This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Bentrop/Benthrop; Ecke Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/2FC.2ACI/1607 Message Board Post: If you have a connection to either surname (perhaps in Sheboygan County), would like to hear from you. Seeking early info on GrM, Amanda Amelia Benthrop (est. b. in Sheboygan 1881). Given names of her F and GrF uncertain; may have used Ger. sp. of surname, "Bentrop"; her mother poss. nee Lena Ecke; her Grpar poss. Andrew Ecke and Caroline Schmidt.