Here is some information and pictures I have recieved from other Durfee's about our connection with France.
The French spelling for Durfee is d'Urfé
French map showing d'Urfé locations
Another view of the d'Urfé castle
The Chateau de la Bastie d'Urfé stands close to Montverdun, North-west from the town of Saint-Etienne.
The Chateau is a master piece of the renaissance architecture.
Best known ancestor is Honnoré d'Urfé
He was born in 1567 in Marseille. He died in 1625.
He is the author of : A pastoral Poem "Sireine" and "Epitres morales" (moral Letters) also A pastoral novel (12 volumes) written between 1607 and 1619 called "L'Astree", whose influence has been signigicant upon preciosity in the 17th centruy.
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