| My mother, Theresa Franks, and I are researching several sides of our families. I am concentrating on the Franke/Gansmann (my father's father's) side. The Franke side started in Langendorf, Neisse, Silesia, and moved to the USA, possibly to Minnesota, in 1880. Sometime before 1884, they moved to Illinois, first to Belleville and then to Tamms, in the south. In 1906, the family moved to Saskatchewan, Canada, to homestead at the St. Joseph's colony. The Gansmanns came from Biblis, Hesse-Darmstadt, Germany, in the mid-1800s and settled in the St. Louis, MO, and Belleville, IL, areas. Larry Wernle and Leroy Kercher have been extremely helpful with these researches. Leroy maintains a Biblis web site at http://www.geocities.com/lfkerch02/. Also, limited information about the Curries/Kings/Robertsons from Prince Edward Island (my father's mother's side) is published here. My mother is researching the Valery and Hornung sides (her father and mother). Both families immigrated from the Banat area to Saskatchewan, Canada, in the early 1900's to homestead. We know a lot about their lives from that date but not a lot prior to their move to Canada. I am also doing research on my husband's families -- his father's side (Kaslander/Wagenaar & Nyenhuis/Padding) and his mother's (Converse/King & Turrill/Turrell/Terrill/Huff, Hutchison/Backhouse, Anderson/Merritt). Aaffien Joustra-Kaslander in the Netherlands and the Herrick Library in Holland, MI, has been very helpful about the Kaslanders. A huge amount of information about the Turrill family was shared by Francelia Johnson and William Terrill. The Loyalist side of these families has come to light with a lot of help from the Elgin, Kent and Norfolk County records and newly discovered relatives (and fellow searchers) there. I am happy to share what I have learned and hope to share what others have learned as well. Thanks to everyone who has been so generous to-date! The circle has a way of expanding! |
Bev Franks / Lee Kaslander Family Researches
Updated January 17, 2007 |
Beverley A Franks |
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