Unfortunately, I can only get you back a few generations and then the connection is "Unknown". You are not alone. We have several others descended on the same line!
I have:
Levi VA m Caroline Crane
Francis VA m Mary Ann Campbell
Alfred Orlando VA m Rachel Ann Simons (Waupun, Fond du lac Co, WI
Tina M VA m Ben Bell
I have posted some info on Levi on this website, but feel free to contact me through my email address or through this website. Looking forward to hearing from you.
Ann
acroston@aol.con
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Replying to Original Article:
my great grandmother was named Tena Van Aken Bell( that is how
my Grandmother spelt it) she was married to Jacob Benton Bell.
there is a family photo ? 1930s on the back are listed the
following names...Uncle Charlie and Aunt Cora, Tena Van Aken Bell, Uncle Len and Aunt Mary, Uncle Alf,
and Uncle Will and aunt?
its impossible to know who are Van Akens and who are not
does any one have info re Van Akens living in Iowa?
my Grandmother was born in 1900 she was Gertrude Bell daughter of