Deturk House
Posted by: 
Gosffo
N 40° 23.037 W 075° 47.200
18T E 433227 N 4470670
Huguenot is a French Protestant
Waymark Code: WM7V6
Location: Pennsylvania, United States
Date Posted: 02/20/2006
Views: 21
Marker Text:
Built in 1767 by John de Turk, son of Isaac de Turk, a Huguenot who settled here in 1712 and was one of a number of French Protestants who were pioneers in this part of Berks County.
I could find little info on the DeTurk House and it's family. I know they and the Boone's (Daniel's family), Lincoln (yes, Abe Lincoln's family) Douglass's, Bertolet and Jones families who settled the Oley Valley.
Huguenots whee French Protestants who usually followed the teaching of John Calvin.
So take a pic of you and the sign, or you and the house, but from a safe distance. Don't want to scare the folks inside!
Marker Name: De Turk House
County: Berks
Date Dedicated: 12/04/1948
Marker Type: Roadside
Location: Junction Pa. 73 & 662 just S of Oley
Category: Religion, Ethnic & Immigration
Website: Not listed
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