Wow... this list has been quiet for a long time. Anybody out there???? Here are some entries from the Family History 1880 Census. My question is.... did the NO De Gruys have an Alabama connection? 28. Oscar DE GRUY <http://www.familysearch.org/Eng/Search/census/individual_record.asp?INDI_CODE=1880US%5F11726282%5F0&lds=5&region=0&regionfriendly=&juris1=&juris2=&juris3=&juris4=&regionfriendly=&juris1friendly=&juris2friendly=&juris3friendly=&juris4friendly=> - 1880 United States Census / Alabama Self Gender: Male Birth: <1842> LA 29. Joseph DE GRUY <http://www.familysearch.org/Eng/Search/census/individual_record.asp?INDI_CODE=1880US%5F11726282%5F1&lds=5&region=0&regionfriendly=&juris1=&juris2=&juris3=&juris4=&regionfriendly=&juris1friendly=&juris2friendly=&juris3friendly=&juris4friendly=> - 1880 United States Census / Alabama Brother Gender: Male Birth: <1850> LA 30. Margaret DE GRUY <http://www.familysearch.org/Eng/Search/census/individual_record.asp?INDI_CODE=1880US%5F11726282%5F2&lds=5&region=0&regionfriendly=&juris1=&juris2=&juris3=&juris4=&regionfriendly=&juris1friendly=&juris2friendly=&juris3friendly=&juris4friendly=> - 1880 United States Census / Alabama SisterL Gender: Female Birth: <1859> AL 31. Evalina DE GRUY <http://www.familysearch.org/Eng/Search/census/individual_record.asp?INDI_CODE=1880US%5F11726282%5F3&lds=5&region=0&regionfriendly=&juris1=&juris2=&juris3=&juris4=&regionfriendly=&juris1friendly=&juris2friendly=&juris3friendly=&juris4friendly=> - 1880 United States Census / Alabama Niece Gender: Female Birth: <1878> AL 32. John DE GRUY <http://www.familysearch.org/Eng/Search/census/individual_record.asp?INDI_CODE=1880US%5F11726282%5F4&lds=5&region=0&regionfriendly=&juris1=&juris2=&juris3=&juris4=&regionfriendly=&juris1friendly=&juris2friendly=&juris3friendly=&juris4friendly=> - 1880 United States Census / Alabama Nephew Gender: Male Birth: <1880> AL My next question is.... could that Evalina be Julie Eveline Boutté DeGruy who was married to Pedro Huxelle DeGruy before he married my GG Grandmother, Marie Cecelia Cunningham? I haven't been able to find Julie's death date in the actual records. I have found it in various individual's research. oh oh... just noticed the date below... so that Evalina can't be the same. 41. Julia Evelina Boutte, born 15 May 1823 in New Orleans, LA; died 28 February 1862. She was the daughter of Francois Thisapherne Boutte and 83. Marie Eulalie St Pé. I'm also curious to find the names of Julie and Pedro's children. I'd really like to know how long it was after Julie's death that Pedro married Marie Cecelia. I suspect that both Pedro and Marie brought children to their marriage and may have had only one child together: Albert Joseph, my Great Grandfather.... But I haven't been able to "prove" this yet. Nor have I been able to find out what happened to Marie Cecelia's previous husband, Paul A. Brandon. He had a less than distinguished military career... think he was dishonorably discharged....and then he just disappears. [But I think he has a DeGruy connection!] Can't tell if he died or moved away.... or if he and Marie were divorced. I actually have a long line of thought around all of these circumstances. I'm writing it up as a kind of essay or narrative, including a time line. I'd run it by you all, but I'm afraid I'd bore you out of your skulls. It does involved a lot of sleuthing and deductions. I guess I could submit it and then leave it up to you to delete it. If nothing else you'd see how very hard I'm working on this!!! Well... just letting you know that I'm still alive. Hope you all are too! Renee