Sheldon LeonardFamous writer, actor and producer Dad- you did it again!! Yet another one of your stories has sent me on a wild goose chase. This time, it might have been embarrassing. Last week I posted #11 in the 52 Ancestors in 52 Weeks challenge. I didn’t have a lot of time, so I chose […]
Read MoreThis is post is a departure from my usual family history posts. March 5, 2014 would have been my mother’s 82nd birthday. Mom’s legacy lives on in many ways in our family; her cooking, her humor (well….WE think it’s funny), her incessant picture-taking (very much appreciated by this genealogist daughter!) But there was one special […]
Read MoreMy paternal grandmother, Hortense Kesner was the first daughter of Harry George Kesner and Estelle Byk. She was born in New York on February 22, 1907.<!–[if supportFields]>xe “New York:Brooklyn ” \f B<![endif]–><!–[if supportFields]><![endif]–> Her sister, Constance, was born in 1911. The date on the back of this photo says ” Feb. 22, 1907″ which was […]
Read More<!–[if supportFields]>xe “SPIEGEL:Josef (b. 1803) ” \f A<![endif]–><!–[if supportFields]><![endif]–><!–[if supportFields]>xe “Poland:Galetia ” \f B<![endif]–><!–[if supportFields]><![endif]–>Josef Spiegel was born on February 2, 1803 in what was then Galacia.<!–[if supportFields]>xe “Jassy-Moldova- Romania ” \f B<![endif]–><!–[if supportFields]><![endif]–> His generation is as far back as I have gotten on my mother’s maternal line. I need to study history and geography […]
Read MoreMy second great-grandmother, on my father’s side, Francis (Fannie) Woolfwas born on January 14, 1862 in New York to Barnett Woolf and the former Kate Cohen. Both her parents came to the United States from England. In 1870, Fannie was living in Brooklyn with her parents and 6 siblings. 1870 US Cenus I know nothing about […]
Read MoreIn May of 1938, my family changed forever. I realize that we were blessed that no one in my mother’s immediate family was murdered. We fared so much better than millions of others. I get that. While ours is not a story of horrifying proportions, it still is worthy of being told. It should never […]
Read MoreHere is my 5th post for 52 Ancestors in 52 Weeks, a challenge posed by Amy Johnson Crow. I love this undated picture! I don’t know a lot about my Aunt Claire. I remember her as glamorous and funny. Her accent was thicker than her sister’s (my grandmother) and she always appeared so fashionable to me – […]
Read MoreHere is my 4th post for 52 Ancestors in 52 Weeks, a challenge posed by Amy Johnson Crow. Last week, I got one of those phone calls. The kind where you look at the caller ID and know your family has just gotten a little bit smaller. John as a young child John Sved was my mother’s […]
Read MoreHere is my third post for 52 Ancestors in 52 Weeks, a challenge posed by Amy Johnson Crow. Ralph would be my first cousin – twice removed. Our common ancestors are EmanuelWeiss and Theresia Passauer, my second-great-grandparents. Ralph Oppenheim was born on 13 Jan 1896 in New York. Portion of Ralph’s Birth Certificate When Ralph was born, his […]
Read MoreHere is my second post for 52 Ancestors in 52 Weeks, a challenge posed by Amy Johnson Crow.Rosa would be my first cousin – twice removed. Our common ancestor is Joseph Spiegel, Rosa’s grandfather and my second great-grandfather.<!–[if supportFields]>xe “MARCOVICI:Rosa (b. 1900) ” \f A<![endif]–><!–[if supportFields]><![endif]–><!–[if supportFields]>xe “Jassy-Moldova- Romania ” \f B<![endif]–><!–[if supportFields]><![endif]–>Rosa Marcovici was […]
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Who We Are and How We Got This Way 