<!–[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 […]
Here 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 – […]
Here 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 […]
Warning!! 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, […]
A 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 […]
Who We Are and How We Got This Way 