+KARMAS TOUCHING MESSAGE+ >allowed me to renew my memory and gain new insight as to the branch of verloin degruy that started life as descendents of francois verloin degruy of the pineland park >P L A N T A T I O N< (near madisonville) ****************** >both karma and david perrin ( who telephoned yesterday) descend from the francois verloin de >( SON OF THE ABOVE)< +gruy of the derby hat photo+ ***************************** +PENSMILL PLANTATION+ (originally 500 acres) >was his home in st. tammany parish and that was located near the con- junction of the tchefuncte & the (A COTTAGE REMAINS) >bogue falaya rivers but it is gone, sadly burned in a fire. ***************************** >( a caretaker by the name of john- john (pronounced jawn jawn in new orleanese) lived in the cottage for many years. ) ************************ >DAVID IS UNHAPPY WITH THE GATE BAR & WANTS IT REPLACED. (the ownership is unclear) ************************** +JAMES VERLOIN deGRUY+ >was the brother of the pensmill, derby hat photo (website photo) francois verloin degruy and was my grandmother,lucie verloin +degruy's father+. **************** +MADISONVILLE HOUSE+ >it was he who purchased the brick house in madisonville upon the death of his mother in 1865. (the house never found) ************************ +KARMA DESCENDS FROH THE FRANCOIS VERLOIN deGRUY (son of the pensmill degruy) >who went over to birmingham to work before settling in mobile. ******************************** >PLEASE WRITE ABOUT THAT BRANCH HISTORY KARMA. *************************** >david tells me the reason that my father was close to "frank" the papa of the "frank" who just (OUR SYMPATHY) >died was because they went to st. pauls col. in covington pre >1st world war<. ************** >APPARENTLY THEY WERE HELLIONS IN A VERY STRAIGHTLACED TOWN. ************************************ >i know my father was popular with the girls and i have photos of him in 1918 covington to prove it. ("KODAK" SHOTS TELLING) >my father did drive the 1st car in covington for a doctor. it took half a day to drive to mandeville considering all the "punctures" ****************** >DAVID ASKED ME ABOUT VERLOIN HISTORY AND I SHALL WRITE >ABOUT THAT SOON. ******************** >we discussed covington political boss jim burns and his wife lois who were good friends of my father & mother and were in some distant way re- lated to david through lois. **************************** >DAVID TELLS A FUNNY STORY OF LOIS CALLING HIM "OLD" & HE RESPONDED SAYING ( david still spirited) >THAT HE KNEW HER AS AN OLD LADY WHEN >HE WAS A BOY< *************** +david still drives despite a bad leg and was placing cemetary flowers for all saints day ************************* (rays buried st patricks cemetary) +WE DISCUSSED ST. PATRICKS CHURCH WHERE LUCIE VERLOIN deGRUY WAS >MARRIED TO EUGENE RAY (1st). ******************************** (+FAUBOURG SAULET+) >1st in new orleans< >it is synchronistic that the degruy saulet ancestors donated the land to build that church (>SMALL WORLD<) **************** gene ray, san diego, california (google) eugenerayart.com