George John Wilhelm Mann was a grandchild of Louise Ahrendt & Wilhelm Mann, and first cousin to my grandmother, Bernice (Mann) Untiedt. He married Gladys Salzman. As part of my early, family history research, I would write letters to try and capture the content I was seeking. Below is an October 2000 letter Gladys wrote to me. Here are some of the highlights: "I came to Luverne after attending MN School of Business in Mpls - to work in the Rock Co. Bank + then met George and that is how I got "into" the Mann family. My home town is Lake Benton, MN - an hours drive north of Luverne - at that time Bernice + a bunch of us gals were all working jobs in town + had to have fun times in the evening." "We remember going to [Paul & Bernice Untiedt's] home in Kanaranzi to play cards. Their home was always open to all the kids in Kanaranzi. Mann picnics each summer was always a highlight especially for the aunts + uncles (Bernice's parents, George's p...
The Kaski & Untiedt Family Trees
Exploring the origins of my paternal Kaski Scandanavian-Finnish line and branches of my Untiedt German-Danish ancestry.