Our Kleisner ancestors in Bohemia, with a chart and research findings

Our grandfather’s youngest brother, whose descendants include many of our living cousins in Czechia and Slovakia

A profile of our grandfather’s youngest sister, whose descendants still live in Ježovy

The Kleisner Family

A chart of our Kleisner cousin connections in Europe, with photographs and stories

Memories from the five meetings of the Klaisner and Kleisner families, four in Europe and one over Zoom

This is the main page for the Kleisner Czech ancestors and cousins of Laurel and Lowell. They are related to our paternal grandfather, who was born Václav Kleisner in Ježovy in 1872. After emigrating to Chicago in 1891, he “Americanized” his name, changing the spelling to Vaclav Klaisner. Click on any of the links below to explore further.

The house history of our grandfather’s residence in Jeźovy