Comments on: Ancestors

By: Wanderer

Wanderer — Mon, 22 Mar 2010 11:00:04 +0000

Great post and pictures. I always wanted to find more about my ancestors. But it remained just that- one more thing that I want to do . One day…

By: Jim

Jim — Sat, 06 Mar 2010 19:05:25 +0000

Thanks for the delightful comment, Liat. So visually funny—I can just see your grandfather sliding off the horse time and time again, like a running joke in a Jerry Lewis or Wood Allen comedy.

By: Liat Miller

Liat Miller — Sat, 06 Mar 2010 05:22:15 +0000

It’s quite amazing to me that you can trace your family so far and have pictures from so long ago. The earliest picture the family owns is a picture of my grand-father, Herman Schonfeld in uniform, from World war 1, on the side of the Kaiser. He was assigned to a cavalry unit; being a pacifist, and very short-sighted too, he came up with the idea of falling from the other side of the horse each time he mounted one. He ended up in a hospital, taking care of injured soldiers, an assignment which was better suited to his temperament, life philosophy and acute short-sightedness. My son, the Civil War buff was very disappointed that his great-grand father did not stick with the cavalry. You just can’t pick your family!

By: Jim

Jim — Sat, 05 Sep 2009 15:01:11 +0000

Thank you for asking about my ancestors, Constance. My Grandfather, Owen Sizemore, was born in Wyoming County, West Virgina, in 1852. My paternal grandmother was also born there in 1854. They were married in 1875 and my father, the ninth of their ten children, was born in 1882. The clan moved around a bit and somehow wound up in Covington, the county seat of Allegheny County, Virginia. That’s where I was born in 1937. Most of my relatives still live in that area. I’m planning a trip down there this fall to meet my brother Ernie’s seventh wife. Life goes on.

By: Constance Pohl

Constance Pohl — Sat, 05 Sep 2009 13:30:37 +0000

I love these photos. Do you know where any of their descendants are now? What state was the clan living in? My ancestors were in Ireland. No photos.