This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Hermsen, Berg Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/Gk.2ADI/1335.1 Message Board Post: Here is some info I have on Frank Hermsen. I have found two different birth dates and I am unsure if there were two Franks in Carroll County. I am also unsure Herman is his father. Hope this helps - I've found this to be a difficult area to find info. Let me know if you are looking for something else (or if you can clarify any of this!) - I have additional info on Elizabeth Berg's parents. 1. FRANK2 HERMSEN (HERMAN1) was born December 1878 in Iowa Other date given is 5 Jul 1879. He married (1) UNKNOWN Abt. 1899. He married (2) ELIZABETH BERG Abt. 1916, daughter of JOSEPH BERG and FRANCIS SCHLERMAN. She was born April 04, 1896 in Iowa. Children of FRANK HERMSEN and UNKNOWN are: i. GLENORA3 HERMSEN, b. Abt. 1903. ii. JULIUS HERMSEN, b. Abt. 1906. iii. MARTHA HERMSEN, b. Abt. 1908. Children of FRANK HERMSEN and ELIZABETH BERG are: 2. iv. MARVIN G.3 HERMSEN, b. February 04, 1917; d. April 09, 1993. v. NAOMI HERMSEN, b. Abt. 1921. vi. ALICE HERMSEN, b. Abt. 1923. Generation No. 2 2. MARVIN G.3 HERMSEN (FRANK2, HERMAN1) was born February 04, 1917, and died April 09, 1993. He married MARY IRLBECK, daughter of JOSEPH IRLBECK and BERNADINE AXMANN. She was born Abt. December 1909 in Dedham, IA, and died July 07, 1988 in Lake City, IA. More About MARVIN G. HERMSEN: Burial: April 12, 1993, Mt. Olivet Cemetary, Carroll, Carroll County, IA More About MARY IRLBECK: Burial: July 09, 1988