+ARCADIA BOOKSHOP+ >in the vieux carre of new orleans is a fascinating source of creole research information a few steps from the +QUADROON BALLROOM+ >where the talented voudou queen +MARIE LAVEAU+ >probably met her degruy link spouse +CHRISTOPHE DUMINI GLAPION+ >her common law husband and son of the aristocratic french planter (by the same name) ^^^^^^^^^^^ +DEGRUY PLANTATION NEIGHBOR+ >apparently the father's plantation was located in st. john parish next to +PIERRE DUMINI DEGRUY+ ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ >and glapion, pere, was a decorated +ST. LOUIS MEDAL WINNER+ which put him in the famous weekly +FOUCHER-BORE PLANTATION+ >st. louis chevalier formal dinners< ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ +"A NEW ORLEANS VOUDOU+ +PRIESTESS"+ +"the legend & reality of marie laveau"+ ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ by caroline morrow long ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ >is a thorough, well researched book on marie laveau i purchased from arcadia +TWO LARGE PACKAGES OF+ +VALUABLE REFERENCES+ (shipped to san diego) >bookshop propietor russell desmond. has proved very valuable indeed. ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ +DUMINI=duMESNIL+ >just as in the derivation of our name dumini, the de glapion dumini is >derived from the french du mesnil< ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ >CHEVALIER CHRISTOPHE deGLAPION SIEUR du MESNIL (gauches) ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ >was the normandy region french grand +ST. SCHOLASTIQUE PARISH+ >father of our marie laveau partner. ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ +GAUCHES = "LEFT"+ >our du mesnil is of course in champagne, not normandy... could the gauches refer to a map location left of champagne ? ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ +DEGRUY NEIGHBOR+ >the grandfather glapion settled in st. john parish and his son, christophe, +MARIE LAVEAU FATHER-IN-LAW+ (pere) married a lalande ferrier. >all french caucasion nobles< ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ +SYNCHRONISTICALLY+ >this lalande family intermarried w/ +LALANDE NOBILITY+ >my cavaroc grandmother's sister. (again all white caucasion) ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ +CREOLE VOUDOU FAMILY+ >and if this is not enough synchronicity, marie laveau's half sister, marie louise d'arcantel, married the gentleman +LOUIS FOUCHER+ >parents of the mulatto child< +EUGENE FOUCHER+ ^^^^^^^^^^^ +THE LINK W/ OUR FOUCHER+ +PLANTATION FAMILY+ >? (blood or slaves) ?< +STILL TO BE DETERMINED+ ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ gene ray, san diego, california