>note: to answer the question : >HOW DO I FIT IN ? +eugene ray>randolph ray>lucie verloin degruy ray> james verloin degruy> francois verloin degruy> francois joseph verloin degruy etc,etc, (i've done this before) ***************************** +FRANCOIS JOSEPH VERLOIN deGRUY+ 1781-1840 (my grt., grt., grnd fthr) husband of +MARIE ELOISE SAULET deGRUY+ ******************************** must have known +PRINCE ACHILLE MURAT+ (napoleon's nephew) >husband of +ARMANTINE MERCIER MURAT+ (descendent of geo. washington) ********************************* (exotic & famed persona) >VERY WELL FROM 1835 WHEN HE MOVED INTO 919 ESPLANADE. (degruy townhouse nearby) *************************** +FRENCH CREOLE ENCLAVE+ >degruy was one of the 2 most active & successful sugar planters along the great river. destrehan his creole relative was the other. ****************************** +PIERRE SOULE+ >the great legislator who wanted to +annex cuba to the u.s. had sold 919 esplanade to achille murat. ******************************** >SOULE MUST HAVE KNOWN +JOHN RAY+ (my fthr's grnd fthr) >BOTH OPPOSED SUCCESSION OF LOUISIANA DURING CIVIL WAR. >soule would escape from in- carceration in prison as a result of his politics. ******************** >+JOHN RAY LIVED WITH HIS WIFE +CATHERINE deBRESSE RAY+ (de savoy connection) >ON ESPLANADE @ ROYAL ST. (approx 1855 - 1870) ********************* (degruy st.anne st. townhouse) >HER deSAVOY HERITAGE SHOULD HAVE MADE HER A FRIEND OF (degruy/debresse tie) >THE deGRUY FAMILY IN THE INTIMATE CREOLE WORLD. *************************** +RAY WAS A LEGISLATOR+ >the louisiana state legislature met in those years in new orleans in the old st. louis hotel where the royal orleans is now. ************************* (common family venue) >ANTOINE'S RESTARAUNT NEARBY WITH ITS ROY FAMILY TIE WAS THE FAVORITE DINING VENUE. ******************************* >my cavaroc ancestors with their (chas, cavaroc's mother >was a de roy ) >royal st. townhouse next to the st. louis hotel were related to the family..... ********************** >+deROY, AS OF COURSE WAS THE deGRUY FAMILY, BACK @ PRE-REVOLUTIONARY +V E R S A I L L E S+ ***************** >SYNCHRONICITY< ***************** +RAY,-deBRESSE-deGRUYERE >via de SAVOY @ turin ********************** >important discovery< >THE DUKES de SAVOY HAD A PALACE >(in addition to turin) >AT NICE (VILLEFRANCHE) WHEN THE FRENCH RIVIERA WAS AN ITALIAN POSESSION. ( liguria region ) ************** >S U M M E R Y< >this explains the deBRESSE presence in the NICE/VILLEFRANCHE region. *********************************** >THE LOCUS OF THE ANCESTORS of +CATHERINE deBRESSE RAY+ (descended dukes desavoy) >THUS VERLOIN deGRUY RELATED< ( via counts degruyere ) ********************** to be continued.... gene ray, san diego, california (google) eugenerayart.com