The Goldner Family Origins

Shmuel and Channa Goldner settled in north-east Romania, in the town of Bivolari, on the banks of the river Prut. They may have come from Russia, attracted to the area in the mid 19th century with the promise of greater freedom for Jews, such as the ability to farm or own land. Shmuel and Channa had five sons: Moshe, Meyer (b. 1868), Hershel, Leizer, and Abram.

The Goldner's were a merchant family, and Meyer may have worked as a peddler of dry goods. In 1889, Meyer married Ciornia Mindla (Minna) Faibish, the daughter of Leib ben Faives, from the nearby town of Sculeni. Over the next 20 years, Meyer and Minna had 10 children: Sarah, Lena, Alex, David, Morris, Aaron, Bessie, Leon, Marian, and Edward.

Meyer's children began slowly to immigrate to the United States. Sarah and Lena came to New York in 1911, followed by David in 1912. They sent money home so that in April of 1914, Meyer and Minna came with most of the rest of the family on the S. S. Kaiser Wilhelm II. The final sibling to come to the US was Aaron in July of 1914.

S. S. Kaiser Wilhelm II

The Goldner family had a family millenary business in New York for many years. The family moved to Brooklyn in the 1920's. Sarah married Joel Primer in 1918, Lena married Benjamin Turner in 1922, Marian married Jack Weil in 1938, and Bessie married Harry Rabin in 1929. Minna passed away in 1934, and Meyer in 1950.

Meyer's grand-children and great-grandchildren now live all over the US, from New York and Florida to Massachusetts and Virginia. Most of Meyer's brother's families remained in Bivolari and Iasi for several decades. After WWII, the family immigrated to Brazil, Israel, and the US.

Goldner Descendant Chart

Moshe (--?--)

+Ghitla (--?--)

└── Samuel Goldner, b. 1831 at Hermeziu (Lunca Prutului), Iasi, Romania, d. 1924 at Bivolari, Iasi, Romania

    +Chana Goldner, b. 1841, m. between 1857 and 1863 at Romania, d. 1920 at Bivolari, Iasi, Romania

    ├── Hershel Goldner, b. 1849

    │   +Gitel Focsineanu, b. 1860

    │   ├── Moshe Goldner, d. 1958

    │   │   +Tauba Berdicheff, d. 1962

    │   │   ├── Roza Goldner, d. 2013

    │   │   │   +Lazar Elazar Ackerman, d. 1970

    │   │   ├── Rachel Goldner

    │   │   │   +Solomon David, d. 2008

    │   │   ├── Rudi Goldner

    │   │   │   +Jacques Israel Ludatcher

    │   │   ├── Zvi Hershl Goldner

    │   │   └── Leon Leib Goldner, b. 1909, d. 1924

    │   ├── Sifra H Goldner, b. 1879 at Bivolari, Iasi, Romania

    │   │   +Moish Antonier, b. 1873 at Bivolari, Iasi, Romania, m. 1897 at Bivolari, Iasi, Romania

    │   │   ├── Marcu Goldner, b. 1898

    │   │   │   +Fanny (--?--)

    │   │   ├── Ruha Antonier, b. 1901

    │   │   │   +Ioel Roshoaie, m. 1921

    │   │   ├── Leib Antonier, b. 1903, d. 1977

    │   │   │   +Sura Goldman, b. 1909, d. 2000

    │   │   ├── Mendel Antonier, b. 1910

    │   │   │   +Hilda (--?--)

    │   │   │   └── Joseta Antonier

    │   │   ├── Clara Antonier, b. 1913

    │   │   ├── Sura Antonier, b. 1913 at Bivolari, Iasi, Romania

    │   │   │   +Lupo Faclieru, b. 1905 at Sculeni, Iasi, Romania, m. 1934

    │   ├── Buruh Goldner, b. 1884, d. 1977 at Israel

    │   │   +Etla Moskowitz, b. 1886, m. at Bivolari, Iasi, Romania, d. 1973 at Israel

    │   │   ├── Marcel Goldner, b. 1913, d. 1941 at Iasi, Iasi, Romania

    │   │   ├── Usher Zelig Goldner, b. 1916 at Bivolari, Iasi, Romania, d. 2011

    │   │   ├── Israel Goldner, b. 1918 at Bivolari, Iasi, Romania, d. 1941 at Iasi, Iasi, Romania

    │   │   └── Ana Goldner, b. 1922 at Bivolari, Iasi, Romania, d. 1996 at Israel

    │   │       +Sami Moses, b. 1913, m. 1941, d. 1981 at Israel

    │   ├── Meyer Goldner, b. 1886 at Bivolari, Iasi, Romania, d. 1975 at Israel

    │   │   +Lisa Dick, m. between 1906 and 1919

    │   ├── Marcu Goldner, b. 1893 at Bivolari, Iasi, Romania

    │   └── Sloim Goldner, b. 1893 at Bivolari, Iasi, Romania

    ├── Moishe Goldner, b. 1864 at Bivolari, Iasi, Romania, d. 1946

    │   +Miriam (--?--), b. 1867, m. between 1883 and 1885

    │   ├── Yankle Goldner

    │   ├── Chava Goldner

    │   │   +(--?--) (--?--)

    │   │   └── Paula (--?--)

    │   ├── Leah Goldner, b. 1885 at Bivolari, Iasi, Romania

    │   │   +Leizer Goldner, b. 1876 at Bivolari, Iasi, Romania

    │   │   ├── Estra Goldner, b. 1902 at Bivolari, Iasi, Romania, d. before 1905 at Bivolari, Iasi, Romania

    │   │   ├── Strul Goldner, b. 1904 at Bivolari, Iasi, Romania, d. 1976

    │   │   │   +Rachel Weinberg, b. 1913, d. 2014

    │   │   ├── Iancu Goldner, b. 1907 at Bivolari, Iasi, Romania, d. 1907 at Bivolari, Iasi, Romania

    │   │   ├── Solomon Goldner, b. 1908 at Bivolari, Iasi, Romania, d. 1910 at Bivolari, Iasi, Romania

    │   │   ├── Iosub Goldner, b. 1911 at Bivolari, Iasi, Romania, d. 1911 at Bivolari, Iasi, Romania

    │   │   ├── Batzalel Goldner, b. 1912 at Bivolari, Iasi, Romania, d. 1912 at Bivolari, Iasi, Romania

    │   │   ├── Cili Goldner, b. 1913 at Bivolari, Iasi, Romania

    │   │   │   +unknown spouse

    │   │   ├── Iser Goldner, b. 1915 at Bivolari, Iasi, Romania

    │   │   ├── Zlata Goldner, b. 1918 at Bivolari, Iasi, Romania, d. 1919 at Bivolari, Iasi, Romania

    │   │   ├── Buium Goldner, b. 1920 at Bivolari, Iasi, Romania, d. 1920 at Bivolari, Iasi, Romania

    │   │   └── Shikoo Goldner, b. 1922 at Bivolari, Iasi, Romania

    │   │       +Fanny Iser

    │   ├── Joseph Goldner, b. 1889 at Romania, d. 1957 at Brooklyn, NY,

    │   │   +Esther Smilovici, b. 1898 at Romania, m. 1918 at NY,  d. 1958 at Brooklyn, NY,

    │   ├── Adele Goldner, b. 1900 at Bivolari, Iasi, Romania

    │   │   +unknown spouse

    │   │   +Strul Iser, b. 1896, m. 1924 at Bivolari, Iasi, Romania

    │   ├── Leon Goldner, b. 1904 at Bivolari, Iasi, Romania

    │   │   +unknown spouse

    │   └── Sure Goldner, b. 1908 at Bivolari, Iasi, Romania

    ├── Meyer Goldner, b. 1868 at Bivolari, Iasi, Romania, d. 1950 at Bath Beach, Brooklyn, NY,

    │   +Minna Faives, b. 1868 at Romania, m. 1889 at Bivolari, Iasi, Romania, d. 1934 at Brooklyn, NY,

    │   ├── Sarah Goldner, b. 1890 at Sculeni, Romania, d. 1974

    │   │   +Joel Primer, b. 1887 at Lublin, Wojewedztwo Lubelskie, Poland, m. 1918 at Manhattan, NY,  d. 1965

    │   ├── Lena Goldner, b. 1893 at Romania, d. 1977 at Manhattan, NY,

    │   │   +Benjamin Turner, b. 1892 at Austria, m. 1922, d. 1972

    │   ├── Alexander Goldner, b. 1895 at Bivolari, Iasi, Romania, d. 1978 at NY,

    │   │   +Nadia Luger, b. 1903 at Hungary, m. circa 1923 at NY,  d. 1976 at Miami, Dade County, FL,

    │   ├── David Goldner, b. 1895 at Bivolari, Iasi, Romania, d. 1987 at FL,

    │   │   +Esther Maskowsky, b. between 1899 and 1900 at NY,  m. 1923

    │   ├── Morris Goldner, b. 1899 at Bivolari, Iasi, Romania, d. 1979 at Hollywood, Broward County, FL,

    │   │   +Esther (--?--), b. between 1906 and 1907 at NY,  m. 1929 at NY,

    │   │   +Helen (--?--), m. after 1931

    │   ├── Aaron R. Goldner, b. 1900 at Bivolari, Iasi, Romania, d. 1974 at Manhattan, NY,

    │   │   +Rose Schnitzer, m. 1930 at NY,

    │   ├── Bessie Goldner, b. 1901 at Bivolari, Iasi, Romania, d. 1992 at Manhattan, NY,

    │   │   +Harry Rabin, b. 1904 at Poland, m. 1929 at NY,  d. 1986

    │   ├── Leon Goldner, b. 1903 at Bivolari, Iasi, Romania, d. 1986

    │   │   +Beatrice Halpern, b. circa 1908 at Manhattan, NY,  m. 1928, d. 1965

    │   │   +Ann (--?--), b. 1909, m. after 1965

    │   ├── Marian Goldner, b. 1905 at Bivolari, Iasi, Romania, d. 2001 at Riverdale, Bronx, NY,

    │   │   +Jacob Weil, b. 1903 at Lower East Side, Manhattan, NY,  m. 1938 at Brooklyn, NY,  d. 1987 at Hollywood, FL,

    │   ├── Leea Goldner, b. 1908 at Bivolari, Iasi, Romania, d. 1908 at Bivolari, Iasi, Romania

    │   └── Edward I. Goldner, b. 1909 at Romania, d. 1999

    │       +Edna Frank, b. 1915, m. after 1920, d. 2001 at CT,

    ├── Avram Goldner, b. 1874 at Bivolari, Iasi, Romania, d. 1953

    │   +Zilie Glasburg, b. either 1874 or 1875 at Sculeni, Romania, m. 1893 at Iasi, Romania

    │   ├── Sure Goldner, b. 1897 at Bivolari, Iasi, Romania, d. before 1907

    │   ├── Hilda Goldner, b. 1898 at Bivolari, Iasi, Romania, d. 1995

    │   │   +Harry Liebmann, b. 1898 at Austria, m. 1922, d. 2002

    │   ├── Moise Leib Goldner, b. 1900 at Bivolari, Iasi, Romania, d. before 1907

    │   ├── Marie Goldner, b. 1905 at Bivolari, Iasi, Romania, d. 1989 at Los Angeles, Los Angeles County, CA,

    │   │   +Harry Borsuk, b. 1904 at Brooklyn, NY, m. 1935, d. 1992 at Los Angeles, Los Angeles County, CA,

    │   └── Elias Goldner, b. 1907 at Bivolari, Iasi, Romania, d. 1986 at Nassau County, NY,

    └── Leizer Goldner, b. 1876 at Bivolari, Iasi, Romania

        +Leah Goldner, b. 1885 at Bivolari, Iasi, Romania

        ├── Estra Goldner (see above)

        ├── Strul Goldner (see above)

        ├── Iancu Goldner (see above)

        ├── Solomon Goldner (see above)

        ├── Iosub Goldner (see above)

        ├── Batzalel Goldner (see above)

        ├── Cili Goldner (see above)

        ├── Iser Goldner (see above)

        ├── Zlata Goldner (see above)

        ├── Buium Goldner (see above)

        └── Shikoo Goldner (see above)