My Family Tree:
 My Dad's Branch - The Tanur Branch

Family Tree Prepared by Jane Hanser.  Last updated Sept. 30, 2016.  Please email corrections and additions to Jane. (If you do not already know my email address, please go to JewishGen's Family Finder, Search for the surname "Tanur" and you'll find my listing.  If I put my email address here, I'll get truckloads of spam.)  
Jane's Home Page Photos, courtesy of Howard Tanur Photos, courtesy of Eduardo Tanur
Headstones Photos, courtesy of Ian West and Bernard Tanner Photos, courtesy of Lithuanian State Archives and Kaunas Regional Archives
Photos, courtesy of Betty Boris-Winter Photos, courtesy of Lee Rubinstein  Tanur Family Photos, courtesy Joel Tanur Kenny Dunn's trip to Lithuania

 

TSVI HIRSH (Harry) Tanur   (b. 1864? - 1936)

(From Howard, we have a photo of Tsvi Hirsch, his wife, 2 daughters and 2 sons, one of whom was Shalom (Schave), and we think this is the same Tsvi Hirsch, possibly with a second wife, but cannot confirm this. Was there another Tsvi Hirsch?)


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 and they live in Great Britain.

SHALOM (Schave) Tanur

Shalom (see above) went to Buenos Aires, Argentina and changed his name to Schave.  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 married Rachel (Rachel Rivka bat R. Akiva).  Hyman and Rachel's children are:

Sam (Chaim) m. Fanny.  Saul (Solomon) m. Katie (b. Sept. 1902 d. May 1974).  Jack (Jacob) m. Virginia (Vinnie nee Rosenbloom/Ronay; 1916 - Jan .15, 2004).

The next generations:  1) Jack and Vinnie's children are Janice and Ruthie.  Janice m. Barney Dunn.  Their son is Kenneth.  2) Sam and Fanny's children are Mickey (Marilyn) ( - 2010), Joel ( - 2012), and Rae.  3) Ida's children are Jody.

HILLEL Tanur  (1880 - Sept. 1, 1963)

    • The next generations:  1) Jayne married Jack West. [March 30, 1913] - March 21, 2008, RIP) 2)  Ted ( - March 21, 2008, RIP) married Zena (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 Adrienne (1944 - 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), Gillian and Sandra.

    TSADOK Tanur


    • Boruch (b. 1903 d. July 21,1928).

    BERNARD Tanner  ( ? - 24 May, 1929)


    Yehoshua Rafael (Ovsey)  (ben Shlomo) Also from Skuodos:

    Sholem Rafael (ben Ovsei) from Skuodas married Chaya (bat Avram) Kagan. They had a daughter Tauba born in 1908. Chaya Tanur was a survivor of the Holocaust, a Libau Holocaust Survivor (1941).  We have lost touch with her Tanur descendents; please contact us if you have any information.

    Ida (nee Tanur) (Ita bat Yehoshua) b. Nov. 1, 1867, d. 1947, and they lived in Skuodos.  Ida married Shmuel David Mark (from Polangen) around 1889.  They lived in Libau, Latvia. 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: 

    • 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   b. 1909 (?) Mordechai ("Max) d. 1964

    As a family, after arriving at Ellis Island, they made their way to Cincinnati, Ohio.  Ida Mark was the "Aunt Ida Mark" mentioned in the cookbook. Ida Tanur Mark died in Ohio Nov. 26, 1947. We have lost touch with these Tanur descendents; please contact us if you have any information.

    Yosef (Joseph) (ben Yehoshua) Tanur  b. 1872 (?) = Yohanna nee Waller.  

    The next generations:  Samuel & Fay's children are David and Joan.  Jenny & Robert Bodlander's children are Serge (b. 1932, Berlin) and Ariane (Bodlander).  Mascha & Shmuel Gringauz's son is Alex (Gringauz).  The children of Fanya & Leon ( - 1990) Rubinstein are Jonathan, Roman ( b. Berlin, 1934 - 1999) and Norbert (Rubinstein).  The son of Mauritz & Edith Tanur is Michael (Tanur), born in Koenigsbirg.

    1) Jonathan Rubinstein's children are Gabriel and Max (Rubinstein).  2) Roman & Greta Rubinstein's children are Wendy, Lori, Mark and Lee.  3) Norbert married Zelma Grodecki; Norbert & Zelma's children are Dana, Tamar, Guy and Michal (Rubinstein).  4) Sam & _____'s daughter is Joan (nee Tanur).  5) Chaim & Moussia's daughter is Elizabeth (nee Tanur) Kramer, (living in London).

    Joan married Edward Katine.  Michael Tanur is married to Judith.

    Hirsh Meyer (ben Yehoshua)

    Hirsh Meyer married Shimkhe nee Peisel (b. 1879 - ?) in Plunge, Telse, Kaunas, in 1902 on the 14th of Cheshvan.  His occupation is "merchant's son"

    Their children were:

    • Sheyna (b. 1904 - ?)

    • Ita (b. 1905  - ?)

    • Yehoshua Shaya (b. 1907  - ?)

     

    OTHER TANURS: Help us to piece together the puzzle, if you can!

    The information below was provided by the Yad Vashem Database: 


    TANURS Living in SKUODOS

    • Eliahu/Elyash born 1878?  d. Age 66.  He was a merchant.
       

    TANURS Living in KAUNAS/KOVNO Raseinai) 

    • Yosef Tanur, married to Chaya Tanur, (1881 - 1942, murdered in the Shoah

    Chaim Hillel Tanur, married Elia (nee?), (1852 - ?)  The resided in Kaunas, Raseinai, district No. 2, house of Batshevich.  In 1911 they were homeowners and living on Shidlovskaya St. Their children are:

    • Beylya Dina b. 1880

    • Feyga Riva  b. 1883

    • Michhel Meir b. Feb. 12, 1885

    • Gitel b. 1888

    • Devorah Eta died (by the time of the census, 1906).

    • Rochel

    • Aizik

    TANURS Living in KAUNAS/KOVNO Raseinai) 

    Hirsch (son of Riva Leah) and Taube in 19011 were homeowners living on Nemokshtinskaya Street. Their children were:

    Movskaha Velvel

    Yankel

    Sore  Chasia

    Gene

    MORE TANURS and LISTINGS OF TANURS   

    The information below was provided by Dachau Concentration Camp Records: 1945:

    • Hirsch Tanur, born in Skudi, lived in Kaunas. Born 19 January, 1900.  Arrived at Dachau, July 15, 1944.  Murdered on Feb. 9, 1945. May he rest in peace.

    TANURS believed to be described above:

    • 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 - ? ).  

    • March 31, 1895, Raseiniai, Kaunas, Passport Database
      Ber Tanur      (1870 - ? ), son of Tankhel (Tanchum), and his brother Hillel ((1873 - ? ), were issued passports. 

    • 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!  Do you know anything about this person?

    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.

    • Yetta Tanur,                b. 1911    d. 1994,  age 83  

     LINKS

    An interesting link about rebuilding the Jewish community in Lithuania today: The Jewish Community of Lithuania.
 

My thanks to all the Tanurs and Tanur descendants who provided me with koach, connection, and much needed information. 

Dedication
This website 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.

Click here to learn more about the Skuodas Jewish community.

 

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 was a popular given name in Lithuania, linked to the Hebrew name Yehoshua.