The forefathers: Hersz, Chaim Jonas and Israel Iciek

Members of this branch are descendants of Hersz Turkieltaub. He was born at  Plock in 1776. Hersz had several children, including Chaim Jonas T. and Israel Iciek T.

Chaim Jonas was born in Plock and married in Sierpc. His wife was Ester Grosman, a lady whose age moved backwards. Ester’s age history is described elsewhere . Chaim had eight children. Seven were registered as born in Sierpc and one, Gedaliah, as born in Plock.

Gedaliah and the Anglo-Americans

One of Chaim’s children, Gedaliah Lewis Turkeltaub, was registered as born in Plock, though he may have been born in Sierpc. He lived and got married in Plock and eventually took his family to London in the early 1880's. Known sons were Abraham, David, Samuel, and Hyman.

Samuel married in 1886, worked as a tailor, and had at least three children. In 1904 he was naturalized as a British citizen with the name Turtletaub.

David went to Paris and was not heard of again by the American branch.

Hyman went to New York about 1891, married Bessie November and raised five children. By 1920 he was naturalized and owned a small piecework factory producing parts of clothing for the NY garment industry.

In the 1890's, before he died, Gedaliah went to NY to visit his son Hyman. Cousins from England visited George, named for Gedaliah, in 1927. Hyman's kids produced nine grandchildren. They and their families are now scattered over the entire US, and represent many professions.

Abraham Michael and the Chileans

Another of Chaim Jonas’s sons was Abraham Michael, who in turn was the father of Mordka David Turkieltaub. Most of Mordka’s children moved to Chile. The story of why that branch ended in Chile is told elsewhere.

In Chile, the Turteltaubs and Turkeltaubs were a numerous family. In the early 50’s, one of the Samuel Turteltaubs moved to the recently founded state of Israel. The family adopted the name Benari. During the 70’s Chile went through turbulent times, first with the socialist regime of Allende and later with the military government of Pinochet. Members of the family emigrated to Guatemala, Venezuela, Spain, and the USA.

Abraham Hersz and the "British T"

As stated previously, another son of Hersz was Israel Iciek. In turn, he was the father of Morris Jack, Salomon Lazarus and Fanny. Most of their descendants live in England. Some moved to Brooklyn and changed their name to Tobe and to Gould.

Margiels and the Weingartens?

Yet another daughter of Chaim Jonas was Dwora Turkeltaub, wife of Iciek Margiel. The tree contains six children of the couple, all born in Sierpc, but no grand children. It is possible, although this has not been established, that two grandchildren were Menachem Margel who died with his family in the holocaust and Anna Baila Margel. Anna Baila married Yerachmiel Weingarten. One of her children was Alex Weingarten, who lives in Israel. The data on the Weingartens will be included in this site as soon as their relationship with the T is established. This requires a check on the Sierpc birth records of Anna Baila and Menachem.

Chaim Turkeltaub

Chaim was born in 1830 and lived in Plock. At this writing, his relation with the other T from Plock has not been established. Chaim had at least four children, and they all went to America.

Name changes: Levy and Taub

There were several name changes in this branch. They are best seen by observing the Plock 2 tree.

More

There are probably other T presented in this site that are related to the Plockers. An intriguing case are the descendants of Nathan Turkeltaub. They include a Chaim Jonas Turkeltaub, born in Wloklawek, a town very close to Plock and Sierpc. The name Chaim Jonas repeats itself in (this) Plock branch and in no other branch. This is lead is being researched at present.