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: Ravenel and his descendants crossed the Atlantic so often to find asylum for themselves and to found a new country. It [something] to mention equally the French colony which created in Acadia [by?] those 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 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. -- 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 > >