Hello,

Are you still offering information to those who believe they have ancestors with the last name of Kness?

We have a birth certificate of Catherine O'Connell (1906) which lists her mother's name as Florence Kness. It has been passed down that Florence was from a prominent family in the Philadelphia area. Stories also state that when Florence chose to marry John O'Connell (my grgrandfather a blue-collar sort of chap), her wealthy family gave her an ultimatum... marry him and you will be disowned. She did, but only stayed married long enough to give birth my grandmother Katherine and her two brothers Harold and Leonard. She then got tired of the menial lifestyle and somewhere between 1915 and 1920, left my grgrandfather and returned to the Kness family. Does any of this sound familiar? I have been searching for information on Florence for over a year and would love to know more about her. I would appreciate anything you could tell me.

Jo Rieder Malone
jomeer@comcast.net