Jurysta family tree: sources and boundaries

Reconciled 22 September 2026. Dates are Gregorian unless a source conflict is stated.

The established direct line

Majer Jurysta and Rywka — Majer was born about 1782–83; Rywka died before May 1829.
Lewek Jurysta and Marya Moszkowicz — married 21 May 1829, Działoszyce Act 4. Lewek’s parents were Majer and deceased Rywka. Marya’s parents were deceased Zanel Moszkowicz and Mindla.
Abram “Sandel Abram” Jurysta and Chana Rywka Pilarz — Abram was born 11 August 1830 to Lewek and Marya, married Ryfka Pilarz in 1852, and fathered Majer later that year.
Majer Jurysta and Tauba Sziewicz — Majer was born 5 December 1852 and married Tauba on 28 February 1873, Act 7.
Judka Jurysta and Bluma Swicarczyk — Judka was born 13 April 1874 and married Bluma on 6 April 1894, Act 11.
Symcha Jurysta and Szajndla Fisz — Symcha was born 2 April 1895; Szajndla was born 2 December 1892 in Nowy Korczyn.

Why the chain is now connected. Lewek’s 1829 marriage names Majer and deceased Rywka; Abram’s 1830 birth names Lewek and Marya; Abram and Ryfka’s 1852 marriage repeats his parents; Majer’s 1852 birth names Abram and Chana Ryfka Pilarz; and Majer’s 1873 marriage names his father with the compound name Sandel Abram and his mother as Rywka Chana née Pilarz/Pilart.

Majer’s probable later household

Children’s acts identify Majer and Fajgla as the parents of Mortka (1836), Abram (1838) and Wolf (1842). Majer’s age aligns with the older family head, but the couple’s marriage act remains unlocated. Fajgla is therefore shown as Majer’s probable later wife, and their children as collateral half-siblings of Lewek. The Abram born in 1838 is not Sandel Abram, who was born in 1830 to Lewek and Marya.

Majer and Tauba’s children

Judka, born 13 April 1874, Act 69.
Ajdla, born 12 March 1876, Act 27.
Zajnwel, born 27 May 1878, Act 44.
Szajndla, born 24 April 1880; registered in 1885, Act 399.
Laja, born 24 August 1885, Act 400.
Sendel/Sandel, born 24 February 1888, Act 44.
Lejbuś, born 27 May/8 June 1893; his marriage Act 34/1918 names Majer and Tauba as his parents.
Sura, identified as their daughter in marriage Act 37/1907; her birth act still needs corroboration.

Lejbuś and Małka’s branch

Lejbuś Jurysta married Małka Czosnek on 28 August 1918. Their household register lists Chaim Hersz, Majer, Samba, Szajndla and Moszek Chaskiel. Samba’s recorded birth—1 March 1926 in Działoszyce—matches Tosia/Toshka Jurysta’s archival identity. With Tosia’s parents given as Lejb and Małka, this places Tosia as their daughter and as a granddaughter of Majer and Tauba. “Samba” is retained as a record-name variant rather than silently discarded.

Judka and Bluma’s household

The civil records support one couple. Children presently attached are Symcha (1895), Sandel (1898), Szyja (1899), Henoch/Hejnoch (1901), Henandel/Hernandel (1912), Brandla/Brajndla (1915), and a separately unresolved 1917 son. Symcha’s Act 78 explicitly uses female wording; the matching name, date and parents strongly support the later male household identity, but the discrepancy remains recorded.

Symcha and Szajndla’s household

Berek/Bernard, born 3 May 1917; survivor; married Ruchla Gitla and later Manci/Maria Jacobs. Daughters Deborah and Loretta.
Chaim Dawid, born 12 August 1918; survived liberation and died in 1945 according to the family record.
Majer/Meyer, born 15 September 1922; survivor; married Rose Mermelstein in 1956. Children Steven, Barbara, Alan and Ilissa; Alan’s children are Eliana, Samuel and Elyse.
Hanandel/Heniek/Henryk/Henry, born 1924/1925; survivor; exact civil birth entry remains to be recovered.
Dwora, born 27 April 1927; wartime loss reported.
Abram-Abel, born 23 September 1929; memorial identity and fate remain under review.

Confirmed Israel descendant branch

Judka and Bluma’s son Sandel Jurysta married Bajla Rywka Lewandowska. Their sons Shaya/Szaja and Arye/Arie survived and emigrated to Israel. Arye married Rachel; their children are Yaron, Jody and Dudi Yurista. This branch belongs under Sandel’s household, not under Symcha’s.

Collateral lines kept distinct

Zajnwel Jurysta and Ryfka Majerczyk → Izrael Lewek Jurysta and Ruda Cukierman → Majer Jurysta and Małka Pilcer → Józef/Josek Jurysta.
Zajnwel Jurysta and Rywka → Berek Wulf Jurysta and Hinda Rotman → Szlama Chil Jurysta and Chana Zając → Sanel/Sandel Jurysta and Malka Munz → Shmuel/Szmul/Sam Jurysta, born 20 February 1925 in Kraków.
Shmuel survived and later lived in Florida. His DP card’s birth date and birthplace are accepted, but its parent-name fields are a known error.
Majer Jurysta and Małka Pilcer are a younger collateral couple, not Majer married to Tauba.
The Częstochowa household and its exact relationship to the direct line remain unresolved.

Current research boundary

Still open: Majer and Fajgla’s marriage and exact marital sequence; Rywka’s maiden surname; the female wording in Symcha’s birth act; Henry’s exact birth date; Shmuel’s complete wartime route; the Częstochowa bridge; and individual wartime fates. Shmuel’s parents are reconciled as Sanel/Sandel Jurysta and Malka Munz. A complete prewar denominator has not been proved, so no family-wide childhood mortality or Holocaust-loss percentage is claimed.