Louis Gabriel VALOIS. Born 31 January 1738 in Strasbourg. Died 12 February 1787, Rastatt, Grand Duchy of Baden, then part of the Holy Roman Empire under control of Royal Austria. Hussar in a Baden unit. The officer in charge of the Hussars was Commando des Rittmeister Peter von Wallbrunn, an Austrian. From 1763-1769 there were 40 men in the unit, which also served in the Seven Years War –War of Austrian Secession. Almost all of the unit was lost in Napoleon’s war at Moscow. Our ancestor was not in the unit then. Possibly in the Lorraine Garde before Rastatt. Robert A. Valois

If they lived close to the Rhein River (Rastatt is only a mile or so away), it would have been literally back and forth, etc. Also the land changed (owners?) throughout that time between France, the many Duchies and eventually united Germany. By your info below you probably already know this. Craig > From: RValois368@aol.com > Date: Sun, 16 Feb 2014 17:48:41 -0500 > To: baden-wurttemberg@rootsweb.com > Subject: [BW] Valois > > > Louis Gabriel VALOIS. Born 31 January 1738 in Strasbourg. Died 12 February > 1787, Rastatt, Grand Duchy of Baden, then part of the Holy Roman Empire > under control of Royal Austria. Hussar in a Baden unit. The officer in > charge of the Hussars was Commando des Rittmeister Peter von Wallbrunn, an > Austrian. From 1763-1769 there were 40 men in the unit, which also served in the > > Seven Years War –War of Austrian Secession. Almost all of the unit was > lost in Napoleon’s war at Moscow. Our ancestor was not in the unit then. > Possibly in the Lorraine Garde before Rastatt. > Robert A. Valois > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to BADEN-WURTTEMBERG-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message