Andrea, gauche can mean awkward which could be better, a poulet was a amourous small letter in old french apart from being the nickname of cops, thus a cop would be in french not a pig but a chicken . Luc -----Message d'origine----- De : Chris Leonard <cleonardca@earthlink.net> À : HUGUENOTS-WALLOONS-EUROPE-L@rootsweb.com <HUGUENOTS-WALLOONS-EUROPE-L@rootsweb.com> Date : 17 février, 2001 05:27 Objet : Re: [HWE] translation--very rough! >my french dates back 25 years...i can't check my French dictionary because >i'm in the process of moving and it's packed already...but this is the gist >of it: corrections between { } > >Ravenel and his descendants crossed the Atlantic so often to find asylum for >themselves and to found a new country. It {is fitting} [something] to mention equally the >French colony which created in Acadia [by?] the sieur De Monts {name of a person who foundedin Acadia a colony at the beginning of the 17th century} hose from Saintonge of the >Mountains, without forgetting those of de la Muce (of Nantes), Maury, >Fontaine, Cariron and Fouquereau, of those from Bordeaux or Saintonge, and >many others. One descendant of these refugees, in Virginia, Col. >Richard-L[Louis?] Maury, published a very moving history of the brave >Huguenot congregation of the charming little village {town!} of Richmond; that >important congregation, in part founded by Huguenot refugees from the Midi >[the south of France], from Normandy and from the Guyenne, under the >direction of the Lyonnais Ch. [not sure what that abbreviation is for, >Charles?] de Sailly and the pastor DeJoux, founder, himself also of Lyon, >which remained until our days, and the cult which celebrates there in the >French language, following the old liturgy of La Rochelle. { So it seems that in Richmond Virginia, there was a Huguenot congregation !!!!} > >-- >There have always been two contradictory American ideals: to be the occasion >of maximum violence, and to remain absolutely innocent. > ~Leslie Fiedler, "The New Mutants", 1965 > >---------- >>From: Jfhort@aol.com >>To: HUGUENOTS-WALLOONS-EUROPE-L@rootsweb.com >>Subject: [HWE] translation >>Date: Fri, Feb 16, 2001, 5:42 PM >> > >> Can anyone translate the following? >> >> Varietes >> >> Ravenel et de ses descendants, traverserent si souvent l'Atlantique pour y >> trouver asile et y fonder une nouvelle patrie. Il sied de mentionner >> egalement la colonie francaise que crea en Acadie le Saintongeais de Monts, >> sans oublier ces de la Muce (de Nantes), ces Maury, ces Fontaine, ces Cariron >> et Fourquereau, du Bordelais ou de Saintonge, et tant d'autres... Un >> descendant de ces refugies, en Virginie, le colonel Richard-L. Maury, a >> publie une bien emouvante histoire de la vaillante congregation huguenote de >> la charmante petite ville de Richmond; cette importante congregation, en >> partie fondee par des refugies huguenots du Midi, de Normandie et de la >> Guyenne, sous la conduite du Lyonnais Ch. de Sailly et du pasteur De Joux, >> originaire, lui aussi, de Lyon, a subsiste jusqu'a nos jours, et le culte s'y >> celebrait en langue francaise, suivant la vieille liturgie de La Rochelle. >> >> The name I am interested in is Fourquereau. >> >> Jackie >> >> >> ==== HUGUENOTS-WALLOONS-EUROPE Mailing List ==== >> When posting to the Huguenots-Walloons-Europe list: >> Your subject line must reflect the content of your message. >> eg. include topic or surname(s) and/or date and/or location. >> >> >> ============================== >> Shop Ancestry - Everything you need to Discover, Preserve & Celebrate >> your heritage! >> http://shop.myfamily.com/ancestrycatalog >> >> > > >==== HUGUENOTS-WALLOONS-EUROPE Mailing List ==== >Be a participating subscriber! Post your surname interests often. >Once a month is about right, or more often if you have new details. >Address your post to Huguenots-Walloons-Europe-L@rootsweb.com > > >============================== >Create a FREE family website at MyFamily.com! >http://www.myfamily.com/banner.asp?ID=RWLIST2 > > > >