Merensztejn Family Genealogy

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Descendants of Mordko Merensztejn

1 Mordko Merensztajn d: Bef. 1842 in Poland
.. + Chaja (unknown) b: Abt. 1800 in Poland d: Aft. 1825 in Poland
................ 2 Sura Bayla Merynsztayn b: Abt. 1825 in Wierzchowiny (near Siennica Różana), Poland d: Aft. 1865 in Poland
..............…. + Abram Czesner b: Abt. 1823 in Zastawie, Poland m: Aug. 18, 1842 in Rejowiec d: Bef. 1868 in Poland
............................... 3 Learn about their children here.

FAMILY ORIGINS

In a document from 1842, it is clear that early family members lived in the village of Zastawie, located within the Uhrusk Commune in Wlodawa County. According to the document, "It took place in the Town of Rejowiec on the sixth of August, 1842 at two o'clock in the afternoon. An Orthodox Jew, Szypsel Mandelbaum, deputizing for the local Rabbi, showed up in person accompanied by an Orthodox Jew Abraham Janklowicz Czesny, the bachelor aged 19, residing in the Village of Zastawie, being supported by his parents. Born in the Village of Zastawie located within Uhrusk Commune, the begotten son of a married couple, namely Jankiel and Tauba Czesny, both still alive, as well as Sura Bayla Merynsztayn, the maiden aged 17, residing in the Village of Wierzchowiny, the begotten daughter of a married couple, namely Chaja and Mordko Merynsztayn, the latter not alive anymore, and declared in the presence of witnesses, namely Mordko Borensztayn, the szkolnik aged 54 and Moszko Kam, the szkolnik aged 43, both residing in the Town of Rejowiec, that the religious marriage had been entered into on that day by the bachelor Abraham Janklowicz Czesny and the maiden Sura Bayla Merynsztayn. The marriage had been preceded by a triple calling of banns in the synagogue in Rejowiec as well as in the synagogue in Wlodawa, i.e., on July 16, on July 23, and on the July 30 of the current year, 1842, and the verbal consent to marriage had been granted by the parents of the newly married. No impediments to a proposed marriage had occurred. The newly married declared they had not signed any premarital agreement. The above certificate was read aloud to the appeared and the witnesses and was signed by all of them except for the bride, as she was illiterate."