"SHIPS IN THE NIGHT" >little did i know during the decade that i lived and worked in covington's +SANSOUCI FOREST+ >that two of my closest friends there +GARIC (NIKKI) BARRANGER+ and +ROBIN LOBDELL BEEMAN+ >possessed ancestors who played vital roles in our history and/or were +FRENCH CREOLE COUSINS+ ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ +ANTOINE BOUDOUSQUIE+ >robin's ancestor was involved in land sales w/ jean baptiste valentin degruy of the barataria plantation toward the end of the 18th century. ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ +HE WAS ALSO THE KING'S PRINTER+ (the lobdells own some of his >original french documents<) ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ >later he owned a beautiful creole type st. charles parish plantation house "LES SOUVENIERS" (same as cavaroc house) ^^^^^^^^^^^^^ >that has been relocated and >preserved for posterity<. ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ +deGRUYS & BOUDOUSQUIES HAD+ +MUCH COLONIAL INVOLVEMENT+ ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ >(st. charles parish abstracts list five boudousquies and fourteen legal transactions in the 18-19 cent) ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ +VILLENEUVE DISCOVERY+ >(while researching this i discovered two of our villeneuve family descendents +ROBERT & JEAN+ +de LA VILLENEUVE+ >as st. charles parish land owners) ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ >(one can only wonder were degruys >and villeneuves "ships in the night") ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ +FRANCOIS SAUCIER+ and his son +DOCOTEAU SAUCIER+ >were very famous king's land surveyors +NEW ORLEANS, 18TH CENT+ >and ancestors of garic (nikki) barringer >in that docouteau's daughter +ARMENTINE SAUCIER+ married +FRANCOIS GARIC+ >grandson of the famous king's notary of the early eighteenth century nola. ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ +GARIC-SAUCIER+ >marriage interfaces with our< +DEGRUY-BACHEMIN+ >family down in plaquemine parish where +JUNGLE PLANTATIONS+ >the famous king's land grant after the +1760's KING FRANCOIS XV+ >death of antoine j. b. valentin verlon degruy was next to saucier land. ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ +GRANT SURVEYED BY SAUCIER+ +AND NOTARISED BY GARC+ (a common daily activity) ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ +DEGRUY @ FRENCH COURT+ >note : this land grant reminds us of the long degruy history at varsailles that +KNIGHTS OF ST. LOUIS+ >goes back to king/saint louis and +KNIGHTS TEMPLARS+ >melds w/ the crusades history<. ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ >BOBE DESCLOSEAU, ANTOINE'S & SAUCIERS GREAT FRIEND (illinois ordinateur) +PROBABLY INTERCEEDED+ ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ >descloseau reported saucier's death to the french government and +PROBABLY ANTOINES+ ^^^^^^^^^^^^^ >NOAILLES AND MONBERAUD, HIS (noailles his commander) 1738 SHIP COMRADS, ALSO MAY >military versailles weight< +HAVE INTERCEEDED IN 1759+ ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ +SAUCIER TALENTED, BUT...+ >note: vaudreuil the governor tried very hard to secure promotion for the elder saucier but alas he had +NO INFLUENCE AT COURT+ ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ +even though fort chartres+ >design and construction< + WAS CLEARLY HIS BABY+ ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ >it is significant to us that saucier, pere, left the education of his son, jean, +TO OUR OWN DESTREHAN+ (royal treasurer, nola) +WHO SENT HIM TO PARIS+ >he never saw his father alive, again<. ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ +VAUDREUIL POLITICS+ >vaudreuil was not entirely fair to the >elder saucier, politically, but he +SELF MADE MAN+ >recieved a kind letter from >saucier when he retired<. ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ +SAUCIER ONLY FINALLY RECIEVED+ >the british thought his fort >the best in n. america< +ONE HALF OF HIS PROMOTION+ ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ +ROY-SAUCIER LINK TO +deGRUY & CAVAROC+ ^^^^^^^^^^^^ >it is relevent to both degruy & cavaroc >history that julien roy moved his +1775-1780+ >family from mobile to illinois< >to found early st.louis family< ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ +JULIEN ROY (sr.) & MARIE BARBIE+ (francois sauciers early fort) +SAUCIER were parents IN MOBILE+ ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ gene ray, san diego, california