I am a Family Historian and I have been trying to locate any information on my Step-Aunt Andre Paul Zurkinden. What information I have is sketchy. My Aunt was born May 5th 1914 in Tientsin China. Her mother was Jeanne Henriette Morel from Geneve Switzerland. Andre was suppose to have been named after her father who was an Architectural Engineer in Shanghai and Tientsin China. My mother believed his nationality was Swiss/German but was not certain. I have so far been unable to locate any birth record of Andre in Switzerland where I believed her birth was supposed to have been recorded. I do not know if her birth was recorded to the right department. Since I have been unable to locate any records I can only assume her birth was not recorded correctly. My mother informed me that Andre's father died in China at around the same time Andre was born. After the death of Zurkinden, my Grandmother Jeanne Henriette Morel married my Grandfather Ernest Henry Oliver ( an Englishman ) in All Saints, Tientsin, China Oct 29th, 1914. The only other information I have is that Andre was married to a Robert McCormick ( I have no dates or locations ). He was in the military but I was not told what branch and he was stationed in Louisiana between the years 1963-1970. I was told that Andre died in Louisiana around that time period. I have not been able to obtain her death record. There is no Andre McCormick records I have been able to locate. There are no Andre Zurkinden records either. I do not know where she is buried. However, I did locate a handful of Robert McCormick's death records online. I do not know what happened to him after Andres death. I do not know if he stayed in the military or if his time was up and stayed in Louisiana. Any suggestions? Shalori -- No person is your friend who demands your silence or denies your right to grow.-Alice Walker