This is a very undeveloped branch in my tree. My mother's grandfather was Rudolph Thews - maybe born in Germany, lived in Crookston, Minnesota most certainly from the 1910's, dying there in 1947. Rudolph and his wife, Lottie (nee Ralston), separated when she and their daughters (one of which was my gramma)were whisked off to Western Montana in the mid-1920s. (By all accounts, Rudolph was not a great guy.) His brother Helmuth (by all accounts, a sweetheart) lived in Wisconsin, and had two sons - Rudolph and Edward. Anyone have any more info on these Thewses? Thanks!