Posted on: Polk County Queries Reply Here: http://cgi.rootsweb.com/~genbbs/genbbs.cgi/USA/Mn/Polk/397 Surname: Carter, Ball, Francis ------------------------- I am wondering if the Carter family in Crookston, Polk County could have been the family that raised Gertrude Ball. Gertrude was my grandmother's sister and they lost their parents when they were very young..Gertrude was raised by a Carter family in Crookston and assumed the name Carter;eg; on her marriage certificate she uses the name Gertrude Carter. Gertrude Carter married Henry Francis in 1906 in Crookston. Henry Francis was in the grocery business..??Gertrude was born in 1885 and moved to Crookston in 1889.