{geni:about_me} Born in Munich, Germany, emigrated from Munich in 1924 to Cleveland, Ohio. Moved to Fla where she had a brother and married Harry Michaelson about 1927.

Her father's name was Jacob, who had a sister Mathilda who married Salomon Kollin. Rudolf Kollin, b. 1878, was the son of Mathilda and Salomon and the first cousin of Frances. Rudolf lived in Cleveland and was Frances' contact when she came to the States.

Frances was probably named after her grandmother, Franziska Kuranda Groger, 1823-1889.