This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: VanKirk, Van Kirk Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/4EC.2ACE/704 Message Board Post: I've been researching for the past 2/3 years or so, and I'm still at a dead end. This is what I've got so far. 1. Joseph VanKirk b. unknown d. unknown m. Catharine children 2. Lewis Berry VanKirk b. 1804, Oneida County, NY; d. bet. 1836-1895 2. Lewis Berry VanKirk m. Anna Maria Dupont bet. 1826 and 1857, she was born 1813 in NY children: 3. Sydney W. VanKirk b. Oct 1843 in Oneida County, NY d. between 1866-1923 4. John Humphrey VanKirk b. abt 1839 in Oneida County, NY 5. Jeremiah VanKirk b. October 14, 1845 in Oneida County, NY d. August 31 1936 in La Crosse, WI. 3. Sydney W. VanKirk m. Charlotte C. Damon bet 1856-1887, she was b. September 1844 in Ohio and died bet 1867 and 1938. children: 6. Oregon VanKirk b. 1863 in Eau Claire, WI, d. Bet. 1892-1954 in Washington 7. Alberteen VanKirk b. bet 1868-1870 in WI 8. Cora VanKirk b. 1872 in WI 9. Jason VanKirk b. 1864 in WI 10. Geraldine VanKirk b. 1862 in WI 4. John Humphrey VanKirk M. Sarah Elizabeth (don't know her last name,) she was b. abt 1843 in Ohio. Children: 11. Johnson H. VanKirk b. 1863 in WI 12. Delila J. VanKirk b. 1865 in WI 13. James Clinton VanKirk b. June 18 1865 in WI d. April 18, 1933 in WI 14. Edwin VanKirk b. 1869 in WI 15. Ira VanKirk b. 1876 in WI 16. May VanKirk b. 1880 in WI 17. Murtz VanKirk b. 1872 in WI 18. Samuel VanKirk b. 1874 in WI 6. Oregon VanKirk m. Lottie May Howden on May 16 1886 in Merrilan, WI (Jackson Co.) She was b. June 28 1870 in La Crosse, WI and died Jun 01, 1952 in Kent, WA. Children: 19. Leon Wesley VanKirk b. July 28, 1887 in Greenwood, Clark Co. WI; d. December 2, 1970 in Tacoma, WA 13. James Clinton VanKirk m. Barbara Ann O'Leary June 21, 1893 in Monroe Co. WI, daughter of Thomas O'Leary and Margarette Kreuser. She was b. June 11, 1875 in Kickapoo, WI. Children: 19. Albert James VanKirk b. October 7, 1894 in Monroe Co. WI; d. April 28, 1967 in Humbird, WI. 20. Earl McKinnley VanKirk b. October 23, 1896, Saint Mary's Ridge, Monroe County, WI; d. Februar 1982 in Laramie, WY. 21. Archie Ray VanKirk b. March 4, 1899, Saint Mary's Ridge, Monroe Co. WI; d. March 18, 1965, WI. 22. Ross McDowell VanKirk b. February 13, 1902; d. November 13, 1963. 23. Lloyd Edward (Eddie) VanKirk, b. April 22, 1904, WI; d. March 23, 1972 in Green Bay, WI. 24. Thomas Clayton VanKirk b. June 4, 1909; d. September 7, 1959. 25. Vernon Victor VanKirk b. July 11, 1912, Sparta, WI d. October 28, 2001. If anyone has any info on these people and wouldn't mind sharing, I'd be happy for the help. Thanks in advance. Brandie