TANURS in PENNSYLVANIA

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

YEHOSHUA (“Hessel” later HYMAN) m. ROCHEL RIVKA bat Akiva (nee Britt?. In Raseiniai, Lithuania, they had several children in Lithuania:

  • 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

This is the story of Hyman’s and Rochel Rivka‘s children born n ALTOONA, Pennsylvania:

  • SAM (Shlomo) m. FANNY nee ?. 
  • SAUL (Solomon) m. KATIE (Krindel bat Yosef) (b. Sept. 1902 d. May 1974). 
  • JACK (Jacob) m. VIRGINIA (JENNY (Vinnie nee Rosenbloom; (1916 – Jan .15, 2004).
  • FANNIE m. TOM GOLDSTEIN.

Photo courtesy of Joel Tanur a”h.

Photo from June 18, 1951, Carousel, Miami Beach.

Left (Top to bottom) Max Hadburg & Rae (Tanur) Hadburg. Saul Tanur. Russell Tanur. Katie Tanur. Tom and Fannie (Tanur) Goldstein (Two brothers married two sisters.)
Right (Top to bottom) Gennie and Jack Tanur, Joey & Bettie Tanur, Fannie and Sam Tanur, Ted Tanur (from South Africa).

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 Ida 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 met Joseph Boris, my grandfather. The 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. Please click HERE to learn more about the life of Ida Tanur Boris and her husband, Joseph Boris, my grandparents on my father’s side, and their descendants. . 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,

    Sarah and Abe King had one daughter, Toby.

    Betty Boris and Tobey King on 60th Street in Philadelphia

      Joel Tanur, me,
      Selma Tanur

      Hollywood, Florida

      TANURS in CLEVELAND, OHIO

      YITZCHAK emigrated to Cleveland, Ohio.  He anglicized his name to ALBERT TENER. Yitzchak m. Chava (Eva) nee Seten. Albert died in 1969. See their children, below:

      • PHILIP Philip was a bomber in WWII. Philip married JOAN MORGENSTERN. Their children are CLAIR (RIP) and BERRI (RIP). CLAIR married DENNIS. More more information, click here.
      • EUGENE Eugene married ISABEL HENIG. NEXT GENS: Eugen’s and Isabel’s children are STANLEY and JAY. For more information, click here.

      Chava (Eva) Seten TANUR

      Photo thanks to Ethel Schane.

      ROCHAL b. 1894 emigrated to Cleveland, Ohio (re: Ari). She anglicized her name to Ethel. She married Frank Schane) on Oct. 15, 1922. No further information is available at this time.

      TANURS in CINCINNATI, OHIO

      These are the children who traveled with IDA (nee Tanur) and SCHMUEL DAVID MARK:

      • LINA b. 1892 (?)
      • MOISEY b. Oct. 24,1892 (–> Mauritz) d. 1971 (Married Rose (nee?))
      • FANNY b. Dec. 19, 1895)
      • JULIUS b. March 12, 1898)
      • AMALIE b. Sept. 5, 1900)
      • MARCUS MORDECHAI (“Max”)  b. 1909 (?)  d. 1964)

      As a family, after arriving at Ellis Island, SCHMUEL DAVID and IDA made their way to Cincinnati, Ohio. In Cincinnati, Schmuel David and Ida nee Tanur Mark had two more children:

      • PEARL (1908–1968)
      • JEANETTE  (1910–2011)

      Ida Mark was the “Aunt Ida Mark” mentioned in the Lithuanian cookbook. Ida Tanur Mark died in Ohio Nov. 26, 1947. Descendants are Reuven and Arlene Mark in CT. please contact us if you have any information.

      One page from Ida Mark’s Lithuanian cooking cookbook.

      Image courtesy Howard Tanur.

      Photo courtesy of Arleyrose

      TANURS in NEW YORK CITY

      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 Lithuania to Kaunas, Lithuania, where Yosef ran a candy and soap factory.  Two of his children, sons Samuel and Mauritz, both immigrated to the U.S. See below. See also for XXX, see also Tanurs in Australia. For Fanya and Leo, see Tanurs in Israel. For Charles, see Tanurs in the United Kingdom.

      • 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) nee Tenenbaum.  NEXT GENs: Samuel & Fay’s children are David and Joan.   Joan m. Edward Katine in 1963. David d. 5 Jul 1993.
      • MICHAEL (“MAURITZ”) (July 15, 1895 (Skuodas). Michael studied in the Tartu university in Riga, Latvia. Michael m. Edith Millie Balschowski, from Nesterov, Kalinograd, Germany. NEXT GEN: 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. Michael married JUDITH MARK. Their children: RACHEL (RIP 3/15/58 – 2/10/02) and MARCIA b. 1959. Marcia m. Victoria Guarfolino. Their children are Emma Chung Guarfolino-Tanur and Max Jorge Guarfolino-Tanur. Marcia Tanur RIP 1959-1922) .
      • FANYA (1902 – 1987. Fanya m. LEON RUBENSTEIN in Berlin in 1930/31).  Click HERE or HERE to read about the Rubenstein’s daring escape from the Nazis.
        Fanya & Leon emigrated from Berlin to NYC in July, 1930, with children Norbert and Roman (b. Berlin, 1934-1999); Son Jonathan was born in the US. NEXT GENs: 1) Jonathan m. ? and their children are GABRIEL and MAX. 2) ROMAN m. GRETA RUBENSTEIN; their children are WENDY, LORi, MARK and LEE. 3) Norbert m. Zelma Grodecki; Norbert’s & Zelma’s children are DANA, TAMAR, GUY and MICHAEL. Click HERE for Fanya’s and Leon’s move to Herzliya, Pituach, Israel.

      Nathan and Libby GELFAND