Good Morning, Thanks to one of our "official genealogy angels," Carolyn Tregre, we now have an assortment of photocopied obits. I will list the names of the Degruys involved and if anyone has a specific interest in any of these, I'll type out the entire obit for you. Just let me know. Henry De Gruy, 48 years, died on July 14, 1876; families of Delvaille, Planchard, Charles J. Carriere, Delpeach and Treloar are invited; lived at 419 Craps street [or Burgundy] Leonide St. Amant, wife of J. C. Degruy, 58 years, died January 25, 1882, lived at 311 Elysian Fields Joseph Camile Degruy, 59 years, June 24? [can't read microfilm is black], 1883, resided at 212 Erato between Carondelet and Baronne. Forno [Marie Zelina Degruy], 77 years, died Sept 13, 1896. Her son J. L. Forno lived at 1812 Baronne St. Lucien Florestan De Gruy, died Tuesday, May 15, 1894, age 72 years, resided at 207 Berlin Street. Louise Delvaille, widow of Henri De Gruy, 74 years, died on Friday, July 25, 1913. Sons-in-law: Leon J. Ferrandou, A. C. St. Marc,; her daughter: Mrs. Adele Cassard; resided at 1007 Milan near Camp. Pierre Degruise, 71 years, died March 29, 1964 Henry O. Degruy, 69 years, died March 9, 1972, native of Crowley and Gretna. husband of Myrtle Strandvik; father of Henry O Degruy Jr of Wake forest, N. Carolina; Randall T. Degruy; Mrs Joseph Lopinto, Mrs. T. Tidey; brother of Mrs. Perie Mackie, Miss Gussie Degruy, Mrs. Joseph Sbisa, Mrs. Randall Kendrick and the late Mrs. Ralph Waters; son of Louise Chevis and Ernest Jules Degruy. There was a separate longer article on him in the regular secion of Picayune Carolyn also photocopied a couple of pages from New Orleans Marriage Cotnracts 1804-1820 by Charles Rene Maduell, Jr.: Page 15: 58. a. Joseph Zenn Toudeau b. Celeste Clely Saint Pre a. of Faub., St. Marie and son of Jean Louis Toudeau (dec.) and Felicite Villard b. Dau. of Pierre St. Pre and Ortense Verloin Degruy Apr. 3, 1815, Vol. 69, pg. 509 Page 30 115. a. Jean Baptiste Degruy b. Melanie Godin a. is widower of Elisabeth Monbereau (dec). and son of Jean Baptiste Leploin Degruy (dec.) and Marie Offrer (dec.) b. dau. Paul Godin and Felicite L'Epine Dec. 21, 1818, Vol.1, pg 504. I have checked out from the library right now Maduell's books on Marriages and Family Relationships from 1820-1830 and 1830-1840. I can't give you all of these but here are a couple of interesting ones... F. A. Mar 27, 1824 DON [donation] 2:195 m Thomas Saulet acting for his dec.wife Marie Therese Perie to Marie Azelie Saulet wife of Louis F ortier Marie Heloise Saulet wife of Joseph Verloin Degary Marie Melicent Saulet wife of Antoise Foucher Francois Saulet wife of Balthazard Saulet Joseph Verloin Saulet Antoine Foucher Louis Fouche (Foucher?) Francois Saulet Balthazard Saulet pages 2:190, 2:195 F. A. Mar 26, 1824 DON 2:195 m Augche Saulet to Louis Fouchier (Foucher?) Marie Heloise Saulet wife of Antoine Joseph Verlome Degruy Marie Melicente Saulet wife of Antoine Foucher Franfois Saulet Balthazard Saulet Elizabeth Saulet wid of Lafon F. A. Mar 26, 1824 DON 2:195 f Azelie Saulet, wife of Louis Foucher Marie Heloise Saulet, wife of Joseph Verloin Degury Marie Melicent Saulet, wife of Antoine Foucher Francois Saulet Balthazard Saulet to Etienne Guitran Valentine Guitran Ciprien Guitran F. A. Nov 29, 1837 DON 4:430, 331 1. Marie Azelie Saulet, widow of Louis Foucher to Henry :Zebal, Ernest Zebal, Louis Zebal and his wife Mathilde Maitrejean marriages and family relationships 1830-1840 H. L. June 20, 1824 MAR 2:207 m William Auguste Claiborne Farragut f Elizabeth Delphine de St. Pe dau leg Pierre St Pe dec. & Marie Hortense Verloin Degruy And there are other affiliated names in these books... in the 1820-1830 St. Amant, Zeringue, Bachemin, Lessard, Fazende, Gaienne, etc. -------------------- In 1830-1840 L.F. Mar 18, 1835 MAR 4:76, 77 1. Verloin Degruy 2. Felicie Foucher 1 is of Jefferson Par. Louisiana L.F. Apr 15, 1837 MAR 4:284, 285 1. Joseph Theophile Verloin de Gruy 2. Josephine Anais Foucher 1 is leg son of Josephe Verloin de Gruy and Marie Heloise Saulet 2 is leg dau of Antoine Foucher and Marie Melicente Saulet V. F. Nov 19, 1838 DON 4:457- 458 1. Marie Azelie Saulet wid of Louis Foucher 2. Marie Heloise Saulet divorced from Joseph Verloin Degray V.F. Dec 15, 1838 MAR 4:460, 461 1. Paul Emile Verloin DeGruy 2. Elizabeth Foucher 1 is leg son of Joseph Verloin DeGruy and Marie Heloise Saulet 2 is leg dau of Antone Foucher [dec] and Marie Melicente Saulet [dec] mar authorized by Francois Saulet 3. Balthazard Saulet 4. Francois Saulet to Antoine Blanc mentions their mother Thereze Perie who is wid of Thomas Saulet (dec) mentions heirs to Melicente Foucher wife of Antoine Foucher, listing these as [cont'd from P. 153] Felicite, Anais, Azelia, Elise, Joseph, and Denis [Foucher] mentions Louis Foucher F. A. Aug 31, 1839 DON 4:540 1. MARIE AZELIE SAULET WID OF LOUIS FOUCHER TO FRANCOIS VERLOIN DEGRUY