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Berzine Family, The. - Philip Bruyzine, (the name was afterward changed to Berzine), was a Frenchman, he emigrated
to Holland, where he married a Holland lady, to them was born one son, Philip, whose parents died when he was but
eight years old. He married at the age of twenty, and had three children, Philip, Susan and Mary. In 1848 they
emigrated to America, where his son Philip married Mary DeCan. After being here about three years he and Henry
Van Eenyck bought a farm of sixty acres in the northwestern part of the town of Williamson. This farm was all heavy
timber, except a few acres next to the road, but by hard labor they soon cleared more of the land. There was a
log house on the place and here they enjoyed life for a time, father and son being loved by all the neighbors.
The son could adapt himself to any and all kinds of work, and was an American from the time he landed on these
shores until he died; he took great pride in learning the English language, and winter evenings he spent with his
American neighbors, and attending all religious and public meetings for the purpose of being able to write and
read the English language. As be was known by all his neighbors for his ingenious qualities, he was once called
upon by one of them to superintend a bee to raise a log barn; in some way the men let go of a log which fell on
him; after suffering one day and night he died at the age of thirty years, four months and twenty days, leaving
a wife, and aged mother and three small children too young to realize their loss. All that knew him felt that they
had lost a friend and kind neighbor. April 4, 1860, the father died at the age of sixty three years. The three
children born to Philip and Mary De Can Berzine were Lucinda, James C. and Philip. James C. learned the carpenter's
trade and followed it sixteen years. After the death of his father he went to farming which occupation he followed
for seven years, and then on April 1, 1883, he came to the village of Williamson and started in the furniture and
undertaking business which he has since continued successfully. He is a member of the Presbyterian Church, Order
of A. O. U. W., Knights of L. F. O. December 24, 1873, Mr. Berzine married Jennie Van Cunningham; four children
were born to them, Fannie May, who died May 17, 1877, at the age of nineteen months, eleven days; Minnie, Lois,
Lucile M. and Mabel Gertrude.
From:
Landmarks of Wayne County, New York
Edited by: Hon. George W. Cowles
Assisted by: H. P. Smith and others
D. Mason & Co., Publishers
Syracuse, N. Y. 1895
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