Hi Lauren and Roger, there is one more way of spelling SHANK,SHENK, I have in my family the spelling SCHENK. I have a Verena SCHENK as a mother to a Peter NEUKOMMET married to a Katherine BLASER on the 27 Aug 1704. Then I have a Michael SCHENK, and a Ulrich SCHENK . They were all born in Bern, Swizterland. Sincerely, Brenda