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/HJEBAIB/294.451.1.1.1 Message Board Post: I believe it was in the early 1900s that the T. J. Roth family was considered a well respected and economically well off family in either La Cross or DesMoines. I will try to find out more. Thanks for your help and interest. Sincerely, Ben