This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Henry , William, John Van Hurk Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/kFB.2ACI/1925.1 Message Board Post: Hi Tandy, I wonder if my Vanden Hurk and yours are the same family. My grandfather Henry came to this country in 1880 red star line from Belgium/Holland. I believe he came with his brothers William and John, I have however found an older version of John that was possibly already here in this country. My grandmother was Cornelia (VanHurk) Jacobs. Her cousin and best friend was Mable VanHurk who was married to Francis. They are all from Hampton twp. I have found this spelling to sometimes be vanden Hurk, VanDanHurk, vanHurk, Van Hurk, vandenherk. I have some naturalization documents that are Van Hurk. this is a hard family to reserch, I have been working on this for years. Let me know if you think there is a connection. We are interlinked with the Tacey's also, but that could come from the Jacobs linage.