Welcome to our website. If you have found your way here perhaps you are curious about the family of Mark Twain (Samuel Langhorne Clemens) or perhaps, like us, you were told as a child that you were a member of his family. We are a group of cousins who are all related to the Clemens/Lucia families and we have similar stories handed down through several family lines about our connection with Mark Twain. We are looking for help in our search from anyone who has knowledge about our families.

Here you will find many pictures and stories about Mark Twain, his daughter, Clara Clemens Gabrilowitsch and her husband Ossip Gabrilowitsch, and their daughter Nina Clemens Gabrilowitsch. Some of these stories you may already know; some have just come to light and will be new to you.  WE are specifically looking for information about:

    Clara Clemens Gabrilowitsch
    Nina Clemens Gabrilowitsch
    Ossip Gabrilowitsch
    Ira Clemens Lucia
    Charles Wesley Lucia
    Jacques Samossoud (Clara's second husband)

Please visit the navigation bar to your left, read our stories, see some family pictures and then if you can add to our search, please let us hear from you. You can use the form at the bottom of the Contact Us page. We welcome any comments, stories, or pictures you want to send to us.  We will not publish anything without your written permission.
 

"Whatever you have forgotten, you can remember. Whatever you have buried you can unearth. If you are willing to look deep into your own nature, if you are willing to peel away the layers of not-self you have adopted in making your way through the tribulations of life, you will find that your true self is not as far removed as you think." -- Meredith Jordan