This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Sanford, Van Vlerah Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/4FFBAIB/1015 Message Board Post: In the Thomas Sanford genealogy Eliza Ann Sanford (John John John David Thomas Ezekiel Thomas) is listed as marrying Samuel Vanvlerat. The last name is recorded in the Defiance Ohio county marriage records and the censuses for Onondaga, Ingham, Michigan as Van Vlerah. The same is true for their descendants.