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The Tishkofsky Family, New York, 1910

(left to right)

Frank Tishkofsky (later Tish)

Davis Tishkovsky (later Tisch)

Raphael (aka Ralph) Tishkofsky (later Tish)

Chaja Fejga (aka Fannie) Tyszkowska (née Bejnsztejn, later Tish)

Mortchaj (aka Max) Tyszkowski (later Tish)

Nathan Tishkosky (later Tisch)

Eliasz (aka Alexander) Tyszkowski (later Tish)

Zelig (aka Solomon) Tyszkowski (later Tish)

Chaja Fejga was the daughter of the Dayan of Radzilow, Boruch Ick Bejnsztejn, and she married Mortchaj in

Jedwabne in 1896. The family moved to London c.1900, then on to New York in 1907 (Mortchaj) and 1909 (Chaja

Fejga and their children). Longevity runs in the Tyszkowski family, and Mortchaj was no exception, living to be 95. Chaja Fejga died in 1932, Mortchaj in 1966.

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Read Alexander's one-page "autobiography"

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Members of the Tish Family at the wedding of Bernice Tisch & Leo Begleiter

New York, 2 December 1950

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Mortchaj Tyszkowski (aka Max Tish)

Brooklyn, New York, c.1950s

Mortchaj was born in Jedwabne in 1870 and married Chana Fejga Bejnsztejn there in 1896. They lived in Radzilow, before moving to London in 1900. Mortchaj, then known as Max Tishkofsky, moved to New York in 1907, and sent for his family in 1909. He lived to be 95, and died in New York in 1966. He was adored by all who knew him.

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Read their son Alex's one-page "autobiography"

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Photos taken on the occasion of the visit of Leah Bresler

(née Leja Tyszkowska) to see her cousins in New York, c.1958

(back row, left to right)

Zelda Tish

Phyllis Tish

Harris Tish

(front row, left to right)

Sadie Tish

Ralph Tish

Leah Bresler

Max Tish

(back row, left to right)

Phyllis Tish

Ralph Tish

(front row, left to right)

Zelda Tish

Frank Tish

Leah Bresler

Max Tish

Sadie Tish

(back row, left to right)

Ralph Tish

Zelda Tish

Phyllis Tish

Bob Tish

(front row, left to right)

Sadie Tish

Frank Tish

Leah Bresler

Max Tish

(left to right)

Leah Bresler

Max Tish

Leah was born in Radzilow in 1887 and moved with her parents and siblings to London in 1900. Her uncle Max and his wife and children came to London from Jedwabne at about the same time. Max (1907) and his family (1909) moved to New York but Leah's family stayed in London. Leah died there in 1970.

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The Tish Brothers, New York, 1968

(left to right)

Solomon Tish (né Zelig Tyszkowski)

Nathan Tisch (né Tishkosky)

Alexander Tish (né Eliasz Tyszkowski)

Frank Tish (né Tishkofsky)

Raphael (aka Ralph) Tish (né Tishkofsky)

Isidore Robert (aka Bob) Tish ((né Tishkofsky)

See the family's immigration listings on the Ellis Island database

Read Alexander's one-page "autobiography"