Dear David,
My name is Athalia Pyzer, Im 22 year old med student and I live in London. I can trace the name back to my great grandfather Philip Pyzer (who was 30 years old in 1911) and he had a brother called Samuel. Samuel and his parents came over from Poland during the persecution there, probably not very long before this date. I am still trying to work out the name of Philips dad, who wouldve been my dads great grandfather. There is a family legend that this guy, when he arrived here from a little village in Poland, got confused at the immigration office and gave the name Pyzer (the name of his village) as his family name.. and hence the Pyzers were born! Not sure if its true, would be interesting to find out. I wonder if our families link up anywhere? Are you Jewish? We all are. There was a Gertrude Pyzer who went to the States and had a family at some point, but she wouldnt be a Pyzer I suppose.
Looking forward to hearing from you, my email is
ARP565@bham.ac.uk - which would be better,
Athalia Pyzer