Well, you haven't heard from me in a while and you'll be gettin slim pickins until the first of November when the first part of my "other" work will have ended.... But... today in the mail... it was Christmas.... genealogical gifts from David Perrin......and I want to share..... So, I'll type in a little info and you can create a folder for Antoine Valentine and Marie Therese.... As I send entries, you can separate out these various entries into different folders. Eventually when we get a web site, we'll transfer everything there. As I send this material, if you have discrepancies please let me know and give me what you have and I'll note your comments. PS... anyone know what the correct term for the accent over a y.... which is 2 dots.... I thought that was an umlaut.... but over a Y? That might be Swiss.... anyway for now, it will just be "two dots" Renee ---------------------- The following was compiled by Thelma Coignard and comes from David Perrin. Partially typed; partially handwritten on an Everton Family Group Sheet . Information on this sheet obtained from: St. Louis Cemt. Records; Pastor of St. Christopher's Church; St. Louis Cathedral Baptismal Records. Book #2-P.212; Bapt. Book III - P. 83. Note that [Jean Baptiste] before the name Antoine Valentine De Gruys Verloin has been scratched out as "wrong" Following is corrected version: Antoine Valentine de Gruys Verloin, Lord Dumenmil Fouchard [in another place: Antoine Valentin De Gruys (with two dots over the 'y') Verloin [Husband of Marie Therese Aufrere] Officer of the Troups of the Navy of this Colony Died: between July-September 1759 Where: Kaskasi, Ill. When Married: 1745 at Kaskaskia at Fort Chartres Where: St. Louis Cathedral? Wife's Maiden Name: Marie Therese Aufrere Christened: December 29, 1728 Where: St. Louis Cathedral, N.O. Died: June 1774 Where: St. Charles Parish Other Husband: De La Croix Feb 1760 at Ill. Her Father: Antoine Aufrere Her Mother's Maiden Name: Mathurine Guillemet Children: Marie Francoise Hyacinte [Hiacinte]; Born: ca. 1748?; Married to Antoine Boutte on 12 July 1778; Died 21 January 1796; Buried in NOLA Jean Baptiste; Baptized: 8 May 1752; First Wife: Helisabet de Mombereauet [hard to read writing] [I have Elizabeth de Montault de Monberaut D'Hauterive in other records] on 21 Apr 1818; 2nd wife was Melanie Gaudin; Jean Baptiste died 28 Feb 1838; buried NOLA Joseph Verloin; Baptized 8 March 1752; born in St. Charles Parish; married to Mariann Couturier; died 23 January 1830; Buried New Orleans; St. Louis Cemetery #2; Wall vault at bottom under the earth. Pierre Dumenil [scratched out Pedro Dumenil, with words Spanish Pierre inserted]; Born 3 September 1757; Baptized 15 September 1757; Died 27 September 1813 in New Orleans Marie Therese; born about 1746 in Ill; married to Francois Cezar Boutte; married 12 July 1778; died 1827 in St. Mary's Parish La. Antoine Dufouchard [ Dufossat in some records] born 1755 in Ill. at Fort Chartres; married to Henriette Marafret {Maraffret?} Layssard {Laissard} on 23 April 1783. St. Martin of Tours church (Hyacinte and Marie Therese double wedding with 2 Boutte men) [my notes say: St. Martin de Tours Church, at the Attakapas Post] ----------------------- Following is Renee's note [not on Coignard sheet] along with marginal notes from David Perrin On a photocopy of an entry from the Book: The Village of Chartres in Colonial, Ill 1720-1765, David Perrin has noted that the title that appears is correct. This reads [not in its entirety]: "K-177a [H717] Was present Mr. Antoine Valentin Degruyverloin, Lord Dumenil Fouchard, Ecuyer de la Folie, officier of a company of infantry of the detachment of the Marine garrisoned in Illinois, residing in this town of Kaskaskia, parish of the Immaculate Conception....." David notes that "He signed his name: De Gruysverloin [with the two dots over the 'y']" David notes that he got this photocopy from the HNOC on Royal Street in New Orleans. David notes that: "He [Antoine] was a duc in France." Another note says that: "Duc de la Folie is a high title in France. His father was also a duc + as his mother was a Marquis"