Steve VanderVeen: Cornelius De Roo was destined to be a miller
Cornelius De Roo was born in 1855 in Holland, Michigan, to Cornelius De Roo, Sr. and Elizabeth Vander Meulen De Roo, daughter of Cornelius Vander Meulen, the pastor who co-founded the colony of Zeeland with Jannes Van de Luyster.
Source: hollandsentinel.com