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The story I recently heard being handed
down was that there were three Tanur brothers in Lithuania, one of whom, Michael (Miguel), went to Mexico,
one of whom, Hillel, went to South Africa, and one of whom, Yehoshua (Hyman),
went to the United States. We now see a slightly different family
tree. Tanchum had sons: Yehoshua (Hyman) and Hillel, possibly Ber (Bernard), possibly Tsadok, and
possibly Tsvi Hirsch.
Yehoshua immigrated to the USA (Pittsburgh),
Hillel and
Dov Ber (Bernard) immigrated to South Africa. Tsadok and
Tsvi Hirsch remained in Lithuania.
Michael, Tsadok's son,
immigrated to Mexico. Abram, Tsvi Hirsch's son,
immigrated to SA in 1928.
Ida Tanur,
my grandmother,
and Sarah Tanur, daughters of Tsvi Hirsch, immigrated to
Pennsylvania. They all lived in Raseiniai
district. (See Skuodas and Raseiniai, below.) Read below for this
fascinating story of our family, and share your knowledge (and photos!) with us as we
piece this puzzle together, and make new connections in the process.
TSVI HIRSH (Harry) Tanur
I believe that Tsvi Hirsch's father was Tanchum
and his mother was Yehudis nee Berman. We have records (from JewishGen)
that Hirsch, son of Tanchum and Yehudis, died in 1936 in Raseiniai
Tsvi Hirsh Tanur remained in Lithuania. In Lithuania, Tsvi
Hirsh married Anna Tillie Myers.
(In 1992, when Ida was married, Tsvi Hirsh was still alive in 1922 but his wife was
deceased.). My grandmother Ida (Chana Henyia) and great-aunt Sarah were
their daughters. We do not know the names of other siblings with any
certainty. (From Howard, we have a photo of Tsvi Hirsch, his wife, 2
daughters and 2 sons, one of whom was Shalom (Schave), and possibly this
is the same Tsvi Hirsch, but we are not sure of this.)
Tsvi Hirsch and Anna Tillie (nee
Myers)'s known daughters were:
IDA (Chaya
Henia) (b. 1891? - April 24, 1930) and
SARAH. (1897 - 19??, RIP)
After my grandmother Ida (Tanur) arrived in the U.S. in 1910, she went to live with her uncle
Hyman Tanur, in Expedit, PA. 1)
Ida married Joseph Boris in 1922 in Philadelphia, PA.
1) Ida (nee Tanur) and Joseph Boris had three children: Theona (Chana Tuba or Chana Tova),
Jerome (Yaakov
Moshe), and Betty. 2) Sarah married Abe King. They had
one daughter, Toby.
The next generations: 1) Theona
married to George Salkowitz, and their son is Joseph (Joe). 2) Jerome
married Florence nee Buntman, and their children are Lynne, Jane (that's
me) and Anthony (Tony). 3) Betty married and divorced; she has one daughter, Karen
Winter-Lein. 2) Toby married Jack Seidman. Their
daughter is Gail.
1) Lynne's son is Neil (Boris). 2) In 2000,
Jane married Phil Hanser and they live in Newton, MA.
ABRAM
Tanur
Avram (1912 - July 2,
1960) emigrated from Skuodas to South Africa in 1928.
Abram's Hebrew name is Abraham bar Hirsh Tsvi. Abram
had a brother, Shalom (Schave), who emigrated to Buenos Aires, one other brother
(name unknown) and at least two other sisters. (My grandmother Ida and her sister Sarah were
possibly the firstborn of his children and the first to emigrate; we don't know if they are siblings or
cousins.)
Avram married Doris (nee Norton(Nossick) 1921-1982), their children are Sharon and Howard
(b. 1959) Both Sharon and Howard live in London, England.
Howard is married to Julie.
SHALOM
(Schave) Tanur
Shalom went to Buenos Aires, Argentina. He married (?).
Their children were Lina, Yehuda Lev (Leopoldo/Leon) (1902 -
1939), and Yaakov (Jacobo) (1902 - 1960). Yaakov married (?).
Their son was Enrique ( - 1972). Enrique married and divorced Nelida
Gubkin; Norberto is their son.
YEHOSHUA (Hessel)
(Hyman) Tanur ( August 11,
1868 - March 27, 1930)
Hyman Tanur's Hebrew name (found on his gravestone) was Yehoshua ben
Tanchum, indicating that his father's name was Tanchum.
Hyman immigrated in 1902 (arr.
May 31) and went to Pittsburg, PA,
to be near his in-laws, the Bretts. The Petition for
Naturalization for Hyman Tanur, signed April 7th, 1910, indicates that Hyman Tanur was born on August
16th, 1868, in Rossein, Russia.
Hyman Tanur married Rachel (Rachel Rivka bat R. Akiva). Hyman and
Rachel's
children are:
SAM (Chaim) born in
Schedlova,
Kovno, Russia (Lithuania),
(Mar. 6, 1893 - June, 1980)
SAUL (Solomon/Shlomo) (born in
Shedlova,
Kovno, Russia (Lithuania), (Feb.
22, 1895 - October, 1976)
JACOB (Jack) (born in Pittsburgh, PA) ((Nov.
24, 1903 - April 1978)
FANNY (born in
Barriesboro, PA)
(Aug. 2, 1906 - 19xx)
IDA (born in
Pittsburgh, PA) (Feb. 12, 1907 - ?, RIP).
Sam (Chaim) married Fanny. Saul (Solomon) married
Katie (b. Sept. 1902 d. May 1974). .Jack (Jacob) married
Virginia (Vinnie nee Rosenbloom/Ronay; 1916 - Jan .15, 2004).
The next generations: 1)
Jack and Vinnie's children are Janice, Bruce, and Ruthie.
2) Sam and Fanny's children are Mickey, Joel, and Rae.
3) Ida's children are Jody.
HILLEL
Tanur (1880 - Sept. 1, 1963)
Hillel Tanur was also born in Raseiniai.
His father was Tanchum.
(His Hebrew name, found on his gravestone, was
Hillel ben R.
Tanchum).
Hillel emigrated to South Africa,
and settled in Johannesburg.
He immigrated in
1897. Later records indicated he made multple trips between SA and
Lithuania. One such subsequent trip was on the Prinzessin arr. 20 June, 1907, departing Hamburg, arr. Antrwerpen, South Africa.
Hillel married Rachel (nee Davidov, 1879 - 1921), also from
Rasseiniai. Hillel and
Rachel's children are:
Jayne Dora
(1907-1992)
Fanny Rebecca (1910 - RIP)
Aaron Teddy (Ted), (b. 1913),
Leah (Lily) (1915 - RIP)
The next generations: 1) Jayne
married Jack West. 2) Ted ( - March 21, 2008, RIP) married
Xena (Devorah bas Chaim, 1919 - 1983, RIP); after Xena's death,
Teddy married Tammy. 2) Fanny married Tom Goldstein;
Fanny married Alfred Aaron Abrahams.
3) Lily married
Mike Nomis.
1) Jayne and Jack West's son is Ian. 2)
Ted and Zena's children are Adriene (1956 - 2001) and Ronnie.
3) Fanny and Alf Abrahams' son is Ricky (currently in Australia).
4) Lily and Mike Nomis' children are Rochelle (1939 - 1949),
Joan (b. 1944), __ and __.
MICHAEL (Miguel)
Tanur
Tsadok Tanur married Leah (nee ?) in Lithuania.
(Tsadok's relationship to Tanchum may have been they were brothers.) The
known children of Tsadok and Leah were Genekh (b.1899), Michael,
and Boruch (b. 1903 d. 1928).
In 1914 Tsodyk Tanur was living in Raseiniai, at Dominikanskaya
Street*; his occupation was recorded as "Real Estate Owner". In
1926, Tsadok and Leah were living in Kaunas,
at Ukmerges Str., 9*.
In 1926,
Genekh married
Ginda Leia Levit (b. 1899 in Ponevezys,
daughter of Shmuel and Rokhal (nee Levit)) in Ponevezys
in 1926. Genekh emigrated to Mexico but later returned to Lithuania, where he
was murdered in the Shoah. (A passport photo of Ginda Leah (nee
Levit) Tanur is available by clicking on the link above.)
Boruch
died of consumption, in Raseiniai, in
1928.
Michael (MIguel) emigrated to Guadalajara, Mexico around 1925, where he married
Josephine Tatz, also from
Lithuania.
Miguel and Josephine's children are:
Bernardo (Boruch)
Moises (Moshe)
Flora.
The next generations: 1)
Bernardo married Alma Amada Arav
(RIP) and their children are Eduardo,
Ricardo and Monica. 2)
Moises married Ms. Bity Fefer (RIP) and their children are Daniel,
Debora, and Ari. 3) Flora married Xico
(RIP) and their children are Liliana, Patricia, Antonio,
Jorge and Mauricio.
Ricardo is married to Galia and their
children are Devorah, Alma (Rachel Neshama), and
Yakov.
BERNARD
Tanner ( ? - 24 May, 1929)
Bernard (Dov Ber ben ?) emigrated to South Africa.
Bernard married Margaret (Masha bas Eliahu) (nee ?). Bernard and
Margaret's children were:
Fanny (RIP)
Annie (Dolores ? - 1998) (RIP)
Morris (Moshe) (1906 - 1988)
Michael (Michael) (1908 - 1966)
Rosalind
( - 1995)
David ( - 1998)
Michael, David, Morrie, Dolores and
Rosalind.
The next generations:
1) Michael married Dora Fanny (Devorah Fanya bas Shlomo). Their son is Bernard. 2) David
married Yetta and their children are Bernice, Sybil, and
Selwyn.
Bernard married Anne Wendy (nee Meyerson); they have two children.
There is another
line of Tanurs from
Skuodos
and we are busy trying to figure out where their branch connects with the
above branches. From family stories from relatives and information
from JewishGen, we are able to know the following:
Shalom Tanur married ?
Among their children is Ovsey (Yehoshua).
In
1892, Ovsey (Yehoshua) lives in Skuodas; he's "well-to-do"....
In 1892, Ovsey (Yehoshua) son of Shalom lives in Skuodas and he has 6 in
his family. He's going to be 54 YO. We don't yet have his wife's
name. One of their children is
Yosef.
In 1903
Yosef lives in Skuodas and he's 31 YO. That
makes him born in 1872 (plus or minus).
In 1904
Yosef lives in Skuodas, "has 8 family members",
"owns a house" and is "well-to-do". (See his genealogy, below.)
In 1914 he's still in Skodas. His oldest children are Schmuel, by
this time is 21YO, and Mauritz 19 YO.
Joseph (Yosef) Tanur
b. 1872 (?) married Yohanna nee Waller.
Joseph moved his family from Skuodos
to Kaunas, where he ran a candy and
soap factory. He died of a stroke. His
last known address, as of Dec. 1920 (when Mauritz immigrated to the U.S.), was Vienybes Sikate 2 (Vienybes
Square), Kaunas. Yohana died in 1944,
killed in the Shoah.
They had eight
children:
Samuel (1893 - 1970)
Mauritz ( July 15, 1895
(Skuodas) - Dec. 1960)
Fanya
(1902 - 1987, Herzliya Pituach, Israel)
Tsvi Hirsch
(1902 - 1942)
Genia (Jenny) (Aug. 13, 1903, Skuodas - )
Mascha
(1908 -
1944)
Ida
( - 1942)
Chaim (Charles) ( - 19??, London)
Of these 8 children:
Sam arrived in the U.S. on June 20, 1910. at age 17.
He married Fanny (Fay).
Mauritz married Edith ( b.1908 - d. 2008). Fanya married Leon Rubinstein
(in Berlin in 1930/31). Hirsch
died in the Shoah. Genia (Jenny) married Robert Bodlander (and emigrated
to Australia). Mascha married Shmuel Gringauz
(Mully). Mascha later was
killed
in the Shoah, in Stuffhof (1944). Ida married Rafael___.
Their daughter was Asja. She and Asja were killed in
the Shoah. Chaim (Charles) married Moussia (and moved to London, UK).
The next generations: Samuel and
Fay's children are David and Joan. Jenny and
Robert Bodlander's children are Serge (b. 1932, Berlin) and Ariane (Bodlander).
Mascha and Shmuel Gringauz's son is Alex (Gringauz). The children of Fanya and Leon ( - 1990) Rubinstein are
Jonathan, Roman ( b. Berlin,
1934 - 1999) and Norbert (Rubinstein).
The son of Mauritz and Edith Tanur is Michael (Tanur).
1) Jonathan Rubinstein's children are Gabriel and Max (Rubinstein).
2)
Roman and Greta Rubinstein's children are Wendy, Lori, Mark and
Lee.
3) Norbert married Zelma Grodecki; Norbert and Zelma's children are
Dana, Tamar, Guy and Michal (Rubinstein).
4) Sam and _____'s daughter is Joan
(nee Tanur). 5) Chaim and Moussia's daughter is Elizabeth (nee Tanur)
Kramer, (living in London).
Joan married Edward Katine. Michael Tanur is married to
Judith.
HELP!
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about the person below?
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Adolf Tanur, b.
appx. 1889 (in Russia/Lithuania), emigrated to Buenos Aires. He emigrated to
New York on June 25, 1923, at the age of 34.
We now know! Adolfo Tanur married Ruth Camhi. Their children
were
Ariel and Nathan. Ariel married Sara Levy; their children are
Sergio, Deborah, and Guillermo. Guillermo married Gladys Assab
Hassan and their children are Fernando, Martha, and
Eduardo. Martha is married to Alexandro Cohen.
The information below was provided by the Yad Vashem Database.
TANURS Living
in Raseiniai
TANURS Living
in
SKUODOS
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Yehoshua/Joshua Tanur married
Sonia nee
(?).
Their daughter was
Esther (Tanur), born 10/6/1884, in Skuodos. Esther
married ___Gelfand. Their son is Nathan Gelfand. Nathan lives in California. Esther was killed in the Shoah,
5/8/41).
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Hirsh Meir Tanur (b. appx. 1870) married
Zeide
(nee ?) (b. ? d. 1942).
He was born in Skuodos.
Hirsh Meir and Zeide's children were
Zeni (b. 1910 - 1941) and Ida (b. 1914).
Hirsch Meir,
Zeide, Zeni and Ida were all
murdered in the Shoah. Yona Hirshfeld lists herself as Hirsh
Meir's neice, and Ida and Zeni's cousin.
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Yehoshua Tanur married
Rachel nee (?)
He was born in Skuodas.
Their children were:
Eliahu/Elyash
Liliana/Leah.
Hirsh Meir. (b. 1896 d. 1945) Hirsch Meir married ?
1)
Eliyash/Yehoshua ( b. 1889 - 1944?) married
Masha (nee Rabinowitz) (1891 - 1942)
He was a chemist.
Their children were:
Ira
(aleph, yud, resh, hey)
(1922? - 1945),
(there is a photo of her on the Shoah
database)
Roza (b. 1922, d. 1945) and
Aurelia (Lali) (b.
1924. d. 1945)
2)
Lili married
Yitzchak Feit.
Their daughter was Yona (nee Fait), who married ___Hirshfeld.
Eliahu, Masha, Lali, Roza and Ira were killed
in the Shoah.
3) Hirsh Meir married Zidi.
(Yona Hirshfeld submitted many names to the
Shoah database.)
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Yehoshua Tanur married
Rachel (nee (?)) Their children were Hirsch Meir (b. 1889 - and Zidi.
Hirsch Meir Tanur
married Zeida (nee (?)). Hirsch Meir was killed in the Shoah
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Eliahu/Elyash born 1878? d. Age 66. He was a
merchant.
TANURS Living
in KAUNAS/KOVNO
More Tanurs!
The information below was provided by JewishGen
(listed in chronological order):
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1834, Latvia
Abraham Tanner, Abraham ben
Tanchum. Age 55. House #13.
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1834, Seredzius,
Kaunas.
Zelman ben Wulf
(age 41)
was married to Chaya (age 38).
Their daughter was Ryvka (age 8).
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1855,
Raseiniai
Sholom Tanur; his son was Ovsey (Yehoshua)
Tanur (1838 - ?). His son was Sholom.
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May 29, 1858;
Raseiniai (The family is listed as "Petit
Bourgeouis"):
Ovsey (Yehoshua) Tanur
was married to (?).
They lived with their son Michael (age 48). Michael
was married to Feyge (?) (age 44).
Michael and Feyge's children were
Ayzuk (Yitzchak) (age 27),
Leah (age 20), Tankhel (Tanchum?)(age 17), Gita (age 13), and Chana (age 8).
Ayzuk
(Yitzchak) was married to Ginda (age 27).
Archive Relsiai District
Merchants, KRA/I-106/1/6098, Page 28, Registration 22; Revision List
LVIA
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May 29, 1858;
Raseiniai (This seems to be a census list):
Ovsey (Yehoshua)
Tanur was married to (?)
Their
children were Sholom (age 48) and Iudel David (age 41).
Sholom
was married to Chaya (age 45); their children were Ovsey (Yehoshua)
(age 18), Devorah (age 23), and Feyga
(age
7).
Iudel David was married to Riva (age 36). Their
children were Liba (age 18), Leah (age 16), and Feyga (age 10).
Fruma Elka Tanur, a niece, (age 24), was living with them.
Revision list LVIA, Page
290, Registration 392, former reg. 390.
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January
1890, Tels/Kovno:
Ovsey (Yehoshua) Rafael (age 49) was married to Rachel
(age 46). Ovsey Rafael's occupation is "2nd Guild
merchant".
Their children are Sholom Rafael (age 23), Ida (age 21),
Sarah Leah (age 16), Hirsh Meyer (b. April 24, 1875, age 14),
Ilia/Eliash (b. Feb. 10, 1878, age 11), and Esther
(age 6). In 1902 (the 14th of
Cheshvan), Hirsh Meyer married Shimkhe nee Peisel in
Plunge, Telse, Kaunas. (His occupation is "merchant's son".)
Telsai District KRA/I-106/6098, page
27, former p age 22.
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Sept. 3, 1894,
Raseiniai, Kaunas, Internal Passport Database
Berel Tanur,
(1870 - ? ), son of
Tankhel (Tanchum), was married to Mariasha (1871 - ? ).
Their daughter was Ginda (1893 - ? ).
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March 31, 1895,
Raseiniai, Kaunas, Passport Database
Ber Tanur
1870 - ? ), son of Tankhel (Tanchum), and
his brother Hillel ((1873 - ? ), were issued passports.
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1913, Raseinai:
Prenumeranten Lists (no additional information available)
Zadok Tanur
Michael Tenur, son of
Chaim Yehoshua
Hillel Tenur
Chaim Yehoshua Hillel Tanur
Moshe Feivel Tanur, from Raseiniai (found in Cleveland, Ohio)
HELP!
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To learn about
Eliahu Tanur and his
role in founding the popular Jewish bank in Skuodas, please follow the
link.
HELP!
Do you know anything
about the person below, who lived in South Africa? (The
information below was provided by the JSA Jewish Rootsbank, and the JewishGen Online Worldwide
Burial Registry - South Africa.
An interesting
link about rebuilding the Jewish community in Lithuania today:
The Jewish Community of Lithuania
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My thanks to Ricardo Tanur,
Ari Tanur, Lee Rubinstein, Jonathan Rubinstein, Ruthie Tanur, Janice Dunn,
Betty Boris-Winter, Theona Salkowitz, Howard Tanur, Jerome Boris. Bernard Tanner
and Eduardo Tanur for providing me
with koach, connection, and much needed information. This
page is dedicated to all Tanurs, past, present, and future, in particular
to those who could not live to see the flowering of their children.
History of
Lithuania:
During the occupation of
Lithuania by the Russian Empire (1795 - 1914), Lithuania was divided into three main
governorates, one of which was Kaunas (Kovno). Rasainenai is located
west of the city of Kovno.
(Wikipedia) "Before Lithuania's
independence, the city was generally known in English as Kovno, the traditional
Slavic form of its name; the Polish name is Kowno. The traditional
Russian name is Ковно although Каунас has been used since 1940.
The Yiddish name is Kovne (קאָװנע) while its names
in German include Kowno and Kauen."
What's in a Name?
Eliahu The Vilna Gaon's name was
Eliahu ben Zalman, and he lived from 1720 to 1797. Perhaps the
preponderance of the name "Eliahu" in Lithuania is as a kovod to the Vilna
Gaon.
Hirsh, Tsvi, and
Tzvi Hirsh
The Hebrew name Tzvi, or deer, has its Yiddish equivalent as
Hirsh. Thus, Tsvi Hirsh are often paired
together.
How can we use this name to trace genealogy?
I found this name numerous
times in the Lithuanian database. It could have been passed along from
family to family. But another possibility is that it reflected kovod
to a Rav. For example, R. Tzvi Hirsh Zak (whose
wife's name was Sarah) led the Jewish community of Skuodas from
1779 until his death, in 1788. R. Tsvi Hirsch ben R. Avraham Avli
served in Shidlova in the early 19th C., until 1858.
Michael
R. Michael was the leader of Jewish community of Skuodas in the
early 1700's, when Jews suffered from heavy taxation, and was imprisoned
because the community could not pay its debt.
Ovsey This was a popular given name in Lithuania, linked to the
Hebrew name Yehoshua.
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