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Comment by Sande Meyer Smith on June 22, 2011 at 2:51pm

O..H Im sorry! It was Rena Cook born in New Jersey.The story I was told was George was engaged and his fiance died on the trip to the U.S so sad.He met Rena in New Jersey.   I did find records that Adrian and Jennie arrived in 1889. Lewis Van Kampen appox 1925 I'm going to check the website you suggested for more.I got most of that info on ancestry.com or from my family

Comment by Jennifer Swart on June 22, 2011 at 2:35pm

I think one piece missing here is who George Van Kampen married (maybe I'm overlooking it).  She was a Cook, but I'm not seeing her first name.

Comment by Sande Meyer Smith on June 22, 2011 at 2:13pm

Thank you Jennifer. Lewis is my grandfathers dad,Jesse is his mom, Lewis is lewis Van Kampen,Jesse his wife was Jesse Bolsma.My mom cant remember her moms moms last name her first name in the U.S. was Jennie(I know names changed alot!) Little is known about her moms side other then they came from Friesland to New Jersey. Adrian and Jennie Cook.  I dont know if it helps my moms dad George VanKampen came to the US in th e1920 he was single,he was a gymnast in Holland.

Comment by Jennifer Swart on June 22, 2011 at 1:44pm

Hi Sande, I can try to help - can you clarify, do you know your mother's mother's name and year of birth?  How are Lewis and Jessie related?  Was Bolsma Lewis' surname, or Jessie's?  One thought, you may want to try searching for Kok instead of Cook in Genlias.  Have you located the immigration record yet for George or Lewis on www.ellisisland.org?

Comment by Sande Meyer Smith on June 22, 2011 at 12:48pm

Thank you Rod,this group has been so helpful to me I am very new at Genealogy but find it to be my new passion.Any help you can give me is greatly appreciated as long as you don't mind a beginner such as myself.Henk found records on my dads side ,I've been searching all day on theGenlias for my Mothers side but so far no luck.

Comment by Rod Blaker on June 22, 2011 at 12:42pm

DNA tests indicate that Friesan and Danish people share some common origins; and Norse (Norwegian) Vikings were also known to pass through.  The ancestry of many English (UK) people comes from all these countries. 

Comment by Sande Meyer Smith on June 22, 2011 at 12:09pm

It is afternoon here for me so I'm not sure what time it is in Holland.I took the info you gave me and was able to expand my tree on ancesty.com. I can't thank you enough.Now I need to work on my Mothers VanKampen side of the tree.This may be a strange question but it is one my family has always wondered about and you are prob the one who may know. The chances of me tracing my tree back far enough to find out are slim so do you know if the ancestors of the people of Holland and Friesland since it is so far north migraited from Norway? My familly has very Light skin,blue eyes, very blond hair and people always think I am Swedish or Norweigian .So far it looks like I am from friesland for sure.

Comment by Sande Meyer Smith on June 21, 2011 at 11:04pm

apparently I can't spell at 1am either!

Comment by Sande Meyer Smith on June 21, 2011 at 11:03pm

thank you Henk even if we are nit related we are both Dutch and I cant tahnk you enough for your help I'm so excited to get this info I can't sleep!

Comment by Henk van Kampen on June 21, 2011 at 10:52pm

I don't have Friesland roots in my Van Kampen line, so I don't think we are related. At least not through the Van Kampen lines. There are many unrelated Van Kampen families here in Holland.

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