Decedee hier a 1 heure, P. M., Mlle Louise Evelina DE GRUY, agee de 31 ans, fille de Louise Evelina Cauvin, et de Antoine Onesime DeGruy. Les parents et amis des familles DeGruy, Gueringer et Nicaud sont pries d'assister, sans autre invitation, a l'enterrement qui aura lieu dematin matin, samedi, ler octobre, a 10 heures. Le convoi mortuaire partira de chez M. P. P. Tricou, 149 rue des Remparts, entre Ste Anne et Dumaine. (died September 29, 1870, 31 years; buried October 1, 1870) New Orleans Public Library New Orleans Bee Newspaper September 30, 1870, p1, c8 Helen Kendrick

DE GRUY - On Tuesday, June 2, 1953, at 6:30 p. m., LOUIS VERLOIN DE GRUY, SR., husband of Marie Louise Mestayer; father of Mrs. O. I. Tremoulet, Mrs. H. J. Durel, Mrs. A. R. Pradilio, Mrs. John L. Kohler of Dallas, Tex., Mrs. John F. Froy, Ines V. and Louis V. De Gruy, Jr.; brother of Mrs. Odette Wiederhold; also survived by 20 grandchildren. Relatives and friends of the family are invited to attend the funeral, from Laudumley Funeral Home, 1225 North Rampart street near Gov. Nicholls street, on Thursday, June 4, 1953, at 9 o'clock a. m. , followed by services at St Catherine of Siena church. Interment in St. Louis No. 3 cemetery, Esplanade avenue. New Orleans Public Library Times Picayune Newspaper June 3, 1953, p2, c6 Helen Kendrick

BODY OF VETERAN FOUND ON TRACKS Victim Killed on Eve of Return to Army The mangled body of a 34-year-old Army veteran, apparently run over by a train, was discovered about 1:30 a. m. Friday on the Texas & Pacific railroad tracks next to the batture at St. Charles and S. Carrollton. He was identified as Lloyd DeGruy, 34, 428 Short. Second District police said his left arm and leg had been severed. The left side of his face showed severe contusions and lacerations, they added, although there was no indication of foul play. Police said De Gruy's body was found by Victor F. Pompenella, 66, who was on his way to his home on the batture. He was pronounced dead at 1:55 a. m. by a Charity hospital physician, who told police the man had been dead about an hour. Police said De Gruy had been at a bar with his stepfather and mother, Mr. and Mrs. Thomas C. Wren, with whom he lived at the Short st. address. Leaving the establishment at Hickory and Maple about 10:30 p. m. Thursday, De Gruy told them he planned to visit a small house on the batture that he formerly owned. De Gruy's mother said he had rejoined the Army Transportation Corps recently. He already had been inducted, she told police, and was to leave Friday afternoon for Fort Sam Houston, Tex. Police learned that a Texas & Pacific train had left the Mississippi river bridge at 11:30 p. m. Thursday, using the inbound tracks on which De Gruy's body was found. Police are to question crewmen on the train. DE GRUY - On Friday morning, June 22, 1951, at 1 o'clock, LLOYD DE GRUY, son of Laura Conliff and the late Charles De Gruy; stepson of Thomas C. Wren; father of Judy and Thomas Wooten; aged 35 years. Relatives and friends of the family are invited to attend the funeral, which will take place from the funeral home of Pat J. McMahon-Coburn Company, 2305 Canal street, corner North Miro on Saturday morning June 23, 1951 at 9:30 o'clock. Religious services at Mater Dolorosa church. Interment in Garden of Memories New Orleans Public Library Times Picayune Newspaper June 23, 1951, p3, c1 and p2, c7 Helen Kendrick

Thanks for this, Eugene. I miss my grandfather Frank terribly and I dream about him at least once a month. I worked for him for several years after I got out of the Army and loved to hear his stories about his time as a pilot flying the Himalayan Hump, and about his years working for his own father, Frank, who I remember from childhood (not many kids were as lucky as I was to still have great grandparents living with whom I could visit). At his memorial earlier this year, his son, my uncle, Frank, gave me a pair of his silver pilot's wings which I have pinned on my own jacket now. Thanks for this bit of extra knowledge about my grandfather and great grandfather and their people. Karma -------------- Original message from "Eugene Ray" <[email protected]>: -------------- > +M O B I L E+ > ************** > >has always been special in my > >(deep seated)< > +G E N E T I C +M E M O R Y+ > **************************** > >after all it was the original french > colony along the gulf coast and > i remember how impressed i > was as a boy in the cabildo > >TO FOCUS ON THE STONE > +MARKED 1699+ > *************** > >such a precious talisman< > FOUND AT THE SITE > OF THE ORIGINAL > +MOBILE FORT+ > ************** > > +THE LOST COLONY+ > >even later in life i remember writing > to a stamp shop in mobile inquiring > >FOR LOST FRENCH COLONIAL > +C O R R E S P O N D E N C E+ > **************************** > >(mobile was rather like new > orleans in its primal days > >with a french genus loci) > ************************* > > +THANKS TO KARMA FOR+ > (wonderful name) > >I L L U M I N A T I N G< > ********************** > +THE MOBILE VERLOIN deGRUY+ > ( shades of bienville ) > >this branch were well known by my > father, randolph ray sr. son of > +LUCIE VERLOIN deGRUY RAY+ > ****************************** > >she was the daughter of james verloin > degruy, son of francois verloin degruy > OF PINELAND PARK PLANTATION > ( near madisonville ) > ****************** > >+( WHOSE PORTRAIT HANGS > IN OUR LIVING ROOM ) > *********************** > > >MY GREAT GRANDFATHER'S< > (dapper younger brother) > >james verloin degruy's younger brother > the dapper francois verloin degruy > of the derby hat photograph. > (degruy family website) > *********************** > +HAD A SON, AGAIN NAMED FRANCOIS > VERLOIN deGRUY, WHO ORIGINATED > THE MOBILE VERLOIN deGRUYS. > ********************************* > >it was his son, by this time with > name modernised > to > +FRANK VERLOIN deGRUY+ > ( but really francois) > >that was my fathers friend and of > +HIS GENERATION+ > ****************** > >IT WAS HIS SON, RECENTLY DECEASED, > ( yes, known as frank degruy) > & OF MY GENERATION THAT I SPOKE > TO BY TELEPHONE 3 YEARS AGO. > ********************************** > +CORDIAL MEMORY+ > >he remembered my father who > would stay with them during > gulf coast trips of the 1940s. > ***************************** > >THE RAY / deGRUY FAMILY OF MY > NEW ORLEANS GRANDMOTHER > HAD MAINTAINED CLOSENESS > >TO THE MOBILE deGRUYS. > *************************** > >my father was deeply fond of the > mobile degruy branch. a child > absorbs that family empathy. > +I NEVER SAW THEM+ > >we could have passed on the > street like ships in the night. > ***************************** > > +GENETIC NOSTALGIA+ > (the lost degruys) > >FRENCH TROPIC SYNDROME< > >i do believe the nostalgia i have felt > about mobile, ( our ship this year > to the yucatan left from mobile) > ********************************* > >CAN BE TRACED VIA MY FATHER > AND HIS MOTHER TO HER > father > +JAMES VERLOIN deGRUY+ > brother of > +FRANCOIS VERLOIN deGRUY+ > whose son went to mobile > >(NEVER TO RETURN)< > ******************** > >during my conversation with "frank" > degruy on the telephone he told > ( SEE INTERNET ) > >me about michael degruy his > marine biologist son who > lives in santa barbara. > ********************** > >I EXTEND AN INVITATION TO HIM > TO VISIT US IN SAN DIEGO > **************************** > +VAUDECHAMP PORTRAIT+ > (check the internet) > >where the portrait of his great (3) > grandfather, francois verloin > degruy of pineland park > ************************* > >POSESSES EYES THAT SHALL FOLLOW > HIM AROUND OUR LIVING ROOM > *********************************** > >AND THE KING'S DIAMONDS > STILL SPARKLE ON HIS > >FORMAL WHITE SHIRT< > (elegent & noble) > **************** > gene ray, san diego, california > (google) eugenerayart.com > > The productivity of our Degruy list depends upon generosity in sharing family > research. This is a "discussion" list. Individual messages cannot be assumed to > be "fact." All data should be verified. > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in > the subject and the body of the message

+M O B I L E+ ************** >has always been special in my >(deep seated)< +G E N E T I C +M E M O R Y+ **************************** >after all it was the original french colony along the gulf coast and i remember how impressed i was as a boy in the cabildo >TO FOCUS ON THE STONE +MARKED 1699+ *************** >such a precious talisman< FOUND AT THE SITE OF THE ORIGINAL +MOBILE FORT+ ************** +THE LOST COLONY+ >even later in life i remember writing to a stamp shop in mobile inquiring >FOR LOST FRENCH COLONIAL +C O R R E S P O N D E N C E+ **************************** >(mobile was rather like new orleans in its primal days >with a french genus loci) ************************* +THANKS TO KARMA FOR+ (wonderful name) >I L L U M I N A T I N G< ********************** +THE MOBILE VERLOIN deGRUY+ ( shades of bienville ) >this branch were well known by my father, randolph ray sr. son of +LUCIE VERLOIN deGRUY RAY+ ****************************** >she was the daughter of james verloin degruy, son of francois verloin degruy OF PINELAND PARK PLANTATION ( near madisonville ) ****************** >+( WHOSE PORTRAIT HANGS IN OUR LIVING ROOM ) *********************** >MY GREAT GRANDFATHER'S< (dapper younger brother) >james verloin degruy's younger brother the dapper francois verloin degruy of the derby hat photograph. (degruy family website) *********************** +HAD A SON, AGAIN NAMED FRANCOIS VERLOIN deGRUY, WHO ORIGINATED THE MOBILE VERLOIN deGRUYS. ********************************* >it was his son, by this time with name modernised to +FRANK VERLOIN deGRUY+ ( but really francois) >that was my fathers friend and of +HIS GENERATION+ ****************** >IT WAS HIS SON, RECENTLY DECEASED, ( yes, known as frank degruy) & OF MY GENERATION THAT I SPOKE TO BY TELEPHONE 3 YEARS AGO. ********************************** +CORDIAL MEMORY+ >he remembered my father who would stay with them during gulf coast trips of the 1940s. ***************************** >THE RAY / deGRUY FAMILY OF MY NEW ORLEANS GRANDMOTHER HAD MAINTAINED CLOSENESS >TO THE MOBILE deGRUYS. *************************** >my father was deeply fond of the mobile degruy branch. a child absorbs that family empathy. +I NEVER SAW THEM+ >we could have passed on the street like ships in the night. ***************************** +GENETIC NOSTALGIA+ (the lost degruys) >FRENCH TROPIC SYNDROME< >i do believe the nostalgia i have felt about mobile, ( our ship this year to the yucatan left from mobile) ********************************* >CAN BE TRACED VIA MY FATHER AND HIS MOTHER TO HER father +JAMES VERLOIN deGRUY+ brother of +FRANCOIS VERLOIN deGRUY+ whose son went to mobile >(NEVER TO RETURN)< ******************** >during my conversation with "frank" degruy on the telephone he told ( SEE INTERNET ) >me about michael degruy his marine biologist son who lives in santa barbara. ********************** >I EXTEND AN INVITATION TO HIM TO VISIT US IN SAN DIEGO **************************** +VAUDECHAMP PORTRAIT+ (check the internet) >where the portrait of his great (3) grandfather, francois verloin degruy of pineland park ************************* >POSESSES EYES THAT SHALL FOLLOW HIM AROUND OUR LIVING ROOM *********************************** >AND THE KING'S DIAMONDS STILL SPARKLE ON HIS >FORMAL WHITE SHIRT< (elegent & noble) **************** gene ray, san diego, california (google) eugenerayart.com

If anyone knows these folks and can place them within the framework of our ancestors we can update our family file. Generally this is true of all the contemporary obits we get. We have to figure how they connect. R [email protected] wrote: > DeGRUY Russell F. "Paw Paw", "Rusty", ""Paco" DeGruy, Sr. was called home to > God on Friday, October 31, 2008. He was 59. Beloved son of the late Henry and > Marguerite DeGruy. Loving father of Nicole Dawn and Jenna Louise DeGruy and > the late Russell DeGruy, Jr. Brother of Henry Jr., Larry Sr., Norwood, Linda, > Diana, Elaine, Perry and Cheryl DeGruy and the late Darrell DeGruy, Sr. Proud > grandfather of Malcolm "Mates" Peters, Jr. and Jarrod "Harvey" Degruy. Also > survived by a host of nieces, nephews, aunts, uncles, cousins, other relatives > and friends. Relatives and friends of the family are all invited to attend a > Celebration of Life on Friday, November 7, 2008 at Charbonnet-Labat Funeral Home, > 1615 St. Philip St. at 11:00 a.m. Interment will be in St. Louis #2 Cemetery. > Visitation will begin at 9:00 a.m. CHARBONNET-LABAT, Directors, 581-4411 > Published in The Times-Picayune on 11/6/2008 > >

DeGRUY Russell F. "Paw Paw", "Rusty", ""Paco" DeGruy, Sr. was called home to God on Friday, October 31, 2008. He was 59. Beloved son of the late Henry and Marguerite DeGruy. Loving father of Nicole Dawn and Jenna Louise DeGruy and the late Russell DeGruy, Jr. Brother of Henry Jr., Larry Sr., Norwood, Linda, Diana, Elaine, Perry and Cheryl DeGruy and the late Darrell DeGruy, Sr. Proud grandfather of Malcolm "Mates" Peters, Jr. and Jarrod "Harvey" Degruy. Also survived by a host of nieces, nephews, aunts, uncles, cousins, other relatives and friends. Relatives and friends of the family are all invited to attend a Celebration of Life on Friday, November 7, 2008 at Charbonnet-Labat Funeral Home, 1615 St. Philip St. at 11:00 a.m. Interment will be in St. Louis #2 Cemetery. Visitation will begin at 9:00 a.m. CHARBONNET-LABAT, Directors, 581-4411 Published in The Times-Picayune on 11/6/2008 ************** AOL Search: Your one stop for directions, recipes and all other Holiday needs. Search Now. (http://pr.atwola.com/promoclk/100000075x1212792382x1200798498/aol?redir=http://searchblog.aol.com/2008/11/04/happy-holidays-from -aol-search/?ncid=emlcntussear00000001)

+REMOTE VIEWING+ plus +GENETIC MEMORY+ ******************* +( FICTION CANNOT COMPETE )+ >we can travel back in our minds eye to the JOYFUL CELEBRATION in chambery france at the ancient ( DUKES deSAVOY ) >palace in the summer, 1516. **************************** +FRENCH KING FRANCOIS 1ST.+ >surrounded by the loving family of his +SAVOY MOTHER LOUISE+ >and his closest faithful courtiers, our +COUNT MICHAEL deGRUYERE+ >blood brother cousin< >CLOSE AT HAND< ( both just over age 20 ) ********************** +HAS VENERATED THE HOLY+ >SHROUD OF JESUS<. ( or was it ) ******** >we know that geoffrey de charney's wife jeanne de virgy's grandson ( related to michael degruyere's +MOTHER'S deVIRGY FAMILY+ >traded the holy shroud to the dukes desavoy for ********************** >TWO ANCIENT CASTLES< ( all this in savoy/gruy >extended family< >exchanges< ********** +AMAZING DISCOVERY+ *********************** >consulting several books looking for details of those celebrations. ********************************* +I HAVE DISCOVERED A VALUABLE +S Y N C H R O N I C I T Y+ ************************ >king francois 1st left for amboise, his castle in the loire valley ( marianne and i stayed near there last year ( CHATEAU COLLIER ) >at the old vaudreuil chateau ) ****************************** +ARRIVING AT AMBOISE ON AUGUST, 21ST., 1516 ********************* >leonardo davinci left for amboise in "THE AUTUMN OF 1516" ( serge bramly's book, >"L E O N A RD O" ) >bramley is not sure of exact date but (TRAVEL w/ king POSSIBLE) >what impresses me about this is... ********************************* >LEONARDO'S ROUTE FROM ITALY TO AMBOISE TOOK HIM OVER THE ALPS ( gruyere is nearby ! ) >VIA CHAMBERY THE VERY ROUTE TAKEN BY KING FRANCOIS 1ST ******************************** >( if one believes picknet & prince's theory of a leonardo created (THEY BELIEVE 3 MADE) >facsimile ot the holy shroud the chambery visit becomes >very interesting indeed ) ************************ +IT IS POSSIBLE THAT LEONARDO SPENT SOME TIME AT GRUYERE AS IT TOOK HIM 3 MONTHS >TO GET TO AMBOISE< ********************* >THE MAGI / SEER< > traveled in a mule train with three assistants and all of his valuables +INCLUDING THE MONA LISA+ ***************************** ( his genuis preceeded him >radiant / adulated ) ******************** +HE WAS A FAMOUS, ADMIRED+ >PERSONA IN HIS TIME< ( he actually created other versions of the articulated, mechanical walking lions in france that >A S T O U ND E D< +MANY REGAL COURTS+ *********************** >( one can rest assured the savoy/ gruyere courts were in awe before he reached france. ) ************************** NOTE: CHARMEY AND VILLENEUVE are two villages near gruyere that may add lustre to our list of >SYNCHRONICITIES< ( family history interface) also the fact that +CESARE BORGIA MARRIED AN +ALBRET+ >intertwines the valentinois heritage with that of the montaut demont- beraud long before.... ******************** +JEAN BAPTISTE VALENTIN VERLOIN deGRUY married +ELIZABETH SABINE MONTAUT de MONTBERAUD >in the jungles of a remote +FRENCH COLONY+ ****************** gene ray, san diego, california (google) eugenerayart.com

Mike Verloin de Gruy lives in Santa Barbara, CA. His father was Frank Verloin de Gruy of Mobile, recently deceased, and his grandfather Frank Verloin de Gruy (m. Era) who died in Mobile. This Frank (whom we called Papa) was the son of Francois Verloin deGruy and Marie Alix Gainne. There are nothing but Francois Verloins on the male side as far as I have records on; wives' maiden names include Foucher and Saulet. Sorry I don't have my database handy, so all this is off the top of my head; Shelley on this list probably knows more off the top of her head. Karma -------------- Original message from listadministratordegruyl <[email protected]>: -------------- > Can someone show how Mike deGruy, the underwater photographer, marine > biologist, is related to the family? I think he lives in California. Not > sure exactly where. > > ReneeThe productivity of our Degruy list depends upon generosity in sharing family research. This is a "discussion" list. Individual messages cannot be assumed to > be "fact." All data should be verified. > -------------------------------To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in > the subject and the body of the message

Does anyone know of Cecile Perrin? She was a high school student in the early sixties at St. Joseph Academy in Bay St. Louis, MS. Cecile was a boarding student from the New Orleans area. She was wheelchair bound. Just wondered if she might be part of David Perrin's family. I remember her well. She was a very intelligent and loving person. Not sure which debilitating disease she had. Cheryl Seuzeneau Morris **************AOL Search: Your one stop for directions, recipes and all other Holiday needs. Search Now. (http://pr.atwola.com/promoclk/100000075x1212792382x1200798498/aol?redir=http://searchblog.aol.com/2008/11/04/happy-holidays-from -aol-search/?ncid=emlcntussear00000001)

Check this site for the following: http://content.ancestry.com/browse/view.aspx?dbid=7664&iid=7664-Volume2-0353&rc=2263,766,2353,812;2229,812,2320,857&pid=898&ssrc=&fn=&ln=de+Gruy&st=g <http://content.ancestry.com/browse/view.aspx?dbid=7664&iid=7664-Volume2-0353&rc=2263,766,2353,812;2229,812,2320,857&pid=898&ssrc=&fn=&ln=de+Gruy&st=g> "Dr. L. F. Salomon, New Orleans, La., secretary and treasurer of the board of health of the state of Louisiana and a physician who has won an enviable reputation in his profession, was born in New Orleans on August 21, 1850, and his parents, William and Francoise Elode [De Gruy] Salomon, were natives of New Orleans also. The Salomon family is of English and the De Gruy of French descent and both were early settlers of New Orleans. William Salomon was a cotton merchant and died in 1881. Of the twelve children born to his marriage, seven sons and five daughters, Dr. L. F. Salomon was third in order of birth. He graduated from the high school of his native city in 1868 and immediately afterward began the study of medicine, subsequently entering the medical department of the University of Louisiana and graduating from that institution in 1872. He was visiting surgeon to the Charity hospital for several years, and for three years, during the existence of the Charity Hospital Medical college, he was adjunct professor of surgery. He has also been in private practice since graduating. Since 1884 he has been visiting physician to Shakespeare almshouse. He was elected a member of the board of health in 1884 and has been secretary and treasurer since 1886. Dr. Salomon has built up a good practice and has brought himself prominently before the public as a specialist in skin diseases, although he does a general practice. His office is located in the Morris building and his office hours are from 3 to 4:30 P. M. Socially he is a member of the Knights of Pythias and the Knights of Honor. He was married in 1885."

Thanks, Karma. Since I wrote that first message I found the following on the web. It doesn't say much about his direct relatives, but it does give a nice cameo of him, which I have added to my family file. Celine.... do you think we could put the following on the website....not sure which section... there is a photo at the website which we could include ********** From: http://www.marinetech.org/nine_degrees/who.php#top Upon emerging from his dive to these deep-sea oases, the expression says it all: "What a phenomenal place!" Mike deGruy Filmmaker The Film Crew, Inc. Specializing in underwater and on-water photography, Mike deGruy's 20-year career has allowed him to film in the world's most remote and spectacular locations for his own productions, as well as for those of the British Broadcasting Company (BBC), Public Broadcasting System (PBS), the National Geographic Society, and many others. Together with his wife, Mimi Armstrong deGruy, Mike owns the Santa Barbara-based production company called The Film Crew, Inc. Their inventory includes full production and post-production facilities in Super 16mm and 35mm, all with professional underwater housings. The company owns a full range of underwater lighting in both tungsten (traditional) and HMI (high-powered), as well as an underwater digital Betacam. Born in Mobile, Alabama, Mike's interest in the ocean began at a very young age. At age 12, after returning home from a pawn shop with a SCUBA regulator in his hand, Mike's parents signed him up for SCUBA-diving lessons at the local YMCA. After attending a military high school in Tennessee, Mike received a diving scholarship to North Carolina State University, where he majored in zoology with a concentration in marine science. After graduating, he moved to Hawaii, taking a year to establish residency before he entering the Ph.D. program at the University of Hawaii. During grad school, Mike worked at the Wakiki Aquarium, collecting marine organisms, building exhibits, and holding feeding shows. It was during this time that fellow graduate student Bruce Carlson became the first to bring live chambered nautilus back to the U.S. from Fiji, housing them at the Wakiki Aquarium. Mike and Bruce teamed up to bring back more of these elusive creatures, traveling to places like Palau to collect them. Three years into his Ph.D. program, Mike noticed a job announcement for assistant manager at a marine lab in the Marshall Islands. He applied, but wasn't chosen for the job. However, a month later, the marine lab contacted him about taking another position - manager. Mike gladly accepted their offer, postponed graduate school, and moved to the Marshall Islands where he managed the marine lab for 3 years, interfacing with visiting scientists and supporting their research. Mike was able to do his own research during this time, which concentrated on mollusks (mussels, clams, octopus, nautili, squid, and cuttlefish), his favorite group of marine organisms. While still in the Marshall Islands, Mike was contacted by Bruce Carlson about collecting and filming chambered nautili for Arthur Jones, owner of Nautilus, the exercise equipment company. Mike, Bruce, and Paul Atkins, a University of Hawaii graduate student traveled to Palau where they shot footage of and collected nautili for Jones. Jones then invited the team to his headquarters in Florida to edit the films in his company's TV studio. Mike, still wanting to complete his Ph.D. program, returned to Hawaii, but soon realized that making films was his real desire. He eventually returned to Florida and took a permanent position with Jones' company. Mike took the opportunity to learn everything he could about film during the 8 months Mike worked for Jones. He left Nautilus and moved to New York City where he started his own film company, The Film Crew. Missing the islands, Mike moved back to Hawaii after 2 years and started making natural history documentaries with Paul Atkins and his wife Gracie. Two of the films the three worked on together were: Aliens from Innerspace, a documentary on cephalopods (chambered nautili, squid, octopus, and cuttlefish), produced for the British Broadcasting Company (BBC), and Nautilus: 500 Million Years Under the Sea. Mike's relationship with the British Broadcasting Company (BBC) continued of the Fire Goddess, a film about volcanoes in Hawaii. Lost World of the Medusa, a documentary on the "jellyfish lake" in Palau, was another film Mike worked on for the BBC. Mike met his wife Mimi when Turner Broadcasting Company of Atlanta hired him to film the U.S. trust territories for the company's Portrait of America series. After a long distance relationship, the two settled in Los Angeles, where Mimi took a position with the Public Broadcasting System (PBS). Eventually Mimi joined The Film Crew; she and Mike have produced such documentaries as Incredible Suckers, a 1-hour film illustrating the vast diversity and amazing abilities of cephalopods, and the National Geographic film Tempest From the Deep, about the weather phenomenon El Nino (released in March 1999). Mike and Mimi are currently editing yet another film about the octopus, produced by Paul Euwer for National Geographic and Nature. Mike was hired by the BBC to film the world of black smokers, 6-foot long tubeworms, and eel-like fish during this 9? North expedition for the company's upcoming The Blue Planet series. ************ [email protected] wrote: > Mike Verloin de Gruy lives in Santa Barbara, CA. His father was Frank Verloin de Gruy of Mobile, recently deceased, and his grandfather Frank Verloin de Gruy (m. Era) who died in Mobile. This Frank (whom we called Papa) was the son of Francois Verloin deGruy and Marie Alix Gainne. There are nothing but Francois Verloins on the male side as far as I have records on; wives' maiden names include Foucher and Saulet. Sorry I don't have my database handy, so all this is off the top of my head; Shelley on this list probably knows more off the top of her head. > > Karma > >> Can someone show how Mike deGruy, the underwater photographer, marine >> biologist, is related to the family? I think he lives in California. Not >> sure exactly where. >> >>

Can someone show how Mike deGruy, the underwater photographer, marine biologist, is related to the family? I think he lives in California. Not sure exactly where. Renee

Karma, I believe I want the one in New Orleans. He used to own a restaurant. I'm doing a favor for a fellow who called me out of the blue trying to track him down. I just want to pass this guy's email on to Glenn. You (or anyone else) can email me at [email protected] so we don't clog up the list. Thanks a lot. Jacques -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of [email protected] Sent: Tuesday, November 04, 2008 6:14 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [DEGRUY] Glenn DeGruy There are (at least) two Glenn deGruys. Do you want the one in Mobile or the one in New Orleans? Karma de Gruy -------------- Original message from "Jacques DeGruy" <[email protected]>: -------------- > Is Glenn DeGruy on this list? Does anyone know him or how to get in > touch with him? > > Jacques DeGruy > > > The productivity of our Degruy list depends upon generosity in sharing family research. This is a "discussion" list. Individual messages cannot be assumed to > be "fact." All data should be verified. > -------------------------------To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in > the subject and the body of the message The productivity of our Degruy list depends upon generosity in sharing family research. This is a "discussion" list. Individual messages cannot be assumed to be "fact." All data should be verified. ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

Thanks for the excellent comments all who have responded have made regarding my query about the meaning of a will being "proved". Isabel wrote: > Renee, > For a will be be "proved", the person who wrote the will has to be dead. This is just a legal term to validate or "prove" that the will was indeed written by the deceased. Holographic wills are valid in Arkansas, but this may be something that is not allowed in other states or may have been allowed in other time periods but are no longer permitted. Depending on the time period and the size of the city, you may find the actual date of death in the local newspaper. Hopefully, the newspaper will have been microfilmed. I have used this method to get exact dates in Georgia and Ala. I would assume that Maryland would have death notices listed in the major city newspapers of the time. Sometimes I just found that "Mary Smith died at her home on Tues. inst". Weekly newspapers have the date of the paper, so you just have to figure out the date for Tues. > >

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DE GRUY - Of 3939 Fairmont Drive on Thursday, January 1, 1948, at 8:15 o'clock A.M., LISE VERLOIN DE GRUY, daughter of the late Octave Verloin De Gruy and Odile Derbes; sister of Raoul V., Louis V., and Odette V. De Gruy and the late Mrs. Joseph Gubler [?], Mrs. Morgan Villarubia, Mrs. Alfred J. Gaudet and Joseph V. De Gruy; a native of this city. Relatives and friends of the family are invited to attend the funeral, which will take place this Friday, January 2, 1948, at 10 o'clock a.m. from the Laudumiey funeral home, 1225 North Rampart street, near Govenor Nicholls street; services at St. Augustin Church. Interment in St. Louis No. 3 Cemetery (Note: Gubler may be Gublar) New Orleans Public Library Times Picayune Newspaper January 2, 1948, p2, c7 Helen Kendrick

1888 - DEGRUY - Decede, hier, a 9 heures et quart du soir, a l'age de 40 ans, JULES VERLOIN DEGRUY, fils d'Angele Boisblanc et de Jules Verloin DeGruy. Les amis et connaissances de la famille sont pries d'assister a ses funerailles qui auront lieu aujourd'hui, a 3 heures de l'apres midi. Le convoi partira de sa derniere residence, rue Johnson, No. 244. (died November 10, 1888, age 40) New Orleans Public Library New Orleans Bee Newspaper November 11, 1888, p1, c4 Helen Kendrick

1856 - At 6 o'clock yesterday morning, JOSEPHINE ROSA DEGRUY. The friends and acquaintances of the family are requested to attend the funeral (without further invitation), which will take place on SUNDAY MORNING, at 10 1/2 o'clock, from the residence of her father, St. Claude street, between St. Anne and Main streets. (died March 29, 1856) New Orleans Public Library Louisiana Courier Newspaper March 30, 1856, p2, c5 Helen Kendrick

DEGRUY - September 23, 1879, at quarter to 1 o'clock, A. M., JOSEPH W. DEGRUY, aged 11 months, son of J. V. DeGruy and Amanda Sauten. New Orleans Public Library Daily Picayune Newspaper September 24, 1879, p4, c4 Helen Kendrick