BURHANS Genealogy

BURHANS Genealogy
https://www.wikitree.com/genealogy/BURHANS

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SCHOONMAKER Genealogy

Schoonmaker Genealogy
https://www.wikitree.com/genealogy/SCHOONMAKER

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DECOURSEY in the USA

DeCoursey Genealogy
https://www.wikitree.com/genealogy/DECOURSEY

Thomas Henry "Harry" DeCoursey (1866-1940)
http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~ksdecoursey/bmd/Dthd.html

Ottie G DeCoursey (1892-1988)
http://www.usgwarchives.net/id/valley/obits/d/DeCourseyOttieG.jpg

Earl R DeCoursey (1914 - 1992)
http://www.usgwarchives.net/id/valley/obits/d/DeCourseyEarlR.jpg

Walter Allen DeCoursey (1948-2005)
http://www.classcreator.com/Horsham-Pennsylvania-Hatboro-Horsham-Shs-1966/Memorial-Obits.htm



US Decourseys
Some Decourseys who migrated to USA in 1800s and who lived in USA.
They lived in Illinois, Indiana, Texas, San Francisco, and Missouri.
http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=SHOW&db=kin-hunter25&recno=2880

1. DECOURCY b: 9 Dec 1821 in NORTHERN IRELAND? d: 11 Jan 1897 in Decatur, Macon County, Illinois, USA
2. DECOURCY b: 1 Sep 1857 in Decatur, Macon County, Illinois, USA d: 18 Apr 1885 in Slater, Saline County, Missouri, USA
3. DECOURCY b: 18 May 1860 in Illinois, USA d: 25 Mar 1907 in Texas, USA?
4. DECOURCY b: Abt 1861 in Bloomington, Monroe County, Indiana, USA d: 29 Nov 1947 in Decatur, Macon County, Illinois, USA
5. DECOURCY b: Abt 1861 in Bloomington, Monroe County, Indiana, USA d: 29 Nov 1947 in Decatur, Macon County, Illinois, USA
6. DECOURCY b: 25 Feb 1863 in Decatur, Macon County, Illinois, USA d: 4 Dec 1945 in San Francisco, San Francisco County, California, USA
7. DECOURCY b: 25 Feb 1863 in Decatur, Macon County, Illinois, USA d: 4 Dec 1945 in San Francisco, San Francisco County, California, USA
8. DECOURCY b: 25 Feb 1863 in Decatur, Macon County, Illinois, USA d: 4 Dec 1945 in San Francisco, San Francisco County, California, USA
9. DECOURCY b: 25 Feb 1863 in Decatur, Macon County, Illinois, USA d: 4 Dec 1945 in San Francisco, San Francisco County, California, USA
10. DECOURCY b: 31 Jan 1868 in Harristown, Macon County, Illinois, USA d: 23 Jun 1947 in St Mary's Hospital, Decatur, Macon County, Illinois, USA
11. DECOURCY b: 15 Dec 1877 in Decatur, Macon County, Illinois, USA d: 29 Dec 1906 in El Paso, El Paso County, Texas, USA
12. DECOURCY b: 13 Sep 1885 in Decatur, Macon County, Illinois, USA d: 8 Feb 1965 in Decatur, Macon County, Illinois, USA
13. DECOURCY, 1899 b: 15 Sep 1883 in Decatur, Macon County, Illinois, USA d: 10 Jan 1942 in Decatur, Macon County, Illinois, USA
14. DECOURCY, Alice Frances b: 15 Dec 1877 in Decatur, Macon County, Illinois, USA d: 29 Dec 1906 in El Paso, El Paso County, Texas, USA
15. DECOURCY, Aline Kathleen b: 30 May 1896 in Texas, USA d: 18 Nov 1959 in San Francisco, San Francisco County, California, USA
16. DECOURCY, Catharine Cecelia b: 31 Jan 1868 in Harristown, Macon County, Illinois, USA d: 23 Jun 1947 in St Mary's Hospital, Decatur, Macon County, Illinois, USA
17. DECOURCY, Edward b: 1 Sep 1857 in Decatur, Macon County, Illinois, USA d: 18 Apr 1885 in Slater, Saline County, Missouri, USA
18. DECOURCY, Edward (Possible; Using Irish Naming Patterns)
19. DECOURCY, Edward Albert b: 26 Mar 1914 in Detroit, Wayne County, Michigan, USA d: 30 Mar 1975 in Highland Park, Wayne County, Michigan, USA
20. DECOURCY, Edward William b: 15 Sep 1883 in Decatur, Macon County, Illinois, USA d: 10 Jan 1942 in Decatur, Macon County, Illinois, USA
21. DECOURCY, Edward William b: 15 Sep 1883 in Decatur, Macon County, Illinois, USA d: 10 Jan 1942 in Decatur, Macon County, Illinois, USA
22. DECOURCY, Ellen b: 25 Nov 1864 in Illinois, USA d: 25 Sep 1865 in Illinois, USA
23. DECOURCY, Grace M b: Sep 1898 in Texas, USA
24. DECOURCY, James b: 17 Jul 1866 in Illinois, USA d: 17 Apr 1867 in Illinois, USA
25. DECOURCY, John b: 13 Sep 1885 in Decatur, Macon County, Illinois, USA d: 8 Feb 1965 in Decatur, Macon County, Illinois, USA
26. DECOURCY, John J b: 18 May 1860 in Illinois, USA d: 25 Mar 1907 in Texas, USA?
27. DECOURCY, Margaret A b: 25 Feb 1863 in Decatur, Macon County, Illinois, USA d: 4 Dec 1945 in San Francisco, San Francisco County, California, USA
28. DECOURCY, Margaret Helen b: 8 Sep 1914 in El Paso, El Paso County, Texas, USA d: 30 May 2009
29. DECOURCY, Mary Agnes b: 20 Aug 1855 in Decatur, Macon County, Illinois, USA d: 19 Jan 1932 in Houston, Harris County, Texas, USA
30. DECOURCY, Patrick b: 9 Dec 1821 in NORTHERN IRELAND? d: 11 Jan 1897 in Decatur, Macon County, Illinois, USA
31. DECOURCY, Patrick Robert b: 10 Aug 1870 in Decatur, Macon County, Illinois, USA d: 31 Oct 1917 in El Paso, El Paso County, Texas, USA
32. DECOURCY, Unknown b: 1862 d: 20 Jul 1862
33. DECOURCY, Walter Edwin b: 25 Jul 1893 in Houston, Harris County, Texas, USA d: 18 Jul 1966 in Los Angeles, Los Angeles County, California, USA
34. DECOUREY b: 9 Dec 1821 in NORTHERN IRELAND? d: 11 Jan 1897 in Decatur, Macon County, Illinois, USA
35. DECOUREY, DICORA b: 10 Aug 1870 in Decatur, Macon County, Illinois, USA d: 31 Oct 1917 in El Paso, El Paso County, Texas, USA
36. DECOURSEY b: 9 Dec 1821 in NORTHERN IRELAND? d: 11 Jan 1897 in Decatur, Macon County, Illinois, USA
37. DECOURSEY b: 15 Sep 1883 in Decatur, Macon County, Illinois, USA d: 10 Jan 1942 in Decatur, Macon County, Illinois, USA

Dr Russell Myers DeCoursey
http://articles.courant.com/1994-05-16/news/9405160109_1_zoology-and-entomology-uconn-department-natural-history

Fales DeCoursey 1888-1966
http://cat.lib.unimelb.edu.au/search~S42?/aFales%2C+DeCoursey%2C+1888-1966./afales+decoursey+++++1888+++++1966/-3%2C-1%2C0%2CB/frameset&FF=afales+decoursey+++++1888+++++1966&1%2C1%2C


Descendants of John DeCoursey
https://www.wikitree.com/genealogy/DeCoursey-Descendants-341


Antoinette DeCoursey Brown
https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/local/1990/06/03/jesse-m-macknight-dies/7dc2d9f0-d8f0-41da-bf02-5852f02c0cfb/?utm_term=.c0eade326568

Jesse "Corsaw" DeCoursey

https://findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi/http%22//%3C/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=80670787


Helen Annette DeCoursey
https://www.porterfuneralhome.com/obituary-detail.php?obituary_id=55699

DeCoursey graves at Leon cemetery

http://files.usgwarchives.net/wi/monroe/cemeteries/Leon-cem.txt

DeCoursey burials at Crownhill cemetery

http://johnhaycenter.org/genealogy/washington-county-cemetery-burial-database/crownhill-search/crownhill-search-view/?showby=crc&q=88TH

Decoursey deaths - Storrs cemetery, Mansfield, Tolland County, Connecticut, USA
N. Eagleville Rd
Mansfield, CT 06268
Decoursey, Lowell Arthur (Ashes), d. 12/29/2006, San Jose, CA, Sec 9, Lot 65, Gr I-5
Decoursey, Mary Elizabeth, d. 8/31/1997, Windham, CT, I/65/3
DeCoursey, Russell Myles, d. 5/15/1994, Windham, CT
http://www.interment.net/data/us/ct/tolland/storrs-cemetery-records-a-e.htm


Unclaimed dead 2012 - LA County
Last name: Decoursey
First name: Jesse
Gender: Male
Birth: 29 December 1925
Death: 16 July 2012
Age: 86
http://graphics.latimes.com/unclaimed-dead-2012/

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VOC History

INTRODUCTION

THE VOC
 Vereenigde Oostindische Compagnie

VOC FORMATION
https://kalden.home.xs4all.nl/verm/tour-k-amsterdamboat-vocENG.html

The  Vereenigde Oostindische Compagnie (VOC) was originally established as a chartered company in 1602. The Dutch Government granted it a 21-year monopoly on the Dutch spice trade (till 1623) but the VOC continued trading spices for another 176 years, till it finally ended in bankruptcy in 1799. The VOC ceased operations altogether on 31 December 1799.

The VOC was founded by Johan van Oldenbarnevelt on 20 March 1602. The VOC Headquarters was in Amsterdam, Netherlands. The Asian HQ was in Batavia (Jakarta) in Java, Indonesia.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oy4YSbhAiRE

The VOC was the United East Indian Company, and was referred to by the British as the Dutch East India Company (Dutch EIC). It was both a trading company and also had military power. It hired Swiss and German mercenaries to safeguard Dutch trade interests in the East Indies. The mercenaries killed anyone who tried to stop Dutch forces and advancement in the East Indies.

Success of the VOC:
http://www.cultuurwijs.nl/cultuurwijs.nl/cultuurwijs.nl/i000270.html


VOC HEADQUARTERS

The VOC had 4 chambers (offices) based in Amsterdam, at the Cape of Good Hope and in Ceylon. Wherever they worked the VOC men had to report to their respective chamber, which took care of their salaries and noted what they borrowed from VOC funds and therefore owed the VOC. There were no banks then.


VOC BASES IN THE EAST INDIES

Apart from Texel Island at the Cape of Good Hope in South Africa, the VOC established numerous bases in Asia.

1. Colombo, Galle, Jaffna, Kandy, Kalpitiya etc in Ceylon
2. Banda Hilir in Malacca
3. Bencoolen in Sumatra and Batavia (now Jakarta) in Java, both in Indonesia
4. Canton & Macau 
5. Japan.

I took this photo of the VOC canon which was recovered from the VOC ship Batavia, which was shipwrecked in the Straits of Malacca while on its voyage home to the Netherlands. This canon was named Bunga Rambai. The canon was relocated to Fort Cornwallis in George Town, Penang. In Malay, bunga rambai refers to the flowers of the rambai tree. The rambai trees grow plentifully in hilly areas of the equatorial jungles. The small rambai fruit (buah rambai) is seasonal and edible. BUAH RAMBAI | POKOK RAMBAI | BATAVIA

VOC COMMANDERS

The VOC Dutch Commanders were in charge till they were replaced by the British East India Company (British EIC) Commanders, beginning with Colonel James Stuart in 1796. By 1824, the British EIC took over the Dutch VOC and ruled the East Indies - including Ceylon, Java and Malacca.


VOC SERVICEMEN

The VOC servicemen had a 6-year contract with the VOC which they were attached to. But many VOC men worked till they died in office. Their demise and other outcomes (ran away etc) were recorded in the respective VOC ledgers.

The VOC sent its male personnel to South Africa, Ceylon and Java. The Dutch Caucasian males then married local women in South Africa, Ceylon and Java. In Ceylon, their offspring were referred to as Dutch Burghers - they had dark complexion, looked Indian or mixed, had Dutch and British names, but had a white male founder ancestor.
http://www.vochistory.org.au/index.html


VOC DOWNFALL

The VOC ended in 1799 as a bankrupt company which suffered huge losses. It had to be terminated by the Holland Government. The VOC was no more and the British Commanders were in charge of trade in the East Indies. Jacob Bulner was no longer a Sergeant in the VOC since he was deceased by 25 March 1790, before the VOC ended.

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DECOURSEY in Asia

INTRODUCTION

The Decoursey family history originates from Paris, France.
https://www.houseofnames.com/decoursey-family-crest


Several Google searches for "Decoursey" which were performed on 15-18 June 2017 returned the following results.


Antoinette DeCoursey Patterson
Harry Sherman Decoursey
G.M. DeCoursey
Jonathan Decoursey
DeCoursey, Russell Myles
http://www.bookbase.com/search


M De Coursey
https://www.researchgate.net/researcher/2077581403_M_De_Coursey


Eleanor M DeCoursey
https://www.bestlawyers.com/lawyers/eleanor-m-decoursey/116019


Duke DeCoursey (b.c.1908-d1996) married Maud Alvira Barager on May 1940.
Maud is the daughter of James Albert Barager and Daisy Phipps.
http://www.genealogy.com/ftm/n/e/l/Andrew-P-Nelson/WEBSITE-0001/UHP-0030.html


Lovell George DeCoursey Daunt (c.1884 - 28 Sep 1914) married Charlotte Gertrude (Jackson) Daunt ancestors (01 Jul 1880 - 19 Jun 1904) in 1903.
https://www.wikitree.com/genealogy/Ellem-Descendants-594


Della DeCoursey (1877-1950) married to Wallace Percival Hubbard
http://gw.geneanet.org/tdowling?lang=en&m=P&v=x
http://gw.geneanet.org/tdowling?lang=en&p=x&n=della+decoursey
http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=dowfam3&id=I273248


Google Books
De Courcy-Ireland, J E
"Boats of the World: From the Stone Age to Medieval Times"
https://books.google.com/books?isbn=0198144687


Jim de Courcy / James Harry de Courcy
- Australian cricketer
http://www.espncricinfo.com/australia/content/player/4932.html

RootsWeb: COURSEY
The Coat of Arms translates "Truth Conquers All."
Viola Coursey Harris wrote that the Coursey's were believed to be French-Irish and Indian blood lines.
Dewey Edward Coursey
John F. de Courcy Sr. / John Forrest de Courcy
Col. Henry de Courcy (de Coursey)
Henry Coursey. James Coursey,
John Coursey died around 1812 leaving a wife, Elizabeth.
James Coursey died about 1800.
Both John and James could have been sons of William (Sr.) or his brothers.
http://news.rootsweb.com/th/read/COURSEY/2007-02/1171895901


French & Celtic lounge music:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5lDbSb6um54
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jan-2JJJZQ4
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BiqlZZddZEo
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8fhxK82UwGI


List of castles in Ireland
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_castles_in_Ireland


Ballymoon Castle
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ballymoon_Castle
By Poleary91, CC BY-SA 4.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=35700846
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ballymoon_Castle#/media/File:Ballymoon_Castle_sunset_2.jpg


Captain Harry de Courcy-Wheeler was born on St Patrick’s Day—17 March 1872.
http://www.findlaterbook.com/chapter9.html


Dr James de Courcy
Cheltenham General Hospital, UK
http://www.gloshospitals.nhs.uk/en/Wards-and-Departments/Consultants/De-Courcy-James-Dr/


Palgrave Williams married Elizabeth __
Abigail Williams married Miles de Courcy
JOHN de COURCY, Lord KINGSALE (1717-1776)
http://www.wargs.com/political/bush.html


Henry De Courcy Forbes (1849-1920) / Decourcy Forbes
http://www.smokershistory.com/before.html


Annette DeCourcy Towler at Yahoo Groups
https://groups.yahoo.com/neo/groups/JohnsonCoKYReunion/search/messages?query=Annette%20DeCourcy%20


WILLIAM de Courcy, son of WILLIAM de Courcy [Curcy]
and his wife Emma de Falaise (-before 1130).
https://www.geni.com/people/William-FitzRanulf-Meschin/6000000000424645939


De Courcy O'Grady
- in 14 Century,  he had owned large estates in  Kilballyowen area of Limerick county, Munster. These were were later sold
- there were intermarriages between the Quins, De Courcy, and Wallers
Landed estates database:
http://www.landedestates.ie/LandedEstates/jsp/search.jsp?q=intermarried


Wigelius De Courcy
http://gw.geneanet.org/iraird?lang=fr&p=wigelius&n=le+teuton


Joseph Barton De Courcey Reany (1896-9 Feb 1976)
He died on 9 February 1976 at Nedlands, Western Australia.
http://members.iinet.net.au/~nbradley/Martin-o/p149.htm


Mary De Courcey / Mary Needham (died 1905)
LAST NAME: NEEDHAM      
FIRST NAME: Mary  
MAIDEN: De Courcey  
AGE: 30 years old  
LOCATION: Butler St              
PUBLISH DATE: 1905-02-01
DEATH DATE: 1905-02-01
SOURCE: Pitt Press
http://files.usgwarchives.net/pa/allegheny/vitals/death-index-n.txt


2.2.9.2.1.2.5.1.7.1.
William Edward de Courcy Lefroy (20 Dec 1894-24 Apr 1980);
married 17 Jun 1933 Judith Anice Waldeck (17 April 1913-22 April 1992)
- issue, details suppressed
http://www.angelfire.com/realm/gotha/Part7.htm


William de Courcy
A pasture in two one-third portions in Banandesdale in Stirkland Ketel, which had been in William de Courcy's hands, and then of the King, worth 50s and paid by homage and 2s yearly (1355, 1368),
http://users.skynet.be/lancaster/Lancasters%20of%20Sockbridge.html


Sir Everton DeCourcy Weekes, KCMG, GCM, OBE is a leading former West Indian cricketer. He was born on 26 February 1925 in Barbados.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Everton_Weekes


New York Clipper Excerpt 1884
New York Clipper, February 9, 1884.
Capt. Decoursey, tattooed man, and his wife, Circassian lady, would like to engage with a circus for the coming season.
http://www.circushistory.org/Clipper/Clipper1880s.htm

Circassian
Circassians are majority Sunni Muslims from the Caucasus region in Russia.
Kabardinka is the Circassian noble dance.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G_gWWvse54Mhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2dQvdLgjcJAhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SQkEL8umfBQhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eocqVE8Tl1E

Henry deCoursey Richards
Henry deCourcy Richards, also spelt Henry deCoursey Richards, was an American architect who worked in Philadelphia. He designed many buildings that are listed on the National Register of Historic Places for their architecture.
https://www.revolvy.com/main/index.php?s=Henry%20deCourcy%20Richards
http://wikivisually.com/wiki/Girard_Academic_Music_Program


M. Benjamin Katz and DeCoursey
http://www.mbenjaminkatzfinebooksraremanuscripts.com/all1100.html


DeCoursey and Cornell University
https://ecommons.cornell.edu/bitstream/1813/27856/1/072_09.pdf


Autographs at Marelibri
Jail term 1911
http://www.marelibri.com/topic/3286379-main/books/RELEVANCE/14150?l=en


1953 Book
We were making history : the Hartal of 1953 edited by Wesley S. Muthiah and Sydney Wanasinghe. - See more at: http://thisbook.ru/We-were-making-history--the-Hartal-of-1953-edited-by-Wesley-S-Muthiah-and-Sydney-Wanasinghe/2/dbcffcg#sthash.ESqAIVkE.dpuf
http://thisbook.ru/We-were-making-history--the-Hartal-of-1953-edited-by-Wesley-S-Muthiah-and-Sydney-Wanasinghe/2/dbcffcg


Catherine (Kate Angelina) Shutt married Martin Lewis Kuhn in Pennsylvania in 1868/69. Their daughter is Mary Ann (born 1869). Catherine and Martin were in the US 1870 Census.
From Ancestry Message Board:
I'm looking for information on a Catherine (Kate Angelina) Shutt, she married my gr-gr-grandfather, Martin Lewis Kuhn, in Westmoreland County PA in 1868 or 1869. they had at least one child, Mary Ann,b 1869. Very likely that they had more children. I have lost Catherine and Martin after the 1870 census. I know when Martin returned to Westmoreland Co in 1868 following the death of my gr-gr-grandmother, he bought land in Salem township, and lived there with Catherine. I have not been able to look at the deeds for that time to see when he would have sold the land. If you know anything about this couple, please email me at kuhns9@comcast.net Thank you
https://www.ancestry.com.au/boards/surnames.shutt/126/mb.ashx


From Malayan Volunteers Group:
Looking for information on my great grandparents.
My great grandmothers name was Grace Paul, and she arrived in Malacca from Ceylon in 1917/1918.She was in a relationship with a German Dr Kuhne. This union produced a child, my grandmother, who was born in 1919. The relationship did not last and my great grandmother went on to marry NB Mathias. My grandmother was adopted by NB Mathias and was known as NB Kusalawati. My grandmother later had 5 half brothers and sisters from Grace Paul's marriage to NB Mathias. The family left for Singapore just before the war. If anyone has any information at all about these people, it would be so greatly appreciated. Thank You.
Nicoleen Simon
amaladoss01@yahoo.com
http://www.malayanvolunteersgroup.org.uk/node/61


Brig. General Elbert DeCoursey 120
http://www.ebooksread.com/authors-eng/united-states-bureau-of-the-census/official-register-of-the-united-states-volume-1952-tin/page-105-official-register-of-the-united-states-volume-1952-tin.shtml


New York Times
Colombo Plan
http://spiderbites.nytimes.com/pay_1959/articles_1959_10_00001.html

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