A chart of our Klaisner cousin connections in the US, as well as photographs and stories about them
Our grandfather, who emigrated from Bohemia to Chicago, Illinois, in 1891 and changed his surname to Klaisner
Uncle
Uncle
Uncle
Our father
The Klaisner Family
The mystery of our
grandfather’s older brother
Uncle
Aunt
Uncle
Laurel and Lowell’s paternal grandfather was Vaclav Kleisner, who came to the US in 1891 and settled in Chicago, Illinois. Vaclav later “Americanized” the spelling of his surname to Klaisner. See the chart below for the relationship, and click on any of the blue links below that to learn more about his Klaisner children and grandchildren and their sibling in the US.
For Further Research on the Klaisner line in the US
Solve the mystery of what happened to Joseph Klaisner (1870-?), grandfather Vaclav’s older brother.
Add additional photographs and stories to the pages for Laurel and Lowell, their parents and their aunt and uncles.
Make connections with Klaisner cousins descended from Frank Klaisner (1907-1955).
Klaisner Research Aids
Documenting Joseph Klaisner residences while he was living in Chicago
Lists all the Joseph Klaisner names in Chicago city directories from 1889 to 1904, plus the Joseph Klaisners in the 1900 census
Documenting Joseph Klaisner and his kin in Chicago
Lists records for Joseph Klaisner, his brother Vaclav, his father-in-law, and several cousins in Chicago
from 1895 to 1910
Link to a spreadsheet containing these two lists