# My Grandfather was a Gertz

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Posted by Patrice Bjorklund on August 25, 19101 at 12:12:34:

I am having a "heck" of a time trying to get my grandfather's geneology pieced together. Since his daughter, (my Mother) has passed several years ago and his ex-wife (my Grandmother) has altzheimer's, I really don't know where to begin. Neither woman ever spoke of him that much, since he abandoned the family when my Mother and her Brother were quite small. I am really interested in knowing where my Grandfather came from and where he ended up at. The last thing I heard was he died in a train accident when I was about 3 or 4 years old which would have made the time around 1963 or 1964. His name was Theodore Floyd Gertz and he lived with my grandmother, mother and uncle in Ironwood, Michigan. My mother was born in Hurley, WI. I hope someone out there has some ideas for me as to how I can find some relatives out there. It would really fulfill a need I've had to complete the pieces of my Mother's past.

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: I am having a "heck" of a time trying to get my grandfather's geneology pieced together. Since his daughter, (my Mother) has passed several years ago and his ex-wife (my Grandmother) has altzheimer's, I really don't know where to begin. Neither woman ever spoke of him that much, since he abandoned the family when my Mother and her Brother were quite small. I am really interested in knowing where my Grandfather came from and where he ended up at. The last thing I heard was he died in a train accident when I was about 3 or 4 years old which would have made the time around 1963 or 1964. His name was Theodore Floyd Gertz and he lived with my grandmother, mother and uncle in Ironwood, Michigan. My mother was born in Hurley, WI. I hope someone out there has some ideas for me as to how I can find some relatives out there. It would really fulfill a need I've had to complete the pieces of my Mother's past.

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