We can trace the Tanur family back to two branches, both in Lithuania:

• WULF Tanur, born in 1770, and
• YEHOSHUA ben ABRAHAM Tanur, born in 1779, and his wife.

We do not know how Wulf and Yehoshusa were related, that is, no official documents indicate Wulf ben Abraham, but it is likely they were brothers. The surname “Tanur” is a Hebrew word meaning an oven. (See References to Tanur.) We may imagine the scenario that an ancestor, possibly Abraham, was a baker, and one of these two brothers, Wulf, remained in Seredzius while Yehoshua set off to start a business in Raseinai, a distance of 41m (42.8 km) between these villages.

---

WULF TANUR

WULF TANUR and his wife (name unknown) had a known son: ZELMAN*, who married CHAYA, (maiden name unknown), b. 1796, in Seredzius, Lithuania.

ZALMAN was a ritual slaughterer. He died before 1881 and Chaya died before 1893. We know of two of Zalman and Chaya’s children:

• Ryvka – b. 1826. We have no more information about Ryvka.
• Pesha Heina b. 1838 in Seredzius, Lithuania.
  Pesha Heina m. Hirsh Burshteyn, who was born in Vilkja, Kaunas, Lithuania. Pesha and Hirsh started a family in Seredzius, Lithuania, and in (year?) together with their children emigrated to New York, New York.
  
  Pesha nee Tanur and Hirsh Burshteyn’s children were:
  
• Isaac Wolf b. 1858
• (Maurice?)
• Yudil (Julius)
• Mariasha (Mary)
• Yente
• Beyla
• Lazer (Louis)
• Ida Chaya (Estelle)
• born in the USA: Zalman (Charles)

TO LEARN MORE ABOUT WULF’s BRANCH , CLICK HERE (page not yet created).
*Note: The Yiddish name Zelman is from Shlomo, and was Americanized to “Solomon.” The Yiddish names Chaya and Heina was often Americanized to “Ida.”

---

YEHOSHUA

YEHOSHUA ben ABRAHAM and his wife (name unknown): They had three sons:

• MICHAEL
• SHOLUM
• IUDEL DAVID

Please note that we now subdivide “YEHUSHUA ben ABRAHAM in Lithuania” into these three lines of ancestry:

1) MICHAEL son of Yehoshua,
2) SHOLUM son of Yehoshua, and
3) IUDEL DAVID, son of Yehoshua

---

MICHAEL and (below) DESCENDANTS OF MICHAEL ben Yehoshua

MICHAEL (b. 1810) ben Yehoshua (Michael, son of Yehoshua). MICHAEL married FEYGE. Their children (oldest to youngest) were:

• ABRAM Birth date unknown. In 1849, he was listed as “poor, taxpayer, unable to pay.” No other information available at this time.
• YITZCHAK (Ayzik) b. 1831. Married GINDA. They lived in Raseinai. They were listed as “wealthy.” Continue below for children of Ayzik and Ginda.
• LEAH b. 1838 m. (?) and was widowed. In 1894 she married KHATSEL BENIASH, a widow, and they lived in Kaunas. No additional details available.
• TANCHUM b. 1841 m. YEHUDIS (bat Hirsh and Hinde Berman. They lived in Rosseiniai. There is no record of his death. Yehudis died in 1933 from marasmus, a protein deficiency, at the age of 84. Tanchum’s is the branch that ultimately ended up in multiple countries around the globe: in the USA (Pittsburgh , Philadelphia, Cincinnati, Cleveland), South Africa, Argentina, and Mexico. Continue below for the children of Tanchum and Yehudis Tanur.
• GITA b. 1845
• CHANA b. 1859

---

1: YEHOSHUA ben Abraham and his wife –> 2. MICHAEL ben Yehoshua –> 3. YITZCHAK ben Michael

Yitzchak (Ayzik) m. GINDA. Their children were:

• MOVSHA (Moshe) b. 1870. Moshe ben Itzchak was a seller of fish. No other details available.
• CHAIM HILLEL ben Yitzchak (Ayzik). Chaim Hillel married Elka bat eir Godleski (1859 – ?). In 1906 they resided in Kaunas, Raseiniai, district No. 2, house of Batshevich. In 1911 they were homeowners and living on Shidlovskaya Street.

Their children were:

• BEILA DINA (Berta Lina) b. 18803. Beyla Dina applied for a passport in 1937.
• FEYGA RIVA b. 1883. No further information available.
• MICHAEL MEIR b. Feb. 12, 1885 Mikhel Meir m. NESIA (bat Yaakov Shuster) in 1928. They were living in Kaunas and in early 1930 had a daughter, SARAH. On Oct. 13, 1942, Michael Meir was sentenced to five years exile by the Soviets and imprisoned at Sevurallagas; Nesia and Sara and other Jews were were forcibly taken by the Soviets during the 1939-1941 “Lietuvos Gyventoju Genocidas,” the Genocide of the Lithuanian People. their property confiscated, and exiled to Kamen-Na-Obi where, from 1939 to 1941, Jews and others from Lithuania were taken; and to Altai Krai. Michael Meir was released Dec. 26, 1945 and returned to Lithuania. Nesia and Sarah escaped in 1947.  (Records of Soviet refugees show her name as “Nadia Tanur.”) To a great deal of joy, Mikhel Meir and Sarah reunited, and remained in Lithuania, in Klaipeda, with their daughter Sarah. for the rest of their lives.
• GITEL b. 1888 No further information available.
• DEVORA ETA d. by 1906.
• ROCHEL b. 1899 Rachel m. MORDECHAI GINZBERG. She applied for an internal passport in 19.. See “Internal Passports.”
• AIZIK (Abrahm Aizik?) b. 1899) No further information available.

---

1: YEHOSHUA ben Abraham –> 2. MICHAEL ben Yehoshua –> 3. TANCHUM ben Michael.

TANCHUM m. YEHUDIT. Tanchum and Yehudit’s children were:

• TSVI HIRSCH b. 1861. TSVI HIRSCH ben Tanchum Tanur is one of the few siblings who remained in Lithuania. Continue below for the life and descendants of Tsvi Hirsch and his families.
• YEHUSHUA b. 1868. YEHOSHUA immigrated to Pittsburgh, PA.  Click HERE to ontinue to Tanurs in Pittsburgh the life and generations of Yehoshua (Ayzik)ben Tanchum Tanur.
• SHEINA FEIGEL (FANIA, FANNY) b. 1869. SHEINA FEIGEL m. PESACH BLOCK The family and two children, Morris andHarry Leon, were born in Rasienne, Lithuania. They all emigrated to Chicago, Illinois, USA. When my grandmother Ida Tanur arrived at the Port of Philadelphia, it was her aunt Fanny (nee Tanur) Block who was there to welcome her. Later, the Block family increased: Edward, Rose, and Tillie were born in Chicago. Later, the family moved to Los Angeles, California. Click HERE to learn more about the Block family in the United States.
• BEREL b. 1870. BER immigrated to South Africa. Continue HERE for the life and descendants of Ber (Bernard) Tanur.
• CHAIM YEHUSHUA HILLEL b. 1873. CHAIM YEHOSHUA HILLEL immigrated to South Africa.  Continue HERE for the life and descendants of Chaim Yehoshua Hillel Tanur.
• TSODYK (“Codikas”) We believe that Tsadok was the 5th brother, although I have no documents (immigration, gravestones or otherwise) that show “Tsadok ben Tanchum”.  Tsadok m. Leah Goldberg in Lithuania.  As early as 1910 Tsodyk (“Codikas”) was living in Raseiniai, at Dominikanskaya Street*; his occupation was recorded as “Real Estate Owner”. In 1910 their children were listed as Rocha, Feiga, and Meir Leib. In 1911 they were living on Senatorskaya St.  In 1926, Tsadok and Leah were living in Kaunas, at Ukmerges Str., 9*. Their son Meir Leib was drafted into the army (at the age of 22).  Tsadok remained in Lithuania. See below for more information about Tsodyk and Leah and their descendants.

---

1: YEHOSHUA ben Abraham and his wife –> 2. MICHAEL ben Yehoshua –> 3. TANCHUM ben Michael. –> 4. TSVI HIRSCH ben Tanchum

TSVI HIRSCH married TOVA LEAH MEYERS. Tsvi Hirsch and Tova (“Taube“)  lived on Nemokshtinskaya Street in Raseinai. My grandmother IDA and my great aunt SARAH were their daughters, both of whom emigrated and settled in Philadelphia, PA. 

TSVI HIRSCH AND TOVA LEAH’s known children were:

• MOVHA VELVEL No known information.
• IDA (CHANA HENYA) my grandmother. 1892 – April 24, 1930. She arrived in the U.S. through the port of Philadelphia at the age of 18 on July 12, 1910. Her aunt Fanny (nee Tanur) Block, who was at the time living in Cleveland Ohio, was there to greet her. We believe she went to live with her uncle Hyman (Yehoshua) Tanur, in Expedit, PA.  She stayed only a short while and went to live in Philadelphia with her uncle Jacob Sporkin, and aunt Lena nee Meyers , sister of her mother. That’s where she was living when she applied to marry Joseph Boris (my grandfather) on June 28, 1912. They had three children (See “next gens”.)  Ida died in Philadelphia, 1930, shortly after childbirth and is buried in Mt. Lebanon Cemetery, Collingsdale, PA. For NEXT GENs, please continue with Tanurs in the United States.
• SARAH CHASIA (March 1896 – 1984 ): (My aunt) Sarah arrived through Ellis Island in 1920. She went to live with her uncle Jacob Sporkin (whose wife, Leah nee Meyers, was mother’s sister) on North Broad St., in Philadelphia.  Sarah m. Abe King (ben David King and Milly Singer). She lived in West Philadelphia (Hazel Ave., then South Salford St.). Sarah and Abe King settled in San Francisco, CA. Sarah died in -(?) For NEXT GENs, please continue with Tanurs in the United States.
• YOSEF (Yankel) No known information.
• GENE No known information.

In 1922, when my grandmother Ida (Chana Henyia) Tanur filled out her request for a marriage license to Joseph Boris, Tsvi Hirsh was still alive but her mother Tova Leah was deceased. Tova’s date or place of death are currently unknown.

We believe that after the death of Tova Leah, Tsvi Hirsch remarried.

We believe that the children of Tsvi Hirsch (or Hirsh Tsvi) and his second wife are:

• ABRAM He arrived in South Africa on Nov. 24, 1928 (to live with his Uncle Yamey). Abram m. Doris (nee Norton (Nossick ( 1921-1982). Their children are Sharon and Howard (b. 1959). Please continue to Tanurs in South Africa.  
• SHALOM He immigrated to Buenos Aires. Shalom m. ?   Their children were (see below) and they are buried in Buenos Aires. Please click HERE to continue with Tanurs in Buenos Aires
• LEAH possibly the oldest sister, emigrated to Buenos Aires, Argentina; she arrived 5/2/1927.
• unknown sister

---

1: YEHOSHUA ben Abraham and his wife –> 2. MICHAEL ben Yehoshua –> 3. TANCHUM ben Michael. –> 4. CHAIM HILLEL ben Tanchum

HILLEL married RACHEL (“Rollo”, the daughter of AARON and FEIGE DAVIDOV, in Raseiniai.

Hillel married Rachel (“Rollo”) (daughter of Aaron and Feige Davidov), in Raseiniai. He first emigrated to South Africa in 1897 and settled in Johannesburg.  He petitioned for naturalization in 1904.  His family, it seems, continued to reside in Raseiniai, as  their daughter Soma was born there in 1907. Later records indicated he made multiple trips between SA and Lithuania. One such subsequent trip was on the Prinzessin departing Hamburg, arriving in Antwerpen, South Africa, 20 June, 1907.   Soma traveled from Hamburg to Antwerp in August, 1907.  Rachel (“Rahel”) and Soma travelled to South Africa in 1909.

Click HERE to continue Hillel’s branch of the family tree in South Africa,

---

1. YEHOSHUA ben ABRAHAM  –> 2.  MICHAEL ben Yehoshua –> 3. TANCHUM ben Michael  –> 4.  YEHOSHUA ben Tanchum

Yehoshua (“Hessel” later Hyman) m. Rochel Rivka bat Akiva (nee Brit?. In Raseiniai, Lithuania, they had several children:

• SHLOMO (Solomon Henry)/Saul b. 1893 in SKUODAS.
• CHAIM (Samuel) b. 1895 Born in SKUODAS.
• JACOB b. 1903
• FANNIE b. 1906 (Fruma)
• IDA b. 1907

On May 31, 1902, the family arrived at Ellis Island, headed for Altoona, PA, where Soloman Britt, Rachel’s brother, lived. Eventually they settled in Pittsburgh, PA. Hyman, living in Twin Rocks PA, was naturalized in 1910.

Please click HERE to continue this branch of the family tree Tanurs in the United States.

1: YEHOSHUA ben Abraham and his wife –> 2. MICHAEL ben Yehoshua –> 3. TANCHUM ben Michael. –> 4. DOV BER ben Tanchum

BER m. MASHA (Maraisha) bas ELIAHU (b. 1871) in 1874.   They lived in Jubarkis. They had a daughter, GINDA, born in 1893. Ber anglicized his name to BERNARD and MASHA anglicized her name to MARGARET. They emigrated to South Africa but we don’t have any record of Ginda emigrating to SA. He emigrated possibly with Hillel. 

Please click HERE to continue Hillel’s branch of the family tree in South Africa .

---

1. YEHOSHUA ben ABRAHAM  –> 2.  MICHAEL ben Yehoshua –> 3. TANCHUM ben Michael  –>  4. TSADOK ben Tanchum

We believe that Tsadok was the 5th brother, although I have no documents (immigration, gravestones or otherwise) that show “Tsadok ben Tanchum”.  

TSADOK m. LEAH (nee GOLDBERG) in Lithuania.  As early as 1910 Tsodyk (“Codikas“) was living in Raseiniai, at Dominikanskaya Street*. His occupation was recorded as “Real Estate Owner”. In 1910 their children were listed as Rocha, Feiga, and Meir. In 1911 they were living on Senatorskaya St.  In 1926, Tsadok and Leah were living in Kaunas, at Ukmerges Str., 9*.   Tsadok remained in Lithuania.

• YITZCHAK (Albert) 1892 – 1969). Yitzchak emigrated to Cleveland, Ohio.  He anglicized name to ALBERT TENER. Yitzchak m. Chava (Eva) nee Seten. Their children were Philip, a WWII bomber, and Eugene. Albert (Yitzchak) died in 1969. More more information, click here.
• ROCHAL b. 1894 Rochal immigrated to Cleveland, Ohio.  She anglicized her name to Ethel. She married Frank Schone on Oct. 15, 1922.
• FEIGA Feiga immigrated to Guadalajara, Mexico and was known as RAQUEL TANUR. She married ISAAC KARBEL in GUADALAJARA. She and Isaac later left Mexico and moved to San Francisco, where she changed her name legally to RAE KERBEL. 897-1978?)
• MICHAEL (b. 1897) Continue below for the life of Michael ben Tsadok.
• MEIR LEIB (b. 9 March, 1898) Meir Leib owned real estate in Lithuania in 1911. He was drafted into the army (at the age of 22). No further info available.
• GENEKH  (b. Aug. 24, 1899) Genekh was an accountant. Genekh m.Ginda Leia Levit (b. Jan. 20, 1899 in Ponevezys on on Dec. 20, 1926 (15 Tevet 5687); she was the daughter of Shmuel Levit and Rokhal (nee Sheveliovich) in Ponevezys.  Genekh emigrated to MEXICO but later returned to Lithuania, and to Skuodas, where he was living in 1940, when he was murdered in the Shoah.
• BORUCH (b. 1903) Boruch (“Codikas”) died of consumption (Tuberculosis), in Raseiniai, on July 21, 1928.
• YAAKOV b. 1909 Yaakov m. HIENA. He was a locksmith. They had a daughter SARA b. 1932. They lived on Maironio St., 63, in Raseinai. They emigrated to Israel in 1934. Click HERE for Tanurs in Israel. Please contact us if you have any information about Yaakov’s personal history and family tree.

TSODYK was brutally murdered in the Shoah.

Continue below to learn about Tsodyk’s ancestors.

---

1. YEHOSHUA ben Abraham  –> 2.  MICHAEL ben Yehoshua –> 3. TANCHUM ben Michael  –>  4. TSADOK ben Tanchum –> 5. MICHAEL ben Tsadok

Michael ben Tsadok emigrated to Guadalajara, Mexico, around 1925. To follow the lives and descendants of Michael, please continue to Tanurs in Mexico.

---

IUDEL DAVID and DESCENDANTS OF IUDEL (Yehuda) DAVID ben Yehoshua

1. YEHOSHUA ben Abraham  –> 2. YEHUDA DAVID ben Yehoshua  

IUDEL (Yehuda) DAVID in 1858 was living with his brother, SHOLUM. 

Iudel David m. RIVA (nee?).  Their known children were:

• FRUMA ELKA  b. 1834  
• LIBA b. 1840  
• LEAH b. 1842
• FEIGA b. 1848

No further information is available.

---

SHOLUM and DESCENDANTS OF SHOLUM ben Yehoshua

1. YEHOSHUA ben Abraham  –>  2. SHALOM ben Yehoshua (Ovsey) –>  3. YEHOSHUA (Ovsey) ben Shulom

Ovsei (Yehoshua) Tanur m. Rachel (Rollo) Davidoff. In 1890, “Ovsey” and his wife Rachel were living in Tels/Kaunas with their children. His occupation was “2nd Guild Merchant”  In 1892, Ovsey (Yehoshua) and his family lived in Skuodas; he’s “well-to-do”…. and he has 6 in his family. Ovsey and Rachel’s children were:

• SHOLEM RAFAEL b. 12/22/1867 Sholem Rafael lived in Skuodas and married Chaya (bat Avram) Kahn/Kagan b. 1870 in Skuodas. Their daughter Tauba was born 7/30/1908. They moved to Liepaja, Latvia, and lived at Peldu 1909. All three were murdered/shot to death at the Liepaja massacress on Jan. 10, 1941.
• ITA b. Nov. 1, 1869 Ida (nee Tanur) (Ita bat Yehoshua) lived in Skuodos.  Ita m. SHMUEL DAVID MARK (b. 1873, from Polangen) around 1889.  They lived in Libau, Latvia. NEXT GENs: heir children born in Latvia were: LINA b. 1892 (?), MOISEY b. Oct. 24,1892 (–> Mauritz) , FANNY b. Dec. 19, 1895, JULIUS b. March 12, 1898), AMALIE b. Sept. 5, 1900, MARCUS MORDECHAI (“Max”)  b. 1909 (?). They immigrated as a family to the United States in 190?, and settled in Cincinnati, Ohio. Please continue HERE here for information about Shmuel David and Ida nee Tanur Mark and family in the United States.
• YOSEF BER Yosef Ber m. Chaya (Yohanna) (bat Julius Waller). He became a Rabbi Elector in 1903.  In 1904 Yosef was still living in Skuodas. There were 8 family members he “owns a house” and is “well-to-do”. In 1914 Yosef was still in Skuodas.  . (Click here for Yosef Tanur’s photo.)    Continue below for the life of Yosef and Chana (Yohanna) Tanur.
• SARAH LEAH b. 1874 (?) In 1911, Sarah Leah has a bank account. No further information about Sarah Leah.
• HIRSH MEIR (b. April 24, 1875) Hirsch Meir m. KLARA and opened a large general store in Skuodas. He was very successful. They had a son, Yisrael Isaiah (click name for two group photos.). Hirsh Meier and his son Yisroel Isaiah were both murdered in Shkud. Klara was murdered at Alka Hill, August 1941.
• ELIASH (Ilia) b. Feb. 10, 1878   In 1898 Eliash was a pharmacist’s apprentice in Skuodas.  In 1912, he was a municipal elector. In 1914, still in Skuodas, he owned a chemist’s shop or medical supplies and cosmetics. He applied for a passport in 6/8/1920. He married MASHA nee RABINOWITZ. Eliahu was recognized for his role in co-founding the popular Jewish bank in Skuodas.   Continue below for the life of Eliash and Masha Tanur.
• ESTHER Esther (Tanur) was born 10/6/1884, in Skuodos. Esther had a bank account in 1911. She married ___GELFAND. Their son was NATHAN Gelfand. Esther was murdered in the Shoah on 5/8/41.  Their son Nathan ( d. 1999) married LIBBY (nee ?) ( – d. 2001) and they made California their home. Their son is Marty. Please click HERE to continue here for Tanurs in the UNITED STATES.
• LENA/LILIANA?

---

1. YEHOSHUA ben Abraham –> 2. SHALOM ben Yehoshua (Ovsey) –> 3. YEHOSHUA (“Ovsey”) ben Shalom  –> 4. ITA bas Yehoshua

IDA m. Shmuel David Mark (b. 1873, from Polangen) around 1889.  They lived in Libau, Latvia. They had six children when they immigrated as a family to the United States in 1906. Their children were (some ages listed in Ship Log are incorrect), in birth order: 

• 1.  LINA b. 1892
• 2.  MOISEY b. Oct. 24,189. )
• 3.  FANNY b. Dec. 19, 1895
• 4.  JULIUS b. March 12, 1898
• 5.  AMALIE b. Sept. 5, 1900)
• 6.  MARCUS MORDECHAI (“Max”)  b. 1909 (?).

As a family, after arriving at Ellis Island, they made their way to Cincinnati, Ohio. Please click HERE to continue the lives and descendants of Ida nee Tanur and David Mark in the United States.

---

1. YEHOSHUA ben Abraham –> 2. SHALOM ben Yehoshua (Ovsey) –> 3. YEHOSHUA (“Ovsey”) ben Shalom –> 4. YOSEF BER ben Yehoshua

Joseph and Yohanna nee Waller) Tanur moved their family from Skuodos to Kaunas, where he ran a candy and soap factory.  Yosef applied for an internal passport on August 4, 1920; one other (Yohanna?) living in his family. His last known address, as of Dec. 1920, before his son Mauritz immigrated to the U.S., was Vienybes Sikate 2 (Vienybes Square), Kaunas.  Yosef died of a stroke in (year unknown).  Yohana died in 1944, murdered in the Shoah.

Yosef and Yohanna had eight children:

• SAMUEL (1893 – 1970), Sam emigrated to the U.S. at age 17, arriving on June 20, 1910. He changed the spelling of his last name to “Tanner“.  Sam m. Fanny (Fay).  Please continue the lives and descendants of Samuel Tanur HERE.
• MICHAEL (“MAURITZ”) (July 15, 1895 (Skuodas). Michael studied in the Tartu university in Riga, Latvia. Michael m. Edith Millie Balschowski, from Nesterov, Kalinograd, Germany. Their son MICHAEL ISAAC was born in 1933 in Koenigsberg, Germany. The family left Germany and emigrated to New York in 1939, where brother Samuel was living. Please continue HERE for the lives and descendants of Michael and Edith nee Balschowski .
• FANYA (1902 – 1987. Fanya m. LEON RUBENSTEIN in Berlin in 1930/31). Children Norbert and Roman were born in Berlin, Germany in 1932 and 1934 respectively. Click HERE for more information about their daring escape from the Nazis. Click HERE for the family’s move to the USA. Click HERE (page to be created) for their subsequent move to Herzliya, Pituach, Israel.
• TSVI HIRSCH (Jan. 19, 1900 – 1942). Hirsch m. Batia bat Israel Smilgait v’Gita Leah, from Kedenai, Lithuania.  In 1937 Batia applied for an internal passport. In 1941 Tsvi Hirsch and Batia were both living in Kaunas, at Stalino pr. 68. Hirsch was murdered in the Shoah, frozen, outside camp Kaufering I of Dachau, in Jan. 1945.   Basia was murdered in the Shoah.
• GENIA (Jenny)(Aug. 13, 1903, Skuodas – ). Genia (Jenny) m. Robert Bodlander. They had a son, Fedor Max Sergei, b. 1932. Robert was an electrical engineer with the AEG. In 1935 or 1936, he was given the opportunity to leave Berlin to help install an engine which he had designed for the Victorian Railways in Australia.  Though initially reluctant to take up the offer because it would have meant leaving his wife and son Serge in Berlin, his wife GENIA insisted, saying that since he was the last Jew to be employed there, it was important that he leave and that she and the baby would follow.  Apparently that is what happened.  Genia (Jenny) gave birth to daughterAriane Renee in Australia, whose testimony about her parents is provided above.
• MASCHA  (1908 – 1944) Masha was murdered in the SHOAH.
• IDA  ( – 1942) Ida m. Rafael Talpus. They lived in Priekule, Liepajas, Latvia. Their daughter was Asja.  Ida and Asja were murdered in the Shoah, perished from fire when the ghetto Kaunas was burned July 14-20, 1944, by German troops and 2000 other Jews.
• CHAIM (Charles) ( – 1986, London) Chaim (Charles) m. Moussia (nee Frima Kaufman) in London, UK. Frima Kaufman Tanur died in 2006. NEXT GENs: They had a daughter, Elizabeth Tanur.

---

1. YEHOSHUA ben Abraham –> 2. SHALOM ben Yehoshua (Ovsey) –> 3. YEHOSHUA (“Ovsey”) ben Shalom  –> 4. HIRSCH MEIR  ben Yehoshua

Hirsch Meir owned a popular wholesale groceries store in Skuodas. I have records of Hirsch Meir and two different wives; I’ll include one then the other. Perhaps one died and he remarried. See as follows:

Hirsh Meyer m. SHIMKHE PEISEL (b. 1879 – ?) in Plunge, Telse, Kaunas, in 1902 on the 14th of Cheshvan.  His occupation is “merchant’s son”. Hirsch Meir was murdered in the Shoah at Alka Hill.  (Yona Hirshfeld, who submitted many names to the Yad Vashem database, lists herself as Hirsh Meir’s neice, and Ida and Zeni’s cousin.) Their children were:

• SHEYNA (b. 1904 – ?)
• ITA (b. 1905  – ?)
• YEHOSHUA SHAYA (b. 1907  – ?)

? m. CHAYA (nicknamed ZITZI) (nee?)  b. Feb. 10, 1878.  Zitzi was murdered in the Shoah at Aska Hill. Their children were:

• ZENI b. 1910 Zeni was murdered in the Shoah at Alka Hill.  (Yona Hirshfeld, who submitted many names to the Yad Vashem database, lists herself as Hirsh Meir’s neice, and Ida and Zeni’s cousin.) 
• IDA b. 1914 Ida was murdered in the Shoah at Alka Hill.  (Yona Hirshfeld, who submitted many names to the Yad Vashem database, lists herself as Hirsh Meir’s neice, and Ida and Zeni’s cousin.) 

---

1. YEHOSHUA ben Abraham –> 2. SHALOM ben Yehoshua (Ovsey) –> 3. YEHOSHUA (“Ovsey”) ben Shalom  –> 4. ELIASH ben Yehoshua

Eliash (Ilia) b. Feb. 10, 1878.  He opened up a stop for medical supplies and cosmetics in Skuodas.  Eliahu was recognized for his role in co-founding the popular Jewish bank, the Volksbank, in Skuodas.  Eliash m. Masha (nee Rabinowitz). Eliahu and his wife Mashaere all murdered in Skhud and at Alka Hill in 1941. Their children were:

• ROSA Rosa married a doctor.  Rosa and her husband were murdered in Skhud at Alka Hill in 1941
• LEA (AURELIA) Aurelia m. YITZCHAK FEIT. They lived inKudirkos Naumiestis (Lithuania). Lea and Yitzchak were both murdered in Skhud at Alka Hill in 1941,
• IRA. Ira was murdered in Skhud at Alka Hill in 1941,

1. YEHOSHUA ben Abraham –> 2. SHALOM ben Yehoshua (Ovsey) –> 3. YEHOSHUA (“Ovsey”) ben Shalom  –> 5. ESTHER ben Yehoshua

Esther b. Oct. 6, 1884.  1925 • Cincinnati, Ohio. She m. Dr. Shmuel Gelfand. 1925 she and her husband decided to immigrate to Cincinnati Ohio with the entire family. In 1927 Samuel, his wife Esther, and their daughter Sonia returned to Viekšniai, where he opened a dental office.

Esther and Shmuel’s children were:

• Nathan Roland Gelfand (1912–1966)
• Sidney (Yehoshua/Joshua) Gelfand (1912–1997)

Esther and Shmuel were murdered by the Nazis on 5/8/1941 in Viekšniai, Mazeikai, Lithuania.

---

OTHER

ABRAM AYZIK ben CHAIM b. 1891 in Raseiniai. m. Cecilia. CLICK HERE.

H1 here

H2 here

H3 here

H4