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Genealogical History Of Hudson And Bergen Counties New Jersey
CHARLES De CLYNE

Originally published in 1900
Cornelius Burnham Harvey, Editor


Edited by GET NJ, COPYRIGHT 2003

CHARLES De CLYNE, until his death a leading citizen of Hudson County, and the father of (Gustave and Emil de Clyne, prominent business men of New Durham in the same county, was born in Schwarzburg, Sonderschausen, Saxony, June 24, 1821, and died at his residence in New Durham, N. J., November 5, 1886. He was the eldest of live brothers; Charles, Theodore, William, Frederick, and John,-who were the sons of George de Clyne and Dorothea Teschner, both natives of Schwarzburg, Saxony. George de Clyne followed the business of an agriculturist and was inspector of a large estate. He was, in turn, the son of Albert de Clyne, a farmer, who was at one time Burgomaster of Schwarzburg. and who was the descendant of a Huguenot family which fled from France on the revocation of the Edict of Nantes, one branch of it settling at Schwarzburg, Saxony.

Charles de Clyne received his education in a school of forestry, becoming proficient as a civil engineer, mineralogist, and botanist. Following his course at this school, he also continued his studies under private tutelage. Like Carl Schurz, Oswald Ottendorfer, and other liberty-loving Germans, he became involved in the revolutionary movement of 1848 and was compelled to flee. He came to America, but soon after re-crossed the ocean for a sojourn in France. During this visit he was impressed by the superiority of the Belgian pavement, and securing a contract for its introduction in New York City, returned to America. He failed to realize from this project through complications with a partner, although the pavement was subsequently introduced in New York. He then entered upon the study of chemistry with the celebrated Dr. Liebig, and was so engaged when the Civil War began. He at once enlisted in the New York State volunteers as a member of the Third Battalion (artillery), which was subsequently re-organized as the Fifteenth Regiment Heavy Artillery. He remained in the service until the close of the war, taking part in many actions. He was commissioned Lieutenant and assigned to the staff of General Thomas D Doubleday; subsequently he was commissioned Captain, and by General Halleck was appointed Inspector-General of defenses south of the Potomac.

Upon the termination of the Rebellion he established a large manufactory of glue in Hudson County, N. J., which is still owned and conducted by his family. While an active member of the Republican party, he refused to become a candidate for public office, holding only some such unremunerative trusts of honor as school trustee, etc. He established his residence at New Durham.

December 13, 1855, he married Helen, daughter of Christian Klien, of North Bergen, Hudson County. Their children were Caroline (who became Mrs. Abram Kittel), born October 25, 1856; Theodore, born November 26, 18:17; Gustavus, born December 29, 1858; Emma. born March 31, 1861, who married Thomas Alcorn, of New Durham; Helen, born August 20, 1866, who married John Henry Outwater, of Washington Grove, Bergen County; and Emil and Clara (twins), born May 15, 1869. Clara, the last named, married Francis A. Kilgour, of Passaic, N. J. Of the three sons, Theodore, a grad- uate of Columbia College, is a veterinary surgeon, while Gustavus and Emil conduct the large business established by their father.

Upon the death of their father in November, 1886, the brothers Gustavus and Emil de Clyne assumed the active management of the manufactory, and under their supervision it has grown to be one of the largest and most successful concerns manufacturing sizing and gold gum in the country. They have two plants, one being located in New Durham and the other in Homestead. The former is a familiar landmark of North Bergen and comprises several large buildings, covering a floor area of over 50,000 square feet. That at Homestead was established by them in 1897 for the purpose of grinding mica and has been a great success.

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