# Samuel Burnstein (b.1881) <!-- AUTO:BEGIN — generated from GEDCOM; do not edit, overwritten on rebuild --> > 🔴 **Dahne — Sarah's side** · Relationship to Ozzy: **wife's 3x great-grand-uncle** **Born** 07/1881 — [[Širvintos]] **Died** 09/11/1955 — [[New London]] **Parents** [[Joseph Tzvi Bernstein (b.1840)]] · [[Jennie Siminovitch (b.1845)]] **Spouses** [[Bertha Bernstein (b.1888)]] · [[Pauline Margolis (b.1888)]] **Children** [[Lilly B Burnstein (b.1909)]] · [[Lilly B Burnstein (b.1909)]] · [[Joseph Irving Burnstein (b.1921)]] · [[Shirley Z Burnstein (b.1922)]] **Siblings** [[Chava Leah Bernstein (b.1860)]] · [[Louis Morris Bernstein (b.1865)]] · [[Eli Selig Bernstein (b.1865)]] · [[Joshua Bernstein (b.1869)]] · [[Pauline E Bernstein (b.1875)]] · [[Ida Bernstein (b.1885)]] *GEDCOM I142725165849 · Dahne tree · synced 2026-07-01* <!-- AUTO:END --> ## Narrative Samuel Burnstein was born in July 1881 in [[Širvintos]], Lithuania, a son of [[Joseph Tzvi Bernstein (b.1840)]] and [[Jennie Siminovitch (b.1845)]] (per GEDCOM I142725165849, Dahne tree). His birth year is uncertain: family recollection (Liz Bernstein) placed it in 1882 and a death index gives 1884, though the profile records July 1881 [?]. He grew up in a large sibling group that included [[Chava Leah Bernstein (b.1860)]], [[Louis Morris Bernstein (b.1865)]], [[Eli Selig Bernstein (b.1865)]], [[Joshua Bernstein (b.1869)]], [[Pauline E Bernstein (b.1875)]], and [[Ida Bernstein (b.1885)]]. A note in the MyHeritage biography observes that his father Joseph may have died around 1880, which — if correct — would bear on the disputed birth date [?]. Like many from the region, Samuel emigrated and settled in the United States, ending his life at [[New London]]. Across the census and index records aggregated by MyHeritage he appears consistently as head of household and married, working in trade — variously recorded as proprietor, merchant, and "stand" (stall) keeper. These entries point to a career in small-scale retail or market trade, though the individual records are not separately cited here. He married twice, to [[Bertha Bernstein (b.1888)]] and to [[Pauline Margolis (b.1888)]]. His children include [[Joseph Irving Burnstein (b.1921)]] and [[Shirley Z Burnstein (b.1922)]], with [[Lilly B Burnstein (b.1909)]] also recorded among them. Samuel Burnstein died on 9 November 1955 in New London. ## Research *(your reasoning — preserved across every rebuild)* ## Evidence ## Open questions