This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: SON/VAN ZON/VAN SON Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/zQB.2ACE/474.712.920.925.1.1.1 Message Board Post: My mothers maiden name was SON. I can trace her linage back to 1770's in VA. The ZON/VAN ZON name is in Columbia County, NY in the early 1700's and through time changed to just SON. So far I haven't made a connection to the VAN ZON/SON name.