PENZUR FAMILY

     My maternal grandmother, Celia PENZUR (later AXELROD), was born in Dubrowna in or around 1885.  Her father was Zavel or Zalek, and her mother was Fried WOLCHUK.  I know for sure of three siblings: Bracha, Samuel and Rebecca.

     At some point in time the family moved to Ekaterinoslav.

     What I am searching for is the connection, if any, to a Mordechai PENZUR / PINZUR who was also married to a Frieda WOLCHUK.  I am trying to determine whether they were brothers or perhaps cousins, and whether Frieda was first married to one of them and then the other, or whether there were two Frieda WOLCHUKs.  I have one picture of Celia taken in Russia, showing her posed with two males, one of whom is Samuel.  I don’t know who the other young man is — whether it is another brother that I have never heard of or someone else.

     Though I’m certain Celia was born in Dubrowna, she told me that the name of her town (which I assume was a smaller town very close by) which translated into English means “little hands that reach out and grab things”.  Even though I studied Russian and have asked native Russian speakers, no one can figure out what the Russian name of the town was. 

Please contact Diana dgittel863@gmail.com if you have any information about the PENZUR family.

Celia PENZUR, seated left

Samuel PENZUR, seated right

Unknown male, center