When Samuel Tenen arrived in the U.S. in 1905, he changed his family's last name from "Tenen" to "Stern."

• Father of: Alfred Stern

• Grandfather of: Andrea Stern, Karen Stern Brenner-Stein

• Great Grandfather of: Shelly Spiegel, Terry Spiegel Thal, Jamie Spiegel Levick, Brad Spiegel, Wendy Brenner Palat, Mitchell Brenner, Dan Meredith-Stein

• Great Great Grandfather of: Ben Spiegel, Will Spiegel, Olivia Levick, Harrison Levick, Stephanie Palat, Max Palat, Indigo Meredith-Stein, Huck Meredith-Stein, Seegar Meredith-Stein

*When Samuel arrived in the U.S. in 1905, he changed his last name from Tenen to "Stern."

Samuel Tenen was born on November 17, 1870 in Bessarabia, Romania. Today, Bessarabia is part of the southern part of Moldova, Ukraine.

He worked as a farmer all of his life and loved every minute of it.

Samuel Stern passed away in June 26, 1958 in Vineland, New Jersey at the age of 88 (89 or 90).