Chiam Tarnopolsky

B-1841- D-1921

Chiam Tarnopolskywas born in 1841 in Rzhishchev, Ukraine. The shtetl is about 39 miles SE of Kiev. His wife was Sure Ester Tarnopolsky, who was born in 1843. The couple had 14 children. Chaim was small in stature and was deeply religious. He would spend much of his time reading and praying. He worked as a watchman of a lumberyard. Chaim died from pneumonia in 1921 in Dnepropetrovsk at the age of 80.