1782 - 1837 (55 years)If you stumbled upon this site looking for the Merville Battery or information about Herman Melville or the Merville Beach Hotel in Mauritius you’ve accessed the wrong site. However, in doing so, you can appreciate the frustration I’ve experienced since I began in 2009 researching the genealogy of my wife’s family using the internet.
For the curious the following is a description of the content of the six photographs in the banner on the Home page (from left to right):
HENRY2 LAWRENCE HERTER MERVILLE (John1) was one of 10 sons and 3 daughters born to John1 H. and Phebe (Ward) Merville. He marries first JANE BRINK (1817-1863) then CLARISSA A. RUNYON. Henry and Jane have 3 sons: GEORGE3 DOUGLAS MERVILLE, WILLIAM3 H. MERVILLE and ADAM3 BRINK MERVILLE. The photograph of Henry is courtesy of Tom Lathrop.