Dear Pam
With the name of Thraen and from Iowa, we have to be related. Just how I don't know. I don't have that much information on Thraen as of yet. I have the family of Anna Fredrickia Christine Threan and Albert Mathias Gau, my grandparents, her parents, Franz Joseph Thraen and Josefa Wand, my great grandparents and Franz' parents, Joseph Thraen and Elizabeth Rhode, my great great grandparents and Joseph's parnets, Wilhelm Threan and Maria J. Weinrick, my great great great grandparents. So get in touch with me and we can try to figure out how we are related.
ravwarren@aol.com. Have a great day.