Pam Family Website

Welcome to the Pam family website.

All living members have been excluded from the site.

If you spot any errors or have information that you want included please let me know.

Although the site is called 'The Pam Family' there are a number of related families. On my mother’s side of the family are the Maslin’s and related families - The Friswell’s and Mackness’s. The Maslin were rooted in an English artisan class, some of whom emigrated to Australia in the early 19th Century.

On the Pam side there are many related families including the Hecht’s, Lewinsky’s, Furths, Gestetners, Poppers, Smirzitz, Sachsel, Hochhauser, Browner and Barkan families, . All of whom have a European Jewish Heritage.

There is anecdotal evidence that the family can be traced back to Abraham Pamuseki. He lived in Bohemia, now known as the Czech Republic in the early C18. Many of his descendants migrated from Opatov near Lanskroun in the Eastern half of the Czech Republic in the first half of the 19th Century.

My Great Grandfather Leopold and Great Uncles Julius and Jacob established themselves as successful Diamond Merchants in London and Paris. Great Uncle Moritz remained in Lanskroun where he owned a Paper Mill. His descendants live in Paris, Canada and Australia. A third Great Uncle Philipp's family established themselves in the USA. A forth great uncle - Josef Pam lived in Gablonz in the Czech Republic. Many of his descendants settled in Vienna. This 19th Century generation of Pam's appear to have been an ambitious and driven generation who began to travel extensively and establish themselves in successful careers.

During the 1930’s and 1940’s many members of the family died in the Holocaust. Those that survived fled to the USA, Australia, Canada and the UK.

We have begun to piece together what became of our extended family which now numbers over 1000 members.

In 2012 Ann Glaser set up a family face book page called 'Pamfam'. Contact me if you would like access.

This website and the gathering of our family history belong to us all. We started to record our family history because much of it disappeared with the passing of our parents generation. Thankfully some of our relatives did leave a written and oral account and with your help we have been able to gather information together about our family for our benefit and for the benefit of those that follow us.

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The links below aim to introduce you to the key branches of the Pam family:

Abraham Pamuseki family tree includes his son - Moses, Grandson - Isak and Great grandson – Samuel

Samuel Pam’s family tree shows his eight children.

You will then see a family tree for each of these eight children and a report for each of these children called ‘Family Reports.’

I have also included Family Reports and Family Trees for specific individuals of interest to me. They include: The Lowinsky’s who married into my family and the Maslin’s and Friswell’s on my mother’s side of the family.

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If you wish to add to this website with information not currently included please contact me.