Yes, Melanie Gaudin was the second wife of Jean Baptiste deGruy. His first wife, Elizabeth (Isavel) Montault died November 20, 1811. Celine ----- Original Message ----- From: "Degruy List Admin" <degruylist@earthlink.net> To: <DEGRUY-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Saturday, September 04, 2004 4:47 AM Subject: Help with Jean Baptiste wife/wives > Thank you, Shelley. > Here's a great opportunity for Degruy-L to help straighten out records.... > I'm going to give you everything I have on Juan Bautista and Melanie > Gaudin.... I'm hoping everyone can tell me if this information is > accurate or not. Perhaps others can add info I don't have below and we > can take this opportunity to round out all we know about these folks. > Renee > > > I had Jean Baptiste DeGruy [son of Jean Baptiste De Gruy and Marie > Therese Aufrere] as being married to Melania Gaudin [m Dec. 21, 1818,] > I had three children for them, although there may have been more: > Melania Augustina, Juan Augusto and Julia Elodie. > > Under Melania Gaudin [the children's mother] I have these notes: > > Juan Butista [Antonio and Maria Theresa Offrer], native and resident of > this city, widower of Isavel Montault, m. Melania Gaudin, Dec. 21, 1818, > w. Juan Viler and Augusto Bourdes [SLC, M6, 225] > > [IS THIS RIGHT?] From New Orleans, Louisiana Death Records Index, > 1804-1949 > Name: Melanie Godin Degruy > Age: 72 yrs [birth 1781] > Death Date: 13 Feb 1853 > Color: W > Page: 505 > Volume: 13 > [note that my question Is This Right? indicates that this info needs to > be checked] > This is my question to Degruy-L.... Is this information correct? Did > Juan Baptiste marry Melania Gaudin after Elizabeth de Montault de > Mobnberaut? Help!] > > > Also, Under Jean Baptiste I have these notes: > Sacramental Records: "Jean Baptiste Valentin [Antoine Valentine, officer > of the naval troops in this colony, and Marie Therese Aufrere], b. March > 16, 1751, bn. March 8, 1751, s. Jean Baptiste Claude Bobe, Sieur > Descloseaux, royal councilor, naval pay commissioner at Mobile, and > Francoise Aufrere Pery [marginal note: died, Feb 28, 1838] [SLC, B2, > 212]"ANOSR VOL 2 1751-1771 > > ------"Degruys-Verloin [see Verloin Degruis] > Juan Butista [Antonio and Maria Theresa Offrer], native and resident of > this city, widower of Isavel Montault, m. Melania Gaudin, Dec. 21, 1818, > w. Juan Viler and Augusto Bourdes [SLC, M6, 225] > > From Mary Curry Pittman > 30 DeGruy, Jean Baptiste S 01/05/1839 1st > 04025623934861 54 2 02/28/1838 -- yes -- > B-000005 > Documents in French are in focus, sharp. English ones not so great. > Long docket.widow, Melonie Godin or Gaudin > minor children, Melanie Augustine 16, Jean Baptiste 13, Julie Elodie 12 > relatives; Pierre Verloin DeGruy, Joseph Volent Labarre, Boutte & Troudeau > See docket for James Devine at 000126 to 000129 mark at top of film. > > Louisiana, Jefferson Parish, Judicial District Court, Probate dockets. > 1825-1845 > Prepared by Rita Curry-Pittman, January 2004 > Dckt is Docket; Plaintiff is the deceased; the Defendant or Petitioner > filed the succession > JDC is Judicial District Court; LDS # is Latter Day Saints roll number. > JPL is Jefferson Parish Library one or two digit roll number; D. O. D. > is Date of Death. > Page refers to a printout provided by the court as an index. Copies are > available at J P East Bank Regional Library. > T = Type of docket, S = Succession, C = Civil suit, M = Misc., > I = Interdiction (to claim insane or unfit), E = Emancipation of a youth > or of a slave > The Cities of Lafayette, Carrollton & Jefferson, Faubourgs & part of > McDonoghville (Algiers) are now in New Orleans.Freetown was part of > McDonoghville. Part of McDonoghville and all of Mechanickham are now > part of Gretna.The "Town of Brooklyn" is now part of Gretna but there > were other west bank areas called Brooklyn without "town" mentioned. > END of roll B-000862 > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > > > Subject: > > RE: DeGruy ancestry found in France! > > From: > > "Shelley Dedman" <shelley@cei.net> > > Date: > > Fri, 3 Sep 2004 09:30:43 -0500 > > To: > > DEGRUY-L@rootsweb.com > > > > To: > > DEGRUY-L@rootsweb.com > > > > > >Hello - > > > >This is an answer to Ann's question about any info concerning the Aufrere > >family. > > > >I have found this passage in the book "A History of the Bouligny Family and > >Allied Families" by Fontaine Martin. It is in a chapter discussing the > >family of Elizabeth Virginie d'Hauterive. > > > > "Elizabeth de Montault de Monberaut, D'Hauterive's widow, became the wife > >on May 4, 1779, at St. Martin de Tours Church, at the Attakapas Post, of > >Jean Baptiste De Gruy, son of the senior Jean Baptiste De Gruy and his wife, > >Marie Therese Aufrere. They had one daughter, Marie Josephe, who died at > >age 11..." > > > >It goes on to say . . . "From his parents, (Jean Baptiste De Gruy and Marie > >Aufrere inherited) he inherited the property on the German Coast (now St. > >Charles Parish), where he was actively involved over the years in the > >purchase and sale of property and other transactions." > > > >Shelley > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > ============================== > Gain access to over two billion names including the new Immigration > Collection with an Ancestry.com free trial. Click to learn more. > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=4930&sourceid=1237 >