Hi Norman, That village of Tunis sure seems to be in the same neck of the woods as where my ancestor Tunis Quick Senior lived. I would sure like to know the village name's origin too! The name Tunis does have a Holland Dutch origin. In my family, an English ancestor (speculative) was Anthony Quick, whose first name became Thennis|Theunis in Dutch when he went to Holland. Descendants of his in Holland migrated to America (more definitely known), bringing Dutch customs. Theunis|Tunis seems to have been one of the most popular names in the Quick family for 200 years. Tunis was used by many other Holland Dutch families, also, though. My Tunis Quick Senior lived in Shenandoah County 1794-1815 (his land straddled the Shenandoah Co./Rockingham Co. boundary, but I do not yet have an exact location, which I plan to find). His sons were in the area various years. His son Tunis Junior (brother of my ancestor James) seems to have been around the area more than the other brothers. For example, there is record of marriage of Tunis Quick (I guess Junior; it would be a second marriage) in Rockingham County in 1811, and his name is in the sale documents of his father's estate. Even without an answer to the origin of the village Tunis's name, I am intrigued by the question, because it is exciting to wonder about. Thanks very much for bringing it up and providing the great location description! By the way do you know the origin of the name Runion Creek? That's close to your last name! Yours truly, Dell ---~~~~---~~~~---~~~~ X-Message: #1 Date: Sun, 31 Aug 2003 23:27:37 -0400 From: "Norman Runyon" <norman@runyon.com> To: VASHENAN-L@rootsweb.com Message-ID: <003001c37039$001e0500$73d727cc@norman> Subject: Re: [VASHENAN] Thanks Chocy for PPTLs + PS re Tunis Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Hi Dell, If I am reading my DeLorme Street Atlas correctly, Tunis is just barely in Shenandoah County on the south side. It appears to be located along Runion Creek on the west side of Supin Lick Mountain. I doubt that it is much of a village but I have never been there. From Rockingham Co., you can get there by going northwest from Broadway, on highway 259 (following the North Fork of the Shenandoah River), through Cootes Store to the Chimney Rock Legion Post - which is where Runion Creek empties into the river.. Turn right (north) at the chimney rock and follow the road along Runion Creek until it forks at the south end of Supin Lick Mountain, then take the left (west) fork and follow that to Tunis. Just north of Tunis is an airfield called Sager Field. If you continue along that road, it looks like the 1st real town is Orkney Springs. It is possible that Tunis might be in Rockingham County. I believe that Tunis is a Holland Dutch surname and I am curious as to whom it was named after. Norman ----- Original Message ----- From: "DELLIEMER QUICK" <jddquick@msn.com> To: <VASHENAN-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Sunday, August 31, 2003 1:46 PM Subject: [VASHENAN] Thanks Chocy for PPTLs + PS re Tunis > Chocy, > > Thanks very much for the exciting information on my Quick family ancestors! Now I know some more of them were in Shenandoah County than I knew before! Your help is much appreciated. > > Yours truly, > Dell Quick > > P.S. to Norman Runyon: No, I do not know about the village of Tunis, or how it got its name. Where is it? > > > ==== VASHENAN Mailing List ==== > Shenandoah Co VAGenWeb > http://www.rootsweb.com/~vashenan/vashenan.html > > ______________________________