Frank Kurek Kurch

1900 - 1977  (76 years)

• Name	Frank Kurek Kurch
  Born	7 Nov 1900	Deutschland
  Gender	Male
  Died	14 Sep 1977	Buffalo, Erie County, New York, USA   [1]
  Person ID	I67459	Suedpfalz
  Last Modified	15 Jun 2014

  
  

  Family	Johanna Dörrzapf,   b. 27 Dec 1897, Karlsruhe, Baden-Württemberg ,   d. 12 Aug 1980, Buffalo, Erie County, New York, USA  (Age 82 years)
  Married	12 Jun 1926	Buffalo, Erie County, New York, USA
  Children	1. Mary Benedicta Kurch,   b. 16 Apr 1927, Buffalo, Erie County, New York, USA ,   d. 14 Oct 1964, New York, USA  (Age 37 years)   2. Martha L. Kurch,   b. 19 May 1928, Buffalo, Erie County, New York, USA ,   d. 28 Mar 1996, Portsmouth, Rockingham County, New Hampshire, USA  (Age 67 years)   3. Elizabeth Annamarie Kurch,   b. 25 Nov 1930, Buffalo, Erie County, New York, USA ,   d. 5 Aug 2008, Batavia, Genesee County, New York, USA  (Age 77 years)   4. Benno Francis Kurch,   b. 12 Feb 1932, Buffalo, Erie County, New York, USA ,   d. 0Mar 1983, Buffalo, Erie County, New York, USA  (Age 51 years)   5. Margaret Gemma Kurch,   b. 31 Oct 1933, Buffalo, Erie County, New York, USA ,   d. 23 Mar 2020, Jekyll Island, Glynn Country, Georgia, USA  (Age 86 years)   6. Joan Erna Kurch,   b. 5 Sep 1937, Buffalo, Erie County, New York, USA
  Last Modified	4 Jun 2020
  Family ID	F30907	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  BIOGRAPHY: Our Family Tree Entries: 3418 Updated: Sat Aug 25 17:58:19 2001 Contact: Kevin Ellis elliskey@yahoo.com He may have been born near Cologne. His mother may have died when young. He was brought up by a Polish stepmother. He adamantly denied being Polish.He was a POW in Russia during WWI.He left Germany under hurried circumstances. Supposedly, fascists in Germany after WWI approached him. They asked him to design a munitions plant that looked like something else, as Germany was demilitarized after WWI. He refused, wanting nothing to do with it. Whether he was threatened because of this refusal is not clear, but he left Germany shortly thereafter. It is said that he was given 50 deutschmarks and a pistol, which he sold, and told to leave Germany.He changed his name in US, supposedly because he was blacklisted by the fascists back in Germany who had some influence in US labor unions.He reportedly was a very fun-loving man prone to mischief. According to one story, his brother-in-law Jacob Doerzaph, who worked at the church, ran a still in the basement of that church. One night, Frank, Jacob, and Leo, a brother of Jacob, were drinking heavily and decided to work with the still, which exploded, doing damage to the church. All three spent a weekend in jail. Frank's wife, Joan, refused to bail them out.

  
  

• Sources

  [S888] Social Security Death Index 1935 - Current, (www.ancestry.com). Name: Frank Kurch SSN: 071-05-6702 Last Residence: 14220 Buffalo, Erie, New York, United States of America Born: 7 Nov 1900 Died: Sep 1977 State (Year) SSN issued: New York (Before 1951)