This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Devriez, de Vrieze, Dewolf, de Wulf, Modde, Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.usa.states.newjersey.counties.bergen/1611.1/mb.ashx Message Board Post: May be a long shot....but my ancestors also lived in Paterson, Preakness and Fair Lawn New Jersey I have an Emiel de Vrieze who immigrated from Holland, via Belgium, in 1892 with his wife, Maria de Wulf and son Camiel de Vrieze, age 2. Emiel and Maria Devries (Americanized names) had the following children: Camiel (married to Julia, born in France in 1898) Harry (also married to a Julia? it seems, this one born New Jersey in 1902) Camiel and Julia Devries had the following children: Lily, Alice, Harry, Clara, Minnie and Frank. Harry and Julia Devries had the following children: Albert and Dorothy. Is there a connection to your Devries?