# Srul Izaak Barbanel (b.1904 Uhnów) — how is he related? **Question:** how is Srul Izaak Barbanel (b.10 Dec 1904, Uhnów/Galicia; m. Ciwia Stransgerstel-Lechner, Rava-Ruska 1929; son Natan Aron Gedalja b.1933 Lwów) related to [[Srul Icek Barbanel (b.1829)]], son of [[Nusyn Barbanel (b.1798)]]? ## What's PROVEN (Yad Vashem Pages of Testimony, submitted by Sura's nephew **Mordekhai Abarbanel**) - Srul Izaak's surname is **matrilineal** — his father was **Szloma Katz**, mother **Sura Barbanel** (Galician religious-only marriage → children take mother's name). - **Sura Barbanel = "Sara Katz"**, b.1884 Uhnów, d.1942; her parents were **Shalom Barbanel & Khava**; married Szloma Katz. (YV item 1090385.) - Sura's **brother = Moshe Tzvi / Moses Hersch Barbanel** (b.1886, Uhnów; wife Henia Beila Scheck of Oleszyce) — confirmed by the Uhnów 1907 birth record + Mordekhai's POTs. - So: **Sura & Moshe Tzvi are children of Shalom Barbanel & Khava.** Both named a son **"Srul Izaak / Izrael Izak"** → Ashkenazi naming points to a **common grandfather named Srul Icek = Shalom's father**. ## Current best answer `Srul Icek → Shalom Barbanel (×Khava, in Uhnów by 1884) → Sura (×Szloma Katz) → Srul Izaak (b.1904)` Srul Izaak is most likely the **great-grandson of *a* Srul Icek** — but **probably NOT [[Srul Icek Barbanel (b.1829)]]**. ## Why probably NOT our Srul Icek (1829) Pulled the **full Głusk Barbanel corpus** (137 JRI records; Głusk births indexed 1826–88). Srul Icek (1829) × Sura Szandlja Nissenbaum's children are fully documented — and there is **no surviving son "Shalom/Szloma"** born ~1855–65. Absence in an indexed period is meaningful. Combined with the family being rooted in **Uhnów (Galicia)** and Mordekhai's use of the full **"Abarbanel"** spelling → the Uhnów line looks like a **separate, likely Galician, Abarbanel family**. ## Hypotheses | # | hypothesis | confidence | |---|---|---| | A | Separate Galician Abarbanel family; not descended from Srul Icek (1829) | ~60% | | B | Connected to the Lublin Barbanels further back (shared deep ancestor), not via Srul Icek | ~25% | | C | Shalom really is an unrecorded son of Srul Icek (1829) who moved to Uhnów | ~15% | ## Next steps 1. **Shalom Abarbanel's birth/marriage (~1855–1882)** — absent from all indexed Lublin + Galician sets; means un-indexed **AGAD Rava-Ruska** registers (b.1816–1900) or Tomaszów Lubelski. Names *his* father (the real Srul Icek) + birthplace → decides Galician-native vs Lublin-migrant. 2. **Autosomal DNA** — Srul Izaak descendant vs a known Głusk/Ostrów Barbanel descendant. 3. Read the "Izrael Izak Abarbanel b.1908" POT (Multiple Sources) for extra detail. ## Evidence (sources) - **Srul Izaak Barbanel — 1904 birth, Uhnów** (House #321; father Szloma Katz, mother Sure Barbanel): [AGAD scan](http://agadd2.home.net.pl/metrykalia/300_new/album/2782/#img=1_300_0_0_2782_0058.jpg) - **Jakob Wolf (brother) — 1907 birth, Uhnów** (House #326; Saloman Katz & Sary Barbanel): [AGAD scan](http://agadd2.home.net.pl/metrykalia/300_new/album/2782/#img=1_300_0_0_2782_0146.jpg) - **Srul Izaak × Ciwia — 1929 marriage, Rava-Ruska** (akta #1; mother recorded as Sura Barbanel): [AGAD scan](http://agadd2.home.net.pl/metrykalia/300_new/album/3687/#img=1_300_0_0_3687_0075.jpg) - **Sara Katz (= Sura Barbanel) — Yad Vashem Page of Testimony** (b.1884 Uhnów, parents Shalom & Khava, submitted by nephew Mordekhai Abarbanel): [YV item 1090385](https://collections.yadvashem.org/en/names/1090385) - **JRI-Poland** indexes (Uhnów b.1903–07; Rava-Ruska m.1929; Głusk b.1826–88) via [legacy.jri-poland.org](https://legacy.jri-poland.org/jriplweb-legacy.htm) - **Natan Aron Gedalja Barbanel — 1933 birth, Lwów**: Gesher Galicia [All Galicia Database](https://search.geshergalicia.org/) *Source long-form: `Bernstein Family Tree/Srul_Izaak_Barbanel_Uhnow_research.md` (retired into this note).*