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

Family Tree Prepared by Jane Hanser.  Last updated Sept. 5, 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.)  

Please follow this link to assist with translation of names ("What's in a name?") and other geographical information about Lithuania at that time.
Jane's Home Page Photos, courtesy of Howard Tanur Photos, courtesy of Eduardo Tanur HELP IDENTIFY THESE TANURS
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  Photos, courtesy Joel Tanur  

Sholum was the second son of three brothers - 1) Michael, 2) SHOLUM and 3) Iudel David.

 

TANUR

  • MOSHE FEIVEL TANUR from Raseiniai (found in Cleveland, Ohio)  HELP!  Do you know anything about this person? 

  • ABRAHAM ben Dov Ber Tener (Tanur?) Mother, Mollie Katz. (Brother or father to Harry. Born appx. 1900. Died in New York, Aug. 24, 1976. Buried in Montefiore Cemetery, Queens, NY.

  • LEAH TANUR, b. 1905. Sailed on the ship Hamburg to Buenos Aires. Born in Shkude (Smode?)

  • KNITA TANNER b. 1884, Kaunas.  Arrived at Ellis Island from Liverpool on May 18, 1906.

TANUR who changed spelling of last name to TANNER or TENER?

  • Harry Tanner Born in Russia (Lithuania?) appx. 1885.  (Older brother of Abraham, above?) Married to May.  Son Sherwin.  Lived in Brooklyn, NY.

  • Herman Tanner. b. 1886  Married to Rose E. Tanner. Lived in Brooklyn, NY.