Rand Family History
Hello,
My last name is Rand and I'm new to genealogy and come from a pretty fragmented, broken family.Now that I have three young daughters I'm eager to learn more about where I come from and who is part of my family tree.I'm hoping you can help...Here's what I know about my father's side of the family...
Father:Donald Terry Rand
Grandfather:Donald G. Rand (DOB 10/14/1927)
Great Grandfather:John Rand Sr.
I've been told that my great grandfather came to America at the age of 12 as a stow-away on a ship from Holland, which is where I believe his family is from.He settled down in the Dike and Grundy Center areas in Iowa and married a woman named Minnie Weibrand whose family was from the same general area.Together John and Minnie had 10 children that lived (Alice, Amanda, John, Richard, George II, Robert, Lester, Betty, Donald, Judy) and two that died at birth (Dennis, George I).
My father has two siblings, Galen Jay Rand and Jimmy Dean Rand (now McCarthy as he was adopted by my grandmother's second husband).
Can anyone help fill in the blanks with regard to my great grandfather's trip from Holland or his life in America?
Beginner genealogist....
Joseph Herbert Rand