Thomas Turk in Alpena, MI 1840
The History of the Lake Huron Shoreline, 1883, relays a story of Thomas Turk being in the then wildress, now Alpena, Michigan, in 1840.He returned in 1882 to tell about it.The 1850 Census shows a merchant Thos Turk living in Pontiac Township of Oakland County, MI, age 29 from England. Are there any connections?