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 > > > > > >