My biggest problem is getting informaiton on my father's father, John Krauss. My father,Gerald Thomas Bush (Originally Krauss) was born in Grand Rapids, Michigan on December 29, 1924 to Gertrude Zelma Krauss (maiden name Lighthart)(DOB 05/15/1908) and John Krauss. From the material I've gathered so far John Krauss was born in Michigan in 1903 and died in Detroit, Michigan in 1975. John and Gertrude were only together for one day before Gertrude's family kicked him out of the house. Since Gertrude was only 14 at the time she got pregnant her family was not at all happy with John Krauss who was 5 years older than Gertrude.

Gertrude's family moved away from Grand Rapids, Michigan and eventually moved to Oregon where she later met and married Leonard Henry Bush, my father's step-father. So my father never knew his father. I have been searching for John Krauss for a number of years and have not found out much about him. I believe I have found his parens, Anthony and Celia Krauss but after that it's a dead end.