Yep – it’s true….this really happened. At least I think it did. I’ve told the story so often I can’t remember if it really did happen…or if it happened to me…or if it happened to my sister Jeanne. At any rate, it’s a funny story and is a great segue to today’s topic: Why do some […]
Read MoreToday’s blog post is inspired by BENJAMIN SAMUELS who was born on October 7, 1878 in London, England. He and his father before him, both have added an ‘s’ to their last name. Today’s post will share information about Benjamin’s life. A future post (maybe tomorrow if I’m lucky!) will deal with the ‘S’ question. […]
Read More<!–[if supportFields]>xe “SEELEY:Katherine Pearl (b. 1869) ” \f A<![endif]–><!–[if supportFields]><![endif]–><!–[if supportFields]>xe “CT:New Caanan ” \f B<![endif]–><!–[if supportFields]><![endif]–>Katherine Pearl Seeley was born on October 4 in Albany New York. Her birth year is in question. The 1880 census lists her as “Kitty”, born in 1871 and the Illinois Death Certificate states her year of birth as […]
Read MoreEmanuel (Mandl) Weiss was born on September 28, 1826 in Hungary. He is my second great-grandfather on my mother’s side. Almost nothing is known about him at this time. In question is the number of marriages he may have had. His daughter Sophie alluded to the fact that Emanuel’s son Josef, may have been her […]
Read MoreI need to preface today’s post for three reasons:1) It is belated by 1 day. I was in Maryland celebrating the life of my wonderful brother-in-law, John Holman who passed away in June after a valiant 6 year battle with cancer. 2) It occurred to me that readers may want to know the familial connections […]
Read More<!–[if supportFields]>xe “HOLMAN:John Winchester (b. 1871) ” \f A<![endif]–><!–[if supportFields]><![endif]–><!–[if supportFields]>xe “Indiana:Indianapolis ” \f B<![endif]–><!–[if supportFields]><![endif]–>John Winchester “Jack” Holman was born on 12 Sep 1871 in Indianapolis, Indiana His parents were Aaron John Holman and Elizabeth L. Winchester. The Holman side of family dates back to a land deed in Virginia in the 1620’s. They […]
Read MoreA Mystery Solved! A few years ago, my siblings and I were going through a pile of pictures belonging to our grandmother, Rose Spiegel Lichtenthal. Included in the group was a picture of four women, two of whom were obviously our grandmother and her mother, Sophie Spiegel. But who were the other women? We didn’t […]
Read MoreToday would have been Hattie Kesner’s 135th birthday. Hattie was born on September 4, 1878 in New York. She would become the oldest of six children born to George Ralph Kesner and Jessie Davis. The Kesner’s second child, a son named Harry George, would eventually marry Estelle Byk becoming my paternal great-grandparents. That makes Hattie […]
Read MoreRene Mendel was born in Budapest, Hungary on September 3, 1883. She was the third and youngest child of Jacob Berger and the former Cecilie Schoen. Rene’s sister, Rosa (b. 1875) married Sigmund Lichtenthal in 1899, becoming my maternal great-grandmother. Rene’s brother Rudolph was born in 1872. Rene married Adolf Mendl. They had one son, […]
Read MoreI have so many projects started…I have so many family pictures…so many stories…so much history to share with my family… so many “good intentions”… Here is the current list of projects I have started: 1. “Who We Are and How We Got This Way” Volume One: Alan E. Samuel2. “Who We Are and How We […]
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Who We Are and How We Got This Way 