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/zk.2ADI/331.375 Message Board Post: Frank Von Tersch born june 13 1896 in Harlan Ia. Father wasJoseph born Sept. 8,1847 inWestphalan Germany. Mother Catherine Bauer born Nov. 26, 1865 in Munich Germany. Frank married Bertha Blum on May 16, 1922 at St. Peters catholic church in Defiance Ia. Bertha born march 5 1902 in Panama Ia. Daughter of John J. and Mary Schwarte Blum. John was born Feb. 27,1878 in Westphalia Ia. Son of Joseph and Katherine Kaufman Blum. Berthas mother Mary, born March 12 1873, daughter of Herman and Magdelene Nolles Schwarte. Berthas mother Mary died two weeks after Bertha was born. Berthas father John then married Mary Bier they had 12 children plus Bertha and her brother Aloysius who was two when their mother died. After Berthas death Frank married Mayme Koppold Blum, widow of Joseph Blum son of William andJosephine Graeve Blum. Joseph Blum was my GGrandfather. Hope this info helps. Connie Lehan-spangler