| The Story & Loss of the Bark Gessner |
Frantisek (Frank) Sismilich came to the United States from Bohemia on the sailing ship pictured here.
Years later, it met a tragic end as a web page transcription of an old newspaper article reveals. |
| Klisinec in 1998 |
Ed Susmilch visited the ancestral village of Klisinec in February 1998 with his wife and daughter. Here is his account of walking the streets his ancesters trod. |
| Lady in Black |
The many tragedies that befell Anastasia Sismilich, who came to America from Bohemia as a small child, turned her into one family's Lady in Black. |
| The SweetMilks and The Capones |
Well, it's not like they were members of the infamous Chicago gang, but 2 different family members had involvement with Al Capone's brother during the 1920's & '30's. |
| SweetMilk Inventors |
Ever wonder if anybody in the family had ever invented stuff? Here are the family members whose work has been
recognized by patent offices. |
| Among the Bohemian Cigar Makers of NYC |
Many of the large number of Bohemian immigrants who came to New York City in the 1860's through 1880's, including one branch of the Sismilich family, found themselves working as virtual indentured servants in the cigarmaking industry and living on the Lower East Side of Manhattan as "the teeming masses". The noted reformed Jacob Riis included a chapter about them in his famous turn of the century expose "How the Other Half Lives".
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| FDR's Chauffeur |
A mysterious Sismilich became the chauffeur to a future president and disappeared into history. |
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