+S Y N C H R O N I C I T Y+ >remember in "dinner at antoines" there is a AMALIE LALANDE and (my earlier account) >there is a leroy/cavaroc tie to ANTOINES restaurant. ************************* +COUNT HENRI de LALANDE+ (the lost bordeaux family) ************************** +WE RECORD EVERYTHING+ >much of my childhood was spent in a household where parisian french +WAS MUSIC TO MY EARS+ >sadly they wanted me"more american" so english was my >ONLY LANGUAGE< ****************** >nevertheless FAMILY NAMES lodged (cavaroc) in my consciousness ****************************** +LAMOTHE, LALANDE, LANUSSE LELONG, VIOSCA, PITOT, ************************* +CREOLE BEAUTIES+ (memere had 11 siblings) >were the names i heard of some of the families my grandmothers (ROYAL ST. TOWNHOUSE) >sisters married into from the chalmette plantation. ************************** +PIERRE CHARLES CAVAROC THE SON OF A CAVAROC/leROY HOUSEHOLD with bordeaux heritage was my grandmother's creole father. ****************************** >IMPORTING BORDEAUX WINES WAS THE IMPETUS FOR THE CAVAROC'S annual travel to the bordeaux - medoc region where the great... ******************************** +LALANDE /PICHON+- +LONGEVILLE+ >wines were much sought after and still are to this very day. ***************************** +A CREOLE ROMANCE+ ( memere's beautiful sister) >THE CAVAROC/LALANDE ROMANCE AWAITS A francis park. keyes ******************* +COUNT HENRI deLALANDE'S FAMILY has a remarkable history dating TO HEROISM @ AGINCOURT ***************************** (marianne and i drove through the village of lalande (next to cadillac) n. east of bordeaux last year.) ***************************** >THE NEW ORLEANS BRANCH OF THE de LA LANDE FAMILY IS OUTLINED IN THE BOOK... ************************* +OLD LOUISIANA FAMILIES+ (arthur and de kernion) ++++++++++++++ >(COTTON WEALTH)< the classic new orleans story >includes one "eccentric" daughter (1ST. W.W., 1916) >and her london adventure. *************************** +deGRUY/LALANDE HISTORY+ >connection to the degruy/lalande history is uncertain @ this point. ********************************* ( h o w e v e r ) >A COLONIAL DOCUMENT IS SIGNED lalande, guillemot, aufrere and DEGRUYVERLOIN ***************** >JEAN BAPTISTE LALANDE AT (guillemot dit lalande) +CHARTRES VILLAGE+. ******************** gene ray, san diego, california