+THANKS CELINE+ >in regard to the cavaroc photos i am sending them to jeanne cavaroc ryan who shall be able to copy them and perhaps we shall also >have restoration< ^^^^^^^^^^ +AS YOU SO KINDLY SUGGESTED+ (especially of selected ones) ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ >we shall ask thnoc for their help< ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ +ANTOINE's APPEARANCE+ >in regard to antoine's appearance it is most likely that he possessed the brunette romand appearance rather like the portrait of ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ +FRANCOIS VERLOIN deGRUY+ ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ >and also the portrait of +PIERRE duMAGNY deGRUY+ (sometimes dumani etc) ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ +SEEN IN THE PRESBETERRE+ >la. state museum< +ON JACKSON SQUARE+ ^^^^^^^^^^^^^ >+BASED ON THIS RATIONALE+< ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ +VERGY BURGUNDY BLONDE+ >although there was a strain of the vergy burgundy blond nobility +LAST GRUYERE COUNT+ >in michael degruyere via his mother >this was unusual< ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ +CURLEY DARK BROWN HAIR+ >was what i saw on the portraits of the typical gruyere counts hanging in the +GRUYERE SWISS CASTLE+ (two fieldtrips there) ^^^^^^^^^^^^ +VERY LIKE THE LOUISIANA CREOLE+ +deGRUY PAINTED PORTRAITS+ ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ +THERE ARE EXCEPTIONS+ >(the males of my ray/degruy family all have this brunette look but >my children have a blond >cast from their mother<) ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ +CONCLUSION+ >antoine probably possessed the typical louisiana creole romand brunette +CLASSIC LATIN-FRENCH+ >look of most of his descendents< ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ +deGRUY-deGRUISE+ >although, as we know, there are many variations of spelling our degruy family name all evidence points +TO THE GRUY(ERE) SOURCE+ ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ >thus verloin-degruy or degruy-verloin< +HOLDS THE GREATEST WEIGHT+ ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ >with the house of guise always to be >available to cause confusion< ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ >(which may be how the degruise variation developed to begin with) ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ >THE GUISE (& GUISH) FAMILY DID (crown land grants) >OWN LOUISIANA PROPERTY< >in the early colonial days< ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ >(lets not forget that fascinating pesona.... one >guise degruy< ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ +FOR ANOTHER VARIATION+ >(on st. john parish legal documents pierre dumagny (dumani) degruy incorporated the two dots >over the final letter<) ^^^^^^^^^^^ +VERLOIN deGRUY SUGAR MILL+ >c.c. robin's account of the verloin degruy +DOMED SUGAR MILL+ >may suffer from this gruy-guise mixup after all the guise family in france were extremely powerful with +STRONG REGAL LINKAGE+ ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ +DOME AT LE HALLE+ >(note: i wrote an in depth piece on the +VERLOIN deGRUY DOME+ >link between the dome in paris and +JEFFERSON DOME+ >the degruy and montecello domes) ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ >search rootsweb archive< ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ +DOMES WERE JEWELS OF+ +MASONIC DESIGN+ ^^^^^^^^^^ gene ray, san diego, california