This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/Gk.2ADI/1335.1.1 Message Board Post: I don't know who Frank Hermsen's parents were, but to my knowledge, there was only one Frank Hermsen living in Carroll County at that time. My records show that Frank was born July 5, 1879, in Iowa. About 1900 he married Anna Bruening. They had 3 children: Elenora, Julius and Martha (my birth dates match yours - I haven't found anything more exact as yet). Frank then married Elizabeth Berg on August 16, 1915, in Maple River, Carroll County, Iowa. They had three children: Marvin, Naomi, and Alice. I have the same information on Marvin as you do, minus the dates on his wife, Mary Irlbeck. I also have that Naomi married a Bill Koon. And Alice never married, but did have a son. I also have birth and death dates on Naomi and Alice. Elizabeth Berg's parents, Joseph Berg and Frances Schlerman, were my great-grandparents, so I have much more information on them than I have on the Hermsens. I would be happy to share whatever additional information I have. Feel free to email me directly.