Josef and Antonia Zimola (Fila) immigrant wall plaque 2 – Smith, Dixon, Wheeler, Bare & Černík, Zimola, Vybíral, Fila ….. and many more

January 7, 2025Full resolution (1963 × 909)

Ellis Island’s monument of panels with the names of immigrants. On panel 731, I placed the names of our great-grandparents Josef and Antonia Zimola (FILA).

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Chops Freyer: “I have traced my family line Freyer back to a Leonhard Berndardt Freyer as the first of us born in…” Mar 2, 14:16
Tom Clabaugh: “My dad is Don Clabaugh. He NEVER talked about the war unless he was around his war buddies. Ray and…” Dec 8, 10:10
valentina LaRae: “Recently found out that I am related to George Montague wheeler who’s decedents were of the Salam witch trials.” Oct 26, 14:41
Sherry V Walker (Michaud): “I am a descendant of Obadiah Wheeler who was married to Elizabeth White.” Oct 23, 06:55
Jeanine: “Good afternoon. I am researching part of the family with the name Bare. Specifically Thurman, who was married to Helen…” Oct 14, 11:53
Angela Almeyda: “Hi Don, While visiting France with my husband last week, I remembered my mother saying that her mother was of…” Jul 15, 19:49
m.j. bare: “Greetings, Don Smith, great write up. Looking forward to reading through your website and discovering what you have unearthed =)” Apr 16, 09:54
Steve Wheeler: “Great stories. I have been trying to fill in my missing gap of Wheeler ancestors to John & Agnes (Anne)…” Jan 19, 04:48
Bradley Smith: “Is there a way to get a link to your ancestry tree? I believe this my ggggggg Grandfather” Nov 17, 14:52
Scott Cernik: “Great story Steve. Brings back alot of great memories.” Oct 19, 22:28
MERRIE K SODDER: “FamilySearch shows my ancestor, Thomas Ballard Smith (1720-1797, Middlesex, VA) was the son of George Burnt Face Smith and Ann…” Jul 23, 13:35
Keri Ann smith: “Hi iam born a Smith and trying to figure out my family history” Nov 7, 06:39
Elsie Marie Kroussakis: “Don Smith – My biological Mother was Kathleen Smith, her father was John Beverly Smith, son of James Washington Smith.…” Oct 23, 23:59
John Burdette: “I went to high school with Donald. I saw him at our last h.s. Reunion. He was a good football…” Dec 20, 01:42
Richard Vybiral: “My grandfather John Vybiral was born in Trebic, Moravia in 1869. He came to Colon, Nebraska in 1878 with 2…” Dec 15, 15:18
Steve Cernik: “I remember Great Grandma telling me about this shooting incident. I had been telling her about some gun or another…” Oct 16, 04:40
Steve Cwenik: “If you fail to learn from history, you are doomed to repeat it… as in Uncle Frank losing his hand…” Oct 16, 03:37
Brian Smith: “They redid the sacristy at the church. Look on the church page on FB. https://www.facebook.com/pages/Saint-Wenceslaus-Catholic-Church/139707202733730” Jan 11, 19:35
Sharon Smith: “Don, Thanks for doing this, such interesting stories. I love it.” Oct 8, 14:19
Cousin Steve: “Here is a small story for you… On our combined farms east of Wahoo (ours, Frank’s, Grandpa Frank’s, Marie’s and…” Oct 4, 23:25