November 5, 1999: Jacob Thorner letter to Barbara Stack: Glicka Teronchek
The Torunczyk, Toronchik, Thorner Family from the area of Warsaw, Poland
My mother’s paternal grandmother was Glicka/Gussie Teronchek, born somewhere in Poland, perhaps near Warsaw, in about 1857.
Her parents were Meir and Sarah.
Glicka married Gedalia Lazar Chshunstofsky, born near Warsaw, in about 1854 in Poland.
His parents were Yehuda Leib Chshunstofsky and Anna perhaps Toronchik.
Gedalia took the name Thorner in the US, after the female Toronchik line.
November 5, 1999: Jacob Thorner letter to Barbara Stack: Glicka Teronchek
Glicke's 1926 death certificate pdf. Her mother was listed Sarah Teronchick. We now know it was Malka neé Zilberberg.
The name of her father on this certificate may be an erroneous reference to her husband (father of informant Meyer Thorner).Gedalia's 1932 Death Certificate pdf. His mother may have been Anna Toronchik
New!
Reconstituting the Family Torończyk/Toruńczyk/Thorner
by Fay Bussgang
Fay's decades-long research uniting various branches of the family.1879 Plock Death Meir Torunczyk, Akta 3, img 1298, roll 1733679, FHL Russian language
Signatories Mosen Buka, 60, and Beren Natan, 34 came at 9 a.m. on January 21, 1879 and reported that
Maer Torunczyk, 50, died at 1 a.m the day before.
Maer's widow is Malka (neé Zilberberg), son Leyzer Wolf, and daughters Liba-Chaya and Glika.
BTS note: It was Alan K'necht, a cousin researching this family for his rabbi, who brought this document to my attention. Glika was my grandmother.
Yehuda Leib (Louis) Chshunstofsky + Anna Toronchik and/or Sarah Toronchik
from Collection of Barbara Wiseman Steckler
Signed by Dr. Allen S. Russek,
husband of Gedalia's son Meyer's daughter Molly
Meir Teroncheky + Sarah Toronchick(?)
Ethan Russo collection.
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.
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.
The names of Glicka Torunczyk, my great grandmother
Polish Books of Residents and Other Lesser-Known Sources by Fay and Julian Bussgang
Success at Last!
originally published in Mass-pocha (Fall/Winter 1997) by Fay Bussgang
this is an excellent account of Fay's discovery of her Torunczyk roots
Reconstituting the Family Torończyk/Toruńczyk/Thorner
by Fay Bussgang
Fay's decades-long research uniting various branches of the family.
Thorner Photos (which are simultaneously Torunczyk photos)
Descendants of Parents of Glicke and Liba Torunczyk
available upon request
Isidor Chrzadowski Thorner (1874-1933)
updated 8/18/2010
Theodore Chrzadowski Thorner (1878-1963)
updated 8/17/2010
David Chrzonstowski Thorner (ca 1879-?)
updated 8/19/2010
Meyer Chrzastowski Chrzastewski Thorner (ca 1881-?)
updated 8/13/2010
Abraham Chrzadowski Thorner (1887-1941)
updated 8/10/2010
Dora Chrzadowski Thorner Schraub (1895-?)
updated 8/11/2010
Anna Rose Chrzadowski Thorner Glaser (1901-?)
updated 8/12/2010
