# PLACEHOLDER Chaia (d.1838) <!-- AUTO:BEGIN — generated from GEDCOM; do not edit, overwritten on rebuild --> > 🔵 **Bernstein — Ozzy's side** · Relationship to Ozzy: **6x great-grand-aunt** **Died** bef 1838 — [[Łęczna]] **Parents** [[Jankiel Kopel (b.1720)]] · [[Hinda (b.1727)]] **Spouse** [[Ichiel Michel Hochberger (b.1739)]] **Children** [[Jankiel Hochberger (b.1750)]] · [[Aron Hochberger (b.1765)]] · [[Menachem Mendel Hochberger (b.1770)]] · [[Herszek Hochberger (b.1792)]] · [[Mala Hochberger]] **Siblings** [[PLACEHOLDER Joszay Heszel Jakubowicz Koplowicz (b.1734)]] · [[Raca (b.1744)]] ### Biography — from MyHeritage **NOTE: **I have not been able to confirm this profile with concrete proof. Her father's name is consistantly recorded as Jankiel Kopel throughout notarial records, and while Raca's father is consistanly recorded as Kopel, Szol Balter named his son Jankiel Kopel. It is also worth noting that Chaia's husband - Michel Mendlowicz - may have been Zelik Mendelsberg's father. Needs more research. *GEDCOM I519229 · Bernstein tree · synced 2026-07-01* <!-- AUTO:END --> ## Research *(your reasoning — preserved across every rebuild)* **Full recorded name recovered: "Chaia Koplowiczówna z Lewitów"** (Chaia, daughter of Kopel, of a *Lewit*/Levite family) — she signs thus, in her own hand, on a 1805 promissory note jointly with her husband **"Chil Michel Mędel Rabinowicz Hochbergier"** (the couple borrowing 240 red złp from Chaim Leybowicz Bergierman, secured on their house No. 118, Łęczna). Confirms her patronymic (daughter of [[Jankiel Kopel (b.1720)]]) and the Levite descent. APL 35/44/0/1/35, jedn. 1753841, act 201, sc.[181](https://www.szukajwarchiwach.gov.pl/en/jednostka/-/jednostka/1753841?p_p_id=Jednostka&_Jednostka_delta=1&_Jednostka_cur=181)–[182](https://www.szukajwarchiwach.gov.pl/en/jednostka/-/jednostka/1753841?p_p_id=Jednostka&_Jednostka_delta=1&_Jednostka_cur=182) (read from the scans 2026-07-06). Her placeholder name can be replaced with **Chaia Koplowna (z Lewitów)**; see [[Ichiel Michel Hochberger (b.1739)]]. ## Evidence ![[Ichiel Michel Hochberger - 1805 wife Chaia Koplowna + house No118 loan (act 201) jedn1753841 sc182.jpg]] *1805 (21 Nov) — she signs **"Chaia Koplowiczówna z Lewitów"** beside her husband "Chil Michel Mędel Rabinowicz Hochbergier" on a 240-ducat bond secured on their house No. 118. APL 35/44/0/1/35, jedn. 1753841, sc.[182](https://www.szukajwarchiwach.gov.pl/en/jednostka/-/jednostka/1753841?p_p_id=Jednostka&_Jednostka_delta=1&_Jednostka_cur=182).* ![[Ichiel Michel Hochberger - 1786 plot purchase (Michel Medlowicz + wife Chaia) jedn1753836 sc23.jpg]] *1786 (17 Dec) — "Starozakonny Michel Mędlowicz **y Żonie iego Chai**" (…and his wife Chaia) buy a quarter-plot in Łęczna for 180 złp. Confirms her marriage to **Michel Mędlowicz = [[Ichiel Michel Hochberger (b.1739)]]** (Michel son of Mendel). Her father [[Jankiel Kopel (b.1720)]] is why he is elsewhere styled "żyd Koplowy" (Kopel's Jew). APL 35/44/0/1/30, jedn. 1753836, sc.[23](https://www.szukajwarchiwach.gov.pl/en/jednostka/-/jednostka/1753836?p_p_id=Jednostka&_Jednostka_delta=1&_Jednostka_cur=23).* ## Open questions