EILAND FAMILY TREES AND STORIES
Last names contained in family protocols and stories:
| Bravo | Eiland | Isaacks | Sheffer |
| Breisacher | Ferguson | Jaffe | Thomas |
| Brill | Furth | Kohn | Tucker |
| Brown | Garcia | Lagun | Ungar |
| Caplan | Glick | Leyman | Vance |
| Cohn | Goldberg | Lowrie | Wilcsek |
| Day | Gruner | Orgel | Wissier |
| DeTuscan | Halasz | Pottok | |
| Driskell | Hurmai | Savage | |
Updated Eiland Family Tree, going back to Papa Rudy's and Grandma's parents, the Eilands and Wilcseks respectively.
Click to download Eiland Family Tree.
Historic events in the backdrop:
WWI
WWII / Nazi concentration camps
Guyan River Flood in Logan County, WVA 1917
Coal mines, miners and the Coal Mine Wars in WVA early 1900s
Hatfields and McCoys
Logan fire in 1930s
Early Jewish temple in Logan, WVA
Stories from Logan Reunion '08
Many, maybe most, of these stories are probably told in more detail in Uncle Fred's narrative immediately below. But a few don't appear; plus it's interesting to see what gets retold (maybe added to?!) anyway. :-)
Click to download.
Uncle Fred's Narrative on the Eilands
My Uncle Fred Eiland’'s Everything You Ever Wanted to Know About the Eilands – But Were Afraid to Ask updated in March, 2004 from an earlier 1998 version is available for downloading in PDF. It contains numerous valuable, humorous and interesting family biographical and historical facts and stories, going back to family members born in the early 1900s.
Click to download.
Eiland Family Remembrances from ~ 2000, from old website
Click to download Eiland Remembrances, 2000.
My Mom, Lillian Jaffe Eiland's, Obituary
Lillian Jaffe Eiland, 86, of Orlando, FL, formerly of Huntington, WVA, died Saturday, January 19, 2008 in Orlando. She was born March 26, 1921 in Huntington, a daughter by birth of Sandor Lagun and Rae Marguerite Cuttler Jaffe. Shew was a member of the B'Nai Sholom Congregation and very active with the Surfside Players in Cocoa Beach, FL, having served as president and acted in a number of productions. She was preceded in death by her husband, Theodore Anthony "Ted" Eiland, with whom she owned and ran WKKO radio station in Cocoa, FL, and her father Isidore Jaffe of Huntington. She is survived by her four sons, Howard A. Eiland, Stuart A. Eiland, Robert A. Eiland and Richard A. Eiland; and 10 grandchildren. Graveside services were held on Thursday, January 24, 2008 at the B'Nai Israel Section of Spring Hill Cemetery, Huntington, by Rabbi David Wucher. Expressions of sympathy may be made to B'Nai Sholom Congregation, P. O. Box 2674, Huntington, WV 25726.
To My Other Mother - by Stella Eiland
You will be in my memory and my thoughts. In my heart there will be a celebration of your life and spirit.
I celebrate your style, your sweetness, your loving heart, and your love of music and theater.
The love of your family that surrounded you - of your sons, your husband and your grandchildren - will always be in their hearts.
You are like a gentle breeze blowing through my mind.
My Dad, Ted Eiland's, Obit from Florida Today newspaper in Cocoa, Beach, FL, and a brief appreciation I wroteClick to download Ted Eiland Obit / Remembrance.
A Poem / Remembrance I wrote for my father-in-law, Charles Driskell
THE CHARLIE I KNEW
A walk-right-in ease that welcomed you effortlessly like
opening the door to the aroma of homemade soup on the stove; for he had boiled
off any pretension or pettiness to serve
up what's gracious about good people: a quiet
knowing of what's in your heart and the sorrow
in his; a loving pride from his soul for
his family, yes, a distinct love for each different
one; an unswerving fix on your better sides with
an abiding acceptance of your
frailties; an ear and a hand for your troubles, and a
touchstone
for your hopes.
To look for real into Charlie's eyes, to love
and be loved by him, was to know
God's grace.
Aunt Martha Hawkins' wonderful remembrance of Charles Driskell
Click to download Aunt Martha's remembrance
Family members please note: Please email me any corrections, omissions or additions. For example, you’ll see some blank lines in the family trees that could use filling. Thank you!