This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/ok.2ADE/746.1.1.1 Message Board Post: Hi. Thank you for the very descriptive email about the area where my Grandfather was born and grew up. It sounds like a very nice place. But I AM a little confused....and please forgive me but I'm kinda new at this geneology stuff. Needless to say, I was quite surprised to see both of my great great grandparents names attached to the marriage article in your posting. And it prompts me to clarify what I know and ask you a few questions if I can. Eugene D. Lord and Eva I. Dunn were my paternal Great Great Grandparents. Their daughter Etta Lord was my Great Grandmother, and she bore a son, Frederick Eugene Kuhn who was my Grandfather.....I don't have a compiled list of siblings for any of these family members, at least not yet. My Grandfather, Frederick was born in Sidney, IA, Oct. 2, 1895. He died at the age of 58, and is buried in San Diego, CA. He was a deaf mute, and at some point in time moved to San Diego, CA. I am not sure when he left Iowa but he married Emily Helen Westbrook from Montanna, and they lived in LaMesa and Spring Valley, CA. Emily died in 1964, and there are no family records of any sort. They had one daughter, Verda Marie Kuhn who was my Mother. I have located another Frederick Kuhn who apparently was born in 1824. Married to Mary, with a son George W. Kuhn. born approx 1864. Other children as of the 1880 census are: Sarah D., Emma S. and William Kuhn. Now my Grandfather's father (my great grandfather) was named George W. Kuhn and he married Etta Lord. The 1880 census shows a George W. Kuhn, aged 16 which would fit with what I suspect is my great grandfather, because I show him as born in 1864. It is possible that the Frederick Kuhn you speak of is my Great Great Grandfather, and I show him as being a farmer in Prarie, Fremont, IA (excerpt from the 1880 Census). Do you know when he died, approximately? Any other family members that you might know about or recall. Maybe there are still some in the area? And do you know the name of the child that died that you mentioned in the news clipping? Any information you may have about anyone in the Kuhn or Lord families would be greatfully appreciated.... my email address is wilcoxke@aol.com if you would like to communicate directly. Thank you for all your help so far..... it's nice to know someone that knows something about some of my elusive family members. Karen E. Wilcox