There was an Amanda Melvina married to Isaac Wallace and a Bessie Melvina married to Isaac Newton. There was also another wife called Fanny married to one of the Isaacs. Due to wars, religious persecution, health issues, and search for new deposits of iron ore, the family moved through New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Vermont, up to St Petersboro, Ont. to the Hastings Co. to Tillsonburg, not necessarily in that order, and prior to moving to Canada, to Wyoming where they bought land from the Indians only to have the British claim it for the Crown and those that remained behind in Wyoming were imprisoned. Therefore, names were changed, second names became a way of tracing people, and names such as Van Naamen, (Dutch) and Van Orman bare very similar names across family trees. I have birth and death records for at least 3-4 generations of the family that came west from St Petersburgh and Campbelford out to Koksilah (Duncan area and settled in places like Somenos. The first house in Duncan was built by a Herd on my Grandmother Van Normans side (Herd). Under Isaac C and Isaac Wallace they came west re the railway building and three brothers are buried in Somenos. I have recorded on My Heritage.com. We seem to be the lost link that some people are looking for. There were more than one Isaac, more than one John, more than one Melvina and more than one Joseph. To complicate things further, Joseph had 3 or 4 wives. Times were rough between battles for land between the British, Indians, French, and natural deaths. I will slowly fill in the pieces for you. I think you may find that the Van Ormans and the Van Normans, the Van Naamens are one and the same. Part of the mystique was due to secret societies and religious/scientific leanings. Also DePue, DePieu, DePew and deMontagne were most likely one and the same. Also the French had some Huguenot roots which were also in religious disputes. A tumultuous history. Add to that the connections with Rembrant, William of Orange the Norman Invasion and the Viking history, as well as the European plots in Gelderland and you have quite a history.