Hi Degruy-L, I know that many of us on this list do not live in the Louisiana, Mississippi, Alabama & Florida areas. For those of you who do, our thoughts and prayers are you with as this storm approaches. Take care. Renee in St. Louis

Looking over the maps that Renee sent us, I realized the mistake in my information of a de Gruy plantation that included the Audubon Park area at one time. It jolted my memory. great maps!! So, let me correct that now. Remember that I had a computer crash and am in the midst of trying to retrieve the bulk of my genaelogy files. So I am going by handwritten notes and memory. I give my word I will be far more careful in reporting any story, making sure I have the correct facts before I send it out . . . Here is the corrected information: A de Gruy male married a female Foucher. (I am not positive of their names, and so will wait until I have the actual resource in front of me) After marriage they lived for some time on the Foucher Plantation that bordered Walnut Street on one side and Calhoun on the other, with a large section of river front. de Gruy was given or purchased an interest in the plantation and certainly worked it to some degree. So, it is correct to say that a de Gruy owned interest in the Foucher plantation, much of which today is Audubon Park. Therefore, as the primary owner of the Plantaton was, and remained Foucher, that is the name by which one will probably always find it. Notice the Fazende plantations on the other side of the river. Jacques Fazende is the patriarch of the Fazende line that married into the de Gruy family. He certainly had sons, brothers, perhaps. Anway, another little aside, another "allied" family. As to the F.V. de Gruy in St. Tammany Parish, the 1872 (post Civil War) Tax records showed he paid taxes on 94 acres near the Abita River. (found online, under the St. Tammany Parish, LA Genealogy, 1872 Tax List) Again, thanks for sharing the maps. Shelley

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