Greetings: This is an update on the project mentioned previously to collect copies of as many Degruy records [primary data] as possible. I am going to list the "documents" I have to date.... I will list subsequently others as they are received from you or obtained through research. RECORDS IN POSSESSION: MARIE THÉRÈSE AUFRÈRE, BAPTISM, SLC 29 DEC 1728 SLC [two versions, one on lined paper [page 259] in French, the other in English, an extract from the SLC JEAN BAPTISTE VALENTIN DEGRUY, BAPTISM, SLC 16 MAR 1751 Parrain: Jean Baptiste Claude Bobe Sieur Descloseaux Counsellor for the King, Commissioner of the Treasury of the Marines at Mobile Marraine: Dame Françoise Aufrere Record mentions that he died 28 Feb 1838 [Extract from baptismal register of SLC, certified direct translation from the French; Also have a xerox copy of the original entry in French from Book II Page 212] PIERRE DEGRUYSE child of Antoine & Marie Therese) 15 SEP 1757 SLC, BORN 13 SEPT 1757 Parrain: Mr. De Chaber, Captain of Troops Marraine: Charlotte de Lalandes [Have 3 versions: extract from baptismal register of SLC; and xerox of original entry in French from Book of Baptisms III 1753-15, page 83; ALSO AN EARLIER EXTRACT FROM ST. LOUIS BASILICA ARCHIVES] JOSEPH DUSSAULT DE LA CROIX, BIRTH & BAPTISM 17 NOV 1760 [Have the extract in a Book listing the parish registers of churches in Kaskaskia areas; this one being Immaculate Conception of Our Lady in Kaskaskia, Illinois], along with a microfilm copy of the original entry in French] DUSSAULT DE LA CROIX & MARIE THÉRÈSE AUFRÈRE, MARRIAGE IMMACULATE CONCEPTION IN KASKASKIA 18 FEB 1760 [2 versions, one abstracted in book, the other microfilm of French entry in Kaskaskia records] ANTOINE AUFRERE, INTERMENT, SLC (child of Antoine & Marie Therese) IMMACULATE CONCEPTION IN KASKASKIA 11 ? 1775 record mentions Hyacinte De Gruy as marraine [copied from interment register of SLC JEAN BAPTISTE & ELISABET MOUTEU DE MOMBREAULT, MARRIAGE, ST. MARTIN COURT HOUSE 4 MAY 1779 [from the original acts, Book 1 No 23 Page 127 JOSEPH DE GRUY COUTURIER & MARIE LOUISE SAULET Y PERY, MARRIAGE REGISTER 16 OCT 1800 SLC Note says he died Aug 19, 1840. He is a native of the Parish of St. Charles on the First German Coast, Des Allemands. [Transcript of the Act #514, Marriage Register, SLC.] PEDRO VERLOIN DEGRUYS [SON OF JOSEPH VERLOIN DEGRUYS & MARIANA COUTURIER) AND AZELIA ST. AMAND (DAUGHTER OF MIGUEL ST. AMAND & FRANCISCA ZERINGUE) WERE LAWFULLY MARRIED ON THE 9TH OF MARCH 1816, SLC, MARRIAGE BK 3 [1803-1821] , PAGE 169B ACT 562 WITNESSES: JUAN PHELIPE BOUTETT & ALEXANDRO ST. AMAND & JOSEPH VERLOIN DEGRUYS, PEDRO DEGURYS VERLOIN ET ST. AMAND CHILD OF PEDRO DEGRUYS VERLOIN & ASELIA ST. AMAND BORN ON 12TH OF MARCH 1817 AT [NOT STATED] BAPTIZED ON THE 26TH OF JANUARY 1818 AT SLC SPONSORS: JOSEPH VERLOIN "EL JOVEN" & CESARIA ST. AMAND BAPTISM BK 8 [1815-1818], PAGE 145, ACT #884 PATERNAL GRANDPARENTS: JOSEPH VERLOIN DEGRUYS & MARIANA COUTURIER MATERNAL GRANDPARENTS: MIGUEL ST. AMAND & FRANCISCA ZERINGUE FELICITE VERLOIN DE GROUEY ET SAULET (CALLED ESTELLE) BAPTISM 15 MAY 1820, BORN 9 MAY 1820 SLC PARRAIN: ANTOINE FOUCHER, JR MARRAINE: MLLE. FELICITE FOUCHER, (SISTER TO MARIE HELOISE SAULET DE GRUY, FELICITE MELICERTE SAULET FOUCHER) JOSEPH VERLOIN DEGRUYS, INTERMENT (husband of Marianne Couturier) 23 JAN 1830 SLC Book of Funerals 104 #677 JOSEPH VERLOIN DEGRUY, INTERMENT RECORD (husband of Marie Louise Saulet, #1530 19 AUGUST 1840 P. H. DEGRUY AND MRS. P. BRANDON [WIDOW] MARRIAGE CERTIFICATE [JUSTICE OF PEACE] 11 MAY 1867 (Note: it has yet to be determined if this is Pierre Henry Degruy or Pierre Huxelle Degruy, or if they are both the same person] EMILE VERLOIN DEGRUY, DEATH RECORD 17 NOV 1868 Native of Louisiana aged fifty-two years. Was living on Burgundy street between Hospital and Ursulines streets. ALBERT JOSEPH DEGRUY [CHILD OF PIERRE DEGRUY & MARIE CECILIA CUNIGHAM (CUNNINGHAM)], BORN ON THE 30 APRIL 1870 AT NOT STATED BAPTIZED ON THE 4TH OF AUGUST 1870 AT ST. AUGUSTINE CHURCH SPONSORS: MANUEL JOSEPH TRANEIHEAD [? CAN'T READ] & EMMA LUNA BAPTISM BK 4 [1863-1871], PAGE 311 (following difficult to read -- could use some help with this one. Who is this? Can't read.) DEATH CERTIFICATE MRS. MICHAEL ST. AMAND ???? ??? [page cut off.... can't tell what she is in relation to: VERLOIN DE GRUY, A NATIVE OF LOUISIANA, AGED EIGHTY-EIGHT YEARS, DIED... MAY 14, 1873... IN GRETNA. SIGNED [CANT READ LOOKS LIKE JLE DE GRUY] AZELIE DE GRUY DEATH CERTIFICATE A NATIVE OF NEW ORLEANS, AGED SEVENTY-FIVE YEARS... DIED ON 15 APRIL 1874 AT NO. 266, MELPONENE STREET IN THIS CITY [MALARIAL FEVER] PIERRE HUXELLE DE GRUY, DEATH CERTIFICATE 11 SEPT 1883 Notes that he died of Malarial Fever, was married and a clerk by occupation ALBERT DE GRUY [SON OF HENRY DEGRUY & MARY CUNNINGHAM} AND MARY RUTH [DAUGHTER OF JOHN RUTH AND PAULINE HERZOG] WERE MARRIED 12TH OF JUNE 1889, IN PRESENT OF H. L. PUF... [ILLEGIBLE] [BUFIELD?] AND MRS. H. L. BUFIELD [?] MARRIAGE REGISTER OF ST. JOHN THE BAPTIST CHURCH, DRYADES ST. MARRIAGE BOOK 4, PART 1, 1882-1900, PAGE 87, ACT ? IDA JOSEPHINE DE GRUY BIRTH CERTIFICATE [LAWFUL ISSUE OF ALBERT DE GRUY AND DEPONENT (MARY DE GRUY] 22 AUGUST 1890 ALBERT JOSEPH DEGRUY BIRTH CERTIFICATE 27 SEPTEMBER 1891 [LAWFUL ISSUE OF ALBERT DE GRUY AND DEPONENT, MARY DE GRUY BORN RUTH] LOUISA JOSEPHINE DEGRUY BIRTH CERTIFICATE 16 OCT 1894 [LAWFUL ISSUE OF ALBERT DEGRUY AND THE DEPONENT [MARY DEGRUY BORN RUTH] ALBERT DE GRUY DEATH CERTIFICATE 23 OCT 1896 PNEUMONIA DECEASED WAS MARRIED, A LABORER MARRIAGE FRANK F. HOTARD [SON OF NOE HOTARD AND MARIE GAZANO] AND LOUISE DE GRUY [DAUGHTER OF ALBERT DE GRUY AND MARY RUTH] 9 APRIL 1913 MARY RUTH DEATH RECORD MARY RUTH WIDOW OF ALBERT DE GRUY... AGED 42... DEPARTED LIFE 18 JULY 1917 LOUISE DE GRUY [WIFE OF FRANK F. HOTARD DEATH CERTIFICATE 22 JULY 1924 [NAME OF FATHER: ALBERT DE GRUY; NAME OF MOTHER: MARIE RUTH] 15 NOVEMBER 1900 AUGUST V. RIGOB [SON OF ANTOINE RIGOB & CLEMENCE VOGT] AND MISS LOUISE VERLOIN DE GRUY DAUGHTER OF JOSEPH [F? T?] VERLOIN DEGRUY & JOSEPHINE A FOUCHER] WITNESSES: MARIE RIGOB AND ? PHILIP? HEILOD? [CAN'T READ] ---------------------- Many thanks to David, Bob, Celine, Rosemary who added many of these records to those I already had. We're on our way to collecting primary records for all our Degruys. Please feel free to send any corrections, especially in those instances where I could not read the handwriting in the records. I welcome any other records which list members may send by scaning & emailing, faxing, or mailing to me. Renee