De Gale.. did ou know some deGale in Grenada married into the deFreitas family... they were only allied family down the line from mine.. but they were in Grenada in 1850 or so on till 1900's I think..... ps.. Lots of the deGale family moved over the Canadian border after they immigrated. ( to USA).use to converse with one there but he had moved.. you might try their Directory..... ----- Original Message ----- From: "David Watson" <family.watson@utoronto.ca> To: <CARIBBEAN-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Thursday, June 05, 2003 5:23 PM Subject: Victor Hugues > Cindy: > > You are making me feel guilty. I've had the photocopy you sent me sitting in > my "in tray" for ages. I found it difficult to translate. My modus operandi > was to make a half assed attempt and send it to Ernest for polishing (Ernest > is a professional.) That's what we did with the original stuff on Hugues > from Philippe's site. By the way, I sent Philippe him our English > translation of that this morning. I think I should just send it to Ernest > and ask him to handle it. If you read this Ernest, would that be OK? > > There was a web site with Hugues info called, I think, famousamericans.com. > I got my dates from the web. There are quite a number of sites of Hugues. He > was called the Robespiere of Guadeloupe because he dragged his execution > device from village to town, cutting peoples' heads off. > > Have fun in Grenada. I wish I was going. My "names," by the way, are > actually FERGUSON, GLEAN, ALEXANDER, DE GALE, COPLAND and on and on - > virtually anybody who ever lived on the island. > > David > > > > > > > ==== CARIBBEAN Mailing List ==== > all messages posted to CARIBBEAN-L are archived at http://archiver.rootsweb.com/ > Before posting a query, see if the question has already been asked