This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: DeGraff Dean Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.usa.states.michigan.counties.kent/8159.1.1/mb.ashx Message Board Post: I think you are right; Lena DeGroff or Lena DeGraff is the same as Lena Dijkgraaf. I found several Dijkgraaf family-members, who changed their surname into DeGraff. I searched further. I now think Lena was married 11 November 1880 in Grand Rapids to Nahum Dean (findable on rootsweb.com). Someone with acces to Ancestry.com just told me he can find Nahum and Lena till 1930. Now how to find out when they died? They had no children! For Johanna I'm still searching. Gert