Chaim Wolf Toronczyk

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Chaim Wolf Toronczyk
born 1839 - 1841
son of Icek Lejzer, deceased, and Szewa née CHAIM
Is he the Icek TORUNCZYK 1806-1878, brother of Abram, Szlama, and Mortka?
Doesn't look like it.

Supporting documents, in chronological order:

May 25, 1864: Warsaw, Poland: Marriage Chaim Wolf TORONCZYK Akta 204 Polish source located with JRI-Poland
Groom: Chaim Wolf TORONCZYK, unmarried, 25 years old, born in Warsaw, residing in house no. 2248,
son of Icek Lejzer, deceased, and Szewa née CHAIM
Bride: Chawą LIN, unmarried, 22 years old, born in Warsaw, residing in house no. 2248,
daughter of Abraham, deceased, and Estera Mindla née MOSZEK[?]

Fay Bussgang, 7/28/2025, via email: "The Icek Toronczyk who is [known to be] related to us is listed in the Ozorków Books of Residents 231-248. The top person in the following document is Icek, crossed out. Last column says he died March 13/25 (depending on calendar) in 1878. The second person is Raiza Piotrkowska, his wife. It looks like she died in 1882. The other two people are not related. They moved into the house when the others died." Image source: Fay Bussgang from Łódź Archives.

Moses Binem Toronczyk birth 03 Dec 1876, Warsaw
per Sweden Household Examination Books and Danish Census
we have, so far, no documentation of his parentage

1883 Warsaw Birth Luzer Josef TORONCZYK Akta 622 Russian Language source located with JRI-P
Father: Chaim Wolf age 42
Mother: Chawa Lin age 40
Luzer is an uncommon masculine name with multiple possible origins. In Jewish communities,
particularly among Yiddish speakers, it may function as a variant of Eliezer, meaning 'God is my help' in Hebrew.

1899-1907 Moschek Binem Torontschik in Sweden Household Examination Books source: MyHeritage
Wife: Esther Teles f Schriftgiesser, born: Mar 3 1885
Daughter: Chaja Sarah, born: Mar 25 1907

1916 Danish Census: Moses Binem Toronczyk and family
source: MyHeritage

1921 Danish Census: Josef Toronczyk and family: Gene (?), Moses, Abraham, Marie
source: MyHeritage

1930 Danish Census: Copenhagen: Moses Binem Toronczyk and family: Esther Ida, Chaya Sara, Abraham Josef, Isak Nathan, Minna Lea, Juda Levi, Basheba Elisabeth, Salimon Elieser, Chaim Wolff, Eva Rachel, Mendel Henrik, Anna Rebekka (Ruth)
source: MyHeritage

Thanks to Fay Bussgang for the tip!
To find the card I contacted Joe Ross, JRI-Poland Lodz Town Leader and Lodz Cemetery List Project contact. Thanks, Joe!

December 27, 1936 Death of Josef Luzer Toronczyk, son of Chaim Wolf, age 53
Lodz Jewish Cemetery.

CONCLUSION (but not the end of the matter): MyHeritage DNA has shown that I have a 3rd to 4th cousin relationship with a member of this family. While this page demonstrates that the path does not flow through Icek TORUNCZYK 1806-1878, the tree is full of Iceks, and it is likely that not all of them have been discovered. Onward!

My Thorner Ancestry

A third cousin would share descent from Meir (1829-1879); a fourth fromAbram (1803-1880).

BUT, I have assumed that this relatedness derives from the ancestry of my grandfather's mother Glicke,
from whom the family took their last name in the US.
But there is also some slim evidence that my grandfather's grandmother was a Toronczyk, about whom I know nothing.
It is possible that my great grandparents were related to one another.
This would also explain why Paul Thorner, known to be a Chshunstovsky, but with a sliver of evidence that he had
a Toronczyk ancestor, was also a genetic match to this Danish famiy.