I would like to give many thanks to all who contributed to this collection of information about our
family. The intent was to not only get all the information down in one place for future generations
to look at, but also to give an overview of Lithuania at the time they were immigrating to America
as well as a biography of our family. It took a long time to put together mostly because of the
many stories and conflicting information that were hard to sort out and make sense of.
The many phonetic spellings of the Taurinskas name on numerous documents were troublesome. The consensus now is that our name was originally spelled exactly like we spell it today. A genealogy expert from Lithuania concluded that since there are only 34 Taurinskas' in Lithuania today, that mathematically it is extremely likely that all the Taurinskas' in Lithuania are relatives. He was fascinated that there were so few of after all these years.
There are still some loose ends and certain family members we have not been able to track down. If anyone has any information, please contact us. Continued attempts will be made to verify and add to, the information that is already here. It has been fun and interesting, there has been some great conversation, and I will say this…we have a very colorful and interesting family, of which we should all be proud.
The many phonetic spellings of the Taurinskas name on numerous documents were troublesome. The consensus now is that our name was originally spelled exactly like we spell it today. A genealogy expert from Lithuania concluded that since there are only 34 Taurinskas' in Lithuania today, that mathematically it is extremely likely that all the Taurinskas' in Lithuania are relatives. He was fascinated that there were so few of after all these years.
There are still some loose ends and certain family members we have not been able to track down. If anyone has any information, please contact us. Continued attempts will be made to verify and add to, the information that is already here. It has been fun and interesting, there has been some great conversation, and I will say this…we have a very colorful and interesting family, of which we should all be proud.
Introduction
Taurinskas Family Geneology
Taurinskas Family Geneology
Taurinskas
- "Circa 1989, there were 35 Taurinskas in Lithuania. This surname seems to come from a Polish locational form, though the root is probably Lithuanian. There are several possibilities: _tauras_ 'the aurochs', i.e. the extinct wild ox once found in Lithuania as late as the 17th century, _taurus_ 'noble', 'sublime', 'lofty', and _taurius_ 'cup-bearer', 'butler' --one of the standard noble offices of the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth was 'cup bearer' _podczaszy_ in Polish."
- "Circa 1989, there were 35 Taurinskas in Lithuania. This surname seems to come from a Polish locational form, though the root is probably Lithuanian. There are several possibilities: _tauras_ 'the aurochs', i.e. the extinct wild ox once found in Lithuania as late as the 17th century, _taurus_ 'noble', 'sublime', 'lofty', and _taurius_ 'cup-bearer', 'butler' --one of the standard noble offices of the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth was 'cup bearer' _podczaszy_ in Polish."