Descendants of Lorenz (Lawrence) Ternes, who was born ca. 1830 in Krasna, Bessarabia to a family, who had emigrated from Germany in 1810. He married Rosina Sehn in Krasna. They had six children: Ludwig (b. ca. 1854), Karl (b. 1857), Anton (1862-1935), Nicholas (b. 1863), Teresa (b. 1874) and Mariana?. Several of these children with their families immigrated to North Dakota 1894 and 1908 and some later to Canada. Descendants live in North Dakota, Michigan,...

The earliest known ancestor was Johannes Tschischmak (1813-1898) who was born and lived all of his life in Krasna, Bessarabia, Russia. He was the father of at least three sons. One of his descendants married into the Bachmeier family which also came from Krasna. Both families emigrated from Russia to North Dakota. Descendants live in North Dakota, Minnesota, South Dakota and other parts of the United States.

Ancestors and descendants of the Mueller family in North Dakota, Germany and Bessarabia.