-----Original Message----- From: Eugene Ray Sent: Monday, July 26, 2010 8:51 AM To: degruy@rootsweb.com Cc: eamcray@webtv.net Subject: >FRENCH MEN & FRENCH WAYS IN THE MISSISSIPPI VALLEY/1969 edited by john francis mcdermott AUFREE-PERRY SHIPPING activity that may have had privateering / SAINT TAMMANY PARISH history valuable book / judge steve ellis DAGOBERT MEROVINGIAN blood clever legal maneuvers /aufrere- perry cause their court invitation +COLONIAL SUPERIOR COUNCIL+ > "FRENCH MEN AND FRENCH WAYS IN THE MISSISSIPPI VALLEY" >univ. of illinois press, 1969< ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ >edited by john francis macdermott was retrieved from storage and +AN EARLY FAVORITE+ >provided saucier data and also... ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ +ANTOINE AUFRERE & GERARD PER(R)Y+ >information causing me to reread DEGRUY ROOTSWEB ARCHIVE JAN. 13th & OCT. 4th, 2007 >my previous messages about those ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ +TWO VITAL HISTORICAL PERSONA+ so important to our heritage ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ +THE SUPEROR COUNCIL+ +IN COLONIAL LOUISIANA+ by james d. hardy, jr ^^^^^^^^^^^^ >is an essay in the macdermott book that outlines how antoine aufrere and gerard +A.J.B.V. deGRUY INLAWS+ >perry his son in law were hired to act +EXPERIENCED LITIGENTS+ >in behalf of a mrs amyault's litigation +SUPERIOR COUNCIL, 1744+ >re. the estate of r. d'ausseville. (her deceased husband) ^^^^^^^^^^^^^ +O V E R V I E W+ >aufrere and perry were not lawyers but the year before had avoided losing many assets by transferring the +READ MY MESSAGES+ >dowry of francoise aufrere >back to the aufrere family<. ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ >(I DID NOT REALISE THIS COLLUSION >a shrewd legal maneuver< >WHEN I WROTE ABOUT THIS EARLIER<) ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ +AUFRERE-PERRY WEALTH+ >both aufrere and perry owned ships +SHADES OF LAFITTE, LATER+ >& warehouses for transatlantic trade but unlike lafitte were legal in their >international trade operation<. ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ +SPANISH LOSSES+ >apparently gerard perry suffered some serious losses trading in spain that >caused a suit by m. voisin (please +FRANCE-NOLA LINK+ >note) and others for nola losses ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ >gerard perry described that he never +LEGAL SEPERATION BUT+ >physically seperated from francoise +NOT PHYSICAL+ >aufrere but he did fail to build the first capuchin school... ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ +THAT FATHER DAGOBERT HEADED+ >like perry, dagobert is a name< >vital to our french history< (merovingian blood) +IN NEW ORLEANS IN 1751+ ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ >ANTOINE JEAN BAPTISTE VALENTIN VERLOIN deGRUY MARRIED INTO +marie therese aufrere+ +THIS FAMILY SOON AFTERWARD+ ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ >in his early 20s, the perry link back home and the aufrere wealth >were assets to this event<. ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ +"SAINT TAMMANY PARISH"+ +l'AUTRE COTE du LAC+ (other side of the lake) ^^^^^^^^^^^^^ +INTERNET AVAILABLE HISTORY+ >by my old friend, judge steve ellis, is a very well researched history of the north shore that describes the... ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ +SAINT TAMMANY "PLANTATION"+ >of the aufrere/perry amalgamated and allied business interest family with >some factors to reflect on<. ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ 1) +WAS THIS LOCATION MADE TO+ (illicit goods import) +HIDE THEIR SHIP ACTIVITY+ ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ 2) +WAS THIS THE FIRST DEGRUY+ (madisonviille region) +RELATED ST. TAMMANY LOCUS+ ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ >privateering was a semi-acceptable means of income in colonial nola. ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ +MANY DEGRUY RELATED PEOPLE+ >WERE NOT< +ABOVE THIS 18TH C. ACTIVITY+ ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ ?>was aufrere/perry the first<? ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ gene ray, san diego, california