c99) (not yet read directly). ## Research *(your reasoning — preserved across every rebuild)* - **1829 Żółkiewka death record (akta 20) fully translated on the profile** — Brana Weyntraub, day-labourer, aged 80 (→ b.~1749), daughter of Herszek + Ita **Herszmann**; reported by son Zanwel + son-in-law Jankiel Herszmann. Fixes her parents, age, husband's line (Waintraub) and children. - Death scan still to **read directly**. ## Evidence ## Open questions - **Read the death-record scan (akta 20) directly** and add to Evidence. - **Her father's family "Herszmann"** and the son-in-law "Jankiel Herszmann" — check whether the son-in-law is a paternal-side kinsman (endogamy) or coincidence of surname.