When Ruby Devereux was born in 1892, in Hamilton, New South Wales, Australia, her father, Henry Harry Devereux, was 45 and her mother, Mary Robertson, was 39. She married Richard Arthur in 1912, in New Lambton, New South Wales, Australia. They were the parents of at least 3 sons and 4 daughters. She died on 17 September 1978, in Australia, at the age of 86.
Some characteristic forenames: Irish Dermot, Sean.
English and Irish: of Norman origin, a habitational name for someone from Évreux in Eure, France, with the preposition d(e). See also Everest for the name without the preposition.
History: This was the surname of the Earls of Essex from 1572 to 1641. Walter Devereux, 1st Earl of Essex, led an attempted colonization of Ulster, and his son, Robert, 2nd Earl of Essex, briefly held the position of lord lieutenant of Ireland in 1599.
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