This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Simpkins or Duke Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/2AIBAIB/184.186.189.251 Message Board Post: I am just getting started on Simkins when I saw your posted message. My grandmother was Ermine Oneattie Simpkins .b1891, Her father was John Marrion Simpkins and I believe wife was a Duke. Would you believe that my brother's name is John Orman and aunts name was Rhoda. Any help you can give will be appreciated.