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Who IS John DuBell?

My Great-Grandfather, John DuBell was a colorful man and we are still striving to find the truth of his journey to America!



My grandfather, Alexander “Alec” DuBell was the first generation born in America in his paternal family… his father; John DuBell came here in 1864/69 from The Netherlands. He bought farmland in Franklin Parish, Louisiana and raised a family there.



The stories are:

1. He was “Shanghaied” by a “press gang” in Amsterdam and made to work on a… Continue

Added by Lisa Gilmore Lier on January 28, 2010 at 8:30am — No Comments

First entry

I am going to try to put my posts from two other sites on this one.....if I persist long enough it will work. Nothing like being a stubborn Dutchman. A GATHERING OF DUTCH COUSINS will be in late September in Harrodsburg, KY for those descendants of a large group of settlers from Conewago Colony from near Gettysburg, PA, York County. Some of those that followed Father Hendrick Banta 3rd and his second wife, Antie Demarest Banta to Kentucky were families named Montfort, Riker, Demarest, Banta,… Continue

Added by Barbara Whiteside on July 10, 2009 at 8:56pm — 8 Comments

Understanding Patronymics

The Dutch were much slower than the English in adopting surnames as we know them. Patronymics in New Netherland (present day New York) ended theoretically under English rule in 1687 with the advent of surnames, but not everyone followed the new guidelines.



The most common Dutch naming custom was that of patronymics, or identification of an individual based on the father's name. For example Jan Albertszen (who later took the surname Bradt) is given the patronymic of Albertszen, after… Continue

Added by Lorine McGinnis Schulze on July 8, 2009 at 4:26pm — 3 Comments

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