Newspaper, Hermanus DEROUVILLE, 1896 The first ancestors of which the descendants have any knowledge was one ROBERT DEROUVILLE, born in France, and who fled Paris in the year 1535, on account of the religious persecutions. He escaped to Holland. No record of the family of ROBERT DEROUVILLE is in existence down to the year 1715, when his son ABRAHAM DEROUVILLE was born. No record of the family of ROBERT DEROUVILLE is in existence down to the year 1715, when ABRAHAM DEROUVILLE was born. He was married in the year 1743. He had two sons JOHN and WILLIAM DEROUVILLE. The descendants of the first named are now in Holland, in The Hague. The latter is father of the present stock. He was married on November 8th, 1750, and had seven children. The father died January 4th, 1825, and his wife December 28th, 1811. One of the children was killed in battle in the war with Spain. Only one of the children had a family. He was the father of HERMAN HENDRICKS DEROUVILLE, whose birthday was also commemorated last evening. He was married February 4th, 1800, and had two girls and two boys. JOHN DEROUVILLE , one of the descendants of these children, was the first of the family to come to this country. He arrived in New York in April, 1854. In September of the same year, the whole family, consisting of HERMAN H. DEROUVILLE, wife and 10 sons and one daughter, came to New York and arrived in Albany, October 24th, 1854. At present there are living of the descendants of this family 102 persons, who represent 29 homes. At the reunions last evening there were present about 75. The oldest of whom was JOHANNES [DEROUVILLE], age 63 years, and the youngest was EARL [DEROUVILLE], aged two years. Since the circle was organized in 1894, there have been two deaths. Page 1 of 2 ** PAGE BREAK ** Newspaper, Hermanus DEROUVILLE, 1896 ###### # # ##### ####### # # ##### ####### # # # # ## ## # # # ## # # # # # ## ## # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # ###### # # # # #### ##### # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # ## ### # # # # # # ###### # # ##### ####### # # ### ##### ####### # # Transcribed from original documents by Brent R. Brian & Martha M. Brian. This document and others can be found on our website: BMGEN We claim COPYLEFT on the documents that we publish that are our original work. COPYLEFT “rules” can be reviewed on the web site: GNU Free Documentation License In short, use what you like. But if you use our stuff, mention us as the source. Brent R. Brian Martha M. Brian BrianMitchellGenealogy@gmail.com Page 2 of 2 ** PAGE BREAK **