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in reply to a message by Myoushi
I am not sure if this thread is still active since the last entry was in 2001.
My last name is DeRamus (pronounced like Da-ray-mus) and I started researching
the genealogy of my family and while searching the last name, a lady from
Choctaw, Oklahoma contacted me and said she had the genealogy starting from a man named
Joseph Funderburk DeRamus.
His family were French, They fled France during the time when the families who had converted
from the Roman Catholic Church to Protestants and were being persecuted by the Catholics and
the King of France.
The Protestants were given a derogative name of Huguenots, and during this time, the King
gave orders to kill all the Huguenots. Many were killed but some fled to countries in Europe,
Africa and Asia. Joseph's ancestors fled to Switzerland, where Joseph was born. When he decided
to immigrate to America, he took a ship to South Carolina, in the Orangeburg District. He met
and later married Ann Phund. They were married by an Anglican Minister named Giessendanner (not sure
of the spelling.
He was born in Switzerland in a range between 1702-1724 (the year is not sure, because of so many
different accounts of his life. He died in 1802, in Orangeburg, South Carolina.
This account was given to me and the exact account is not sure. I have searched for his parents name
in France and Switzerland with no luck. If this helps, then I have accomplished a good deed.
Thank You Very Much,
Chaplain Rodger D. DeRamus
My last name is DeRamus (pronounced like Da-ray-mus) and I started researching
the genealogy of my family and while searching the last name, a lady from
Choctaw, Oklahoma contacted me and said she had the genealogy starting from a man named
Joseph Funderburk DeRamus.
His family were French, They fled France during the time when the families who had converted
from the Roman Catholic Church to Protestants and were being persecuted by the Catholics and
the King of France.
The Protestants were given a derogative name of Huguenots, and during this time, the King
gave orders to kill all the Huguenots. Many were killed but some fled to countries in Europe,
Africa and Asia. Joseph's ancestors fled to Switzerland, where Joseph was born. When he decided
to immigrate to America, he took a ship to South Carolina, in the Orangeburg District. He met
and later married Ann Phund. They were married by an Anglican Minister named Giessendanner (not sure
of the spelling.
He was born in Switzerland in a range between 1702-1724 (the year is not sure, because of so many
different accounts of his life. He died in 1802, in Orangeburg, South Carolina.
This account was given to me and the exact account is not sure. I have searched for his parents name
in France and Switzerland with no luck. If this helps, then I have accomplished a good deed.
Thank You Very Much,
Chaplain Rodger D. DeRamus
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I am a direct descendent of Joseph DeRamus and Ann Phund. Thank you for the information on the name. My grandmother (whose mother was a DeRamus) always told us she was Black Dutch. The history you provided now explains that terminology, I think.
Debra Payne
Debra Payne
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I am 5 lineages down a descendent of Jospeh Fundeburk Deramus. My Great Grandfather Lewis Deramus (Autagua AL, Panola TX) was owned by Jacob Deramus (S. Carolina, Autagua AL - Prattsville AL) through Inheritance of George Joseph Deramus (S. Carolina, Autagua AL), son of John Paul Deramus (S. Carolina), son of Joseph Funderburk Deramus (Switzerland, S. Carolina).
I would like to know more about your family of this old time. Do you have any photos?
Regina Deramus Jackson Gallon
I would like to know more about your family of this old time. Do you have any photos?
Regina Deramus Jackson Gallon
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Ms. Payne, I'm not sure if you are still on thus site. I hope you are.
There is a man named Jimmie DeRamus, who was on Cajun Pawn Stars on History Channel. He seems to know more about our shared surname than anyone I've seen. He says we ARE Dutch in origin, so your Grandmother was right, I'm not familiar with the term 'Black Dutch' though.
Good luck. Oh yeah, Jimmie commented above. Scroll up to find his post.
There is a man named Jimmie DeRamus, who was on Cajun Pawn Stars on History Channel. He seems to know more about our shared surname than anyone I've seen. He says we ARE Dutch in origin, so your Grandmother was right, I'm not familiar with the term 'Black Dutch' though.
Good luck. Oh yeah, Jimmie commented above. Scroll up to find his post.
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Hi Chaplain,
I'm from Tuscaloosa, Alabama and one of my aunts is of Black Dutch origin. I'm not sure what her maiden name is.
I'm from Tuscaloosa, Alabama and one of my aunts is of Black Dutch origin. I'm not sure what her maiden name is.
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