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Families of Troškūnai (Trashkun)

Lithuania

Puner family

►  See also  • Reb Avraham Elye, "der Got" by Itzhak Konkurovich
Growing Up in Trashkun by Alter Resnick

Chaya Puner

Chaya Puner
wife of Chaim Lipman Puner
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The oldest known family member is Meyer Puner, born ~1775 in Lithuania and died ~1840. His wife's name is unknown. The only known child of Meyer Puner is Chaim Lipman Puner, who was born ~1803 in Ukmerge (Vilkomir). Chaim Lipman married Chaya, who was born ~1819 in Traupis, Lithuania, and died in 1896.

The four known children of Chaim Lipman Puner and Chaya:

I.  Riva Puner was born in Lithuania in 1837. In ~1862 she married Yehuda Leyb Bokhur who was born in Lithuania before 1844 and died in Ukmerge (Vilkomir) before 1894. Riva died in Ukmerge in 1889 or 1900.

Chaya Puner

Max Bacon, wife Rivka (Puner),
and daughters Fannie and Ida
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Max Bacon

Max Bacon
(Mordke Bokhur)

II.  Mortkhel (Mordecai) Puner was born ~1839 in Troskunai or Traupis, Lithuania. He married Sheyna Pesa Ziv, who was born ~1840 in Lithuania. Sheyna Pesa died in 1904, and Mortkhel died in 1910, both in Lithuania.

Alter Resnick: Growing Up in Trashkun

Avram Puner and wife Michla

Avram & Michla Puner
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Avram Punern

Avraham Puner

Avraham Elye "der Got"

Avraham Puner remembered by his nephew

Nechama Puner

Nechama Puner

Rivka Puner

Rivka Puner
(Rebecca Bacon)

Meyer Hirsh Puner

Meyer Hirsh Puner

Motel Nurkin

Motel Nurkin

Jacob Puner and Fannie Bacon

Jacob Puner & Fannie Bacon (1916)

Meyer Leyb Puner

Jacob Puner

Meyer Leyb Puner

Meyer Leyb Puner

III.  Meyer Leyb Puner was born ~1846 in Traupis, Lithuania. He married Dvora (Eva) Trupianski, who was born in 1845 and died in 1899. Meyer Leyb died in 1928.

Pesa Rivka (Puner) Shveid

Bessie Shveid
(Pesa Rivka Puner)

Sheyna Puner, Sophie Meyerson

Sheyna Puner
(Sophie Meyerson)

IV.  Chava (Chavele) Leah Puner was born ~1849 in Troskunai. In ~1872 in Panevezys, Chavele married Chaim Gurwich/Gurwitz, who was born ~1844 in Ramygala, Panevezys. Chaim was a shopkeeper who sold grain and hides. Chavele died in Panevezys on 23 April 1908. Chaim died in Panevezys on 17 June 1924.

Chaim Gurwich

Chaim Gurwich
(2007)

Puner Family Tree (Geni)

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