Duryea family papers
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Abstract
This collection contains a military appointment and discharge for Isaac Duryea dating from 1851 and 1859, and four undated school awards of merit presented to John and Henry Duryea. It also includes the death certificate for another John Duryea, dated 1939.
Biographical note
The Duryea family were a multigenerational Brooklyn family of Dutch origin. The family's earliest ancestor in the region, Joost Duryea, settled in the town of New Utrecht, Kings County as early as 1672. Isaac Duryea, a 19th-century Duryea descendant, was a Colonel in the 5th Brigade, 2nd Division of the New York State Militia and resided in the town of New Lots in Brooklyn. Biographical details regarding John and Henry Duryea are not known. The precise nature of the familial relation among Isaac, John, and Henry Duryea is also not known.
The John Duryea whose death certificate is included in the collection was born circa 1865. He married Emeline Rogers in 1895. He died at 382 Sterling Place in the Prospect Heights neighborhood of Brooklyn on March 14, 1939.
Arrangement
This collection is housed in one folder with no particular arrangement.
Scope and Contents
This collection contains a military appointment and discharge for Isaac Duryea dating from 1851 and 1859, and four undated school awards of merit presented to John and Henry Duryea. It also includes the death certificate for another John Duryea, dated 1939.
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Preferred Citation
Identification of item, date (if known); Duryea family papers, 1977.384, Box and Folder number; Brooklyn Public Library, Center for Brooklyn History.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Gift of Anna E. Duryea, date unknown. Formally accessioned in 1977.
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Processing Information
Minimally processed to the collection level. Death certificate for John Duryea (1939) added to the papers by John Zarrillo in December 2015. This item was found in collection, and was not part of the original accession. This collection was rehoused and the finding aid revised by Dee Bowers in 2023.
