New!

Yehuda Leib (Louis) Chshunstofsky + Anna Toronchik and/or Sarah Toronchik
this is my great grandfather	this is Paul Thorner's grandfather
c 1920 possibly Gedalia Thorner from Collection of Barbara Wiseman Steckler	c 1917-18 Abraham Thorner
1854, near Warsaw, Poland - 7/28/1932, Brooklyn, NY	3/15/1865 Kikol Poland - 8/7/1937 Brooklyn, NY
Gedalia son of Yehudah Leib FindAGrave	Abraham son of Yehudah Leib FindAGrave
It was not until Paul Thorner's spring 2020 autosomal DNA results matched mine that we could conclude that this was one family!
BUT DID THEY HAVE THE SAME MOTHER?
	Signed by Dr. Allen S. Russek, husband of Gedalia's son Meyer's daughter Molly
Mother: Anna Toronchik; Father: Louis Thorner	Mother: Sarah; Father: Leon Thorner
I don't quite believe either listing. But they may have been half brothers

Meir Teroncheky + Sarah Toronchick(?)
Glicke/Gussie Teronchek Thorner	Liba Torunczyk Bromberg
this is my great grandmother
1857, Poland - 6/4/1926, Brooklyn, NY	about 1865 Poland - about 1918 Poland Ethan Russo collection.
Glicka daughter of Meir FindAGrave
Father: Gedalia Thorner (error!); mother: Sarah Toronchick
	On 2/14/2012 Ethan Russo wrote: My mother [Mildred (Amelia) Bromberg Russo] remembered that Sol Bromberg (my maternal grandfather) and Meyer Thorner were first cousins Additionally, my mother confirmed today that she knew the Thorner family and recognized Glicke’s name.

Beth David Cemetery, Elmont, NY. Section A4. Glika daughter of Meir. Gedalia Eliezer, son of Yehuda Leib.

I've (perhaps) got a double dose of Toronchik!

Other Torunczyk/Toronchik/Thorner families we might be related to

There are other families who claim connection to my own via as-yet undefined familial connections to my grandfather's brother Meyer Thorner or his daughter Molly Thorner Russek Meyer Thorner family photos On 2/14/2012 Ethan Russo wrote: My mother [Mildred (Amelia) Bromberg Russo] remembered that Sol Bromberg (my maternal grandfather) and Meyer Thorner were first cousins Additionally, my mother confirmed today that she knew the Thorner family and recognized Glicke’s name. On 2/11/2019, Nancy Thorner Southern wrote me, "Molly Thorner Russek was my father’s cousin. Lived near us on Long Island." Brian's Thorner's GGGrandfather Harris Thorner's death certificate said he died in 1923 at 238 Hart Street, Brooklyn.  His obituary in the Brooklyn Standard Union further stated that he died "at his home, 238 Hart Street." Paul Thorner was born at 238 Hart Street in 1922.  According to the 1920 Census, this is also where Paul's grandfather, Abraham Chshunstofsky Thorner lived.