Two family pictures have been hanging in our dining room for years. Rosa Weiss Oppenheim The first one is a portrait of my great-aunt Rosa Weiss Oppenheim. Rosa was born in Austria in 1868 and died at the very young age of 32, leaving two young children to be raised by their father Max. The […]
Read MoreThis week’s topic for the 52 Ancestors in 52 Weeks challenge is “So Far Away!” It couldn’t have come at a better time! In just a few weeks, Scott and I will be joining my sister Jeanne and her partner, Suzi on a very special trip, a river cruise beginning in Amsterdam and ending in […]
Read MoreThe SPIEGEL building – The original store opened around 1895 in Semarang, Indonesia – Before renovation – 2011http://smgpras.blogspot.com/2011/04/winkel-maatschapphij-h-spiegel-remaing.html SPIEGEL building now houses the SPIEGEL Bar and Bistro -after renovation – 2017.https://gapuradigital.withgoogle.com/workshops/semarang YouTube Video: Renovations 2015 YouTube Video: SPIEGEL Bar and Bistro Opening
Read MoreSophie as a young girl Sophie Weiss was my maternal great-grandmother. Although she was quite wealthy at points in her life, I knew things had not always been easy thanks to stories my mother had shared with me. I also have many unanswered questions about Sophie’s life. Sophie, sister Rosa and brother Josef Vienna, Austria […]
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 MoreWarning!! This will be a longer post than usual. Rose was my grandmother!! I have a lot to share. Rose Spiegel was my maternal grandmother. Born in Semarang, Java on October 19, 1903, she was the second daughter of Herman Spiegel and Sophie Weiss. Her sister, Claire Theresa had been born on January 3, 1901. Her brother, […]
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 […]
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Who We Are and How We Got This Way 