Hello Suzanne, Could your Langekerk be Langemark? Try for instance www.viamichelin.fr and look for Langemark and Ieper in Belgium. The distance of Langemark is about 13 km north of Ieper. Theo ----- Original Message ----- From: "R. Bell" <richard.bell@tiscali.fr> To: <huguenots-walloons-europe@rootsweb.com> Sent: Friday, November 24, 2006 12:13 PM Subject: Re: [HWE] French History > Hi, > > The e-mail regarding the Bobo family has given me a vital clue on my own > research. Thank you very much. One of my ancestors called Pasteur Roland > Touzeau was born in the Saintonge according to his records after he fled > to the Channel Islands during the persecution. I know he was born in 1649 > but not where. > > Roland's grandson married a Marie de Grave in Leicester Fields in London. > In turn their great grandson by marriage called John W Jones (my great > Grand father) went on to be the Comptroller General for whole of the UK > Customs Service with the princely salary of £1000pa in 1900. He changed > his name back to de Grave to acknowledge his Huguenot roots. > > But, back to the point. It is bizarre, but we retired to the > Charente-Maritime department of France 3 years ago before I started the > research and now I know of course that that is the modern name for > Saintonge. I HAVE RETURNED TO MY ROOTS UNWITTINGLY! Couarde is only > 100Km's away so will visit it tout de suite to look at Jean Rivierre's > book. > > Also I am looking for info on a Jacques de Grave who born what is now > Holland/Belgium in Lang(u)ekerke 1670. However, there is no such place > now. Family legend has it that he was born in Ypres. > > Suzanne de Grave > e-mail - richard.bell@tiscali.fr

Hi Theo, Thank you for the info. Langemark does feature in our history, but it was where my grand father fought during WW1. Wouldn't that be another coincidence if his it is where his ancestor, to whom his father changed his name, was born. Suzanne -----Original Message----- From: huguenots-walloons-europe-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:huguenots-walloons-europe-bounces@rootsweb.com]On Behalf Of Theo Snyders Sent: 24 November 2006 14:46 To: huguenots-walloons-europe@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: [HWE] French History Hello Suzanne, Could your Langekerk be Langemark? Try for instance www.viamichelin.fr and look for Langemark and Ieper in Belgium. The distance of Langemark is about 13 km north of Ieper. Theo ----- Original Message ----- From: "R. Bell" <richard.bell@tiscali.fr> To: <huguenots-walloons-europe@rootsweb.com> Sent: Friday, November 24, 2006 12:13 PM Subject: Re: [HWE] French History > Hi, > > The e-mail regarding the Bobo family has given me a vital clue on my own > research. Thank you very much. One of my ancestors called Pasteur Roland > Touzeau was born in the Saintonge according to his records after he fled > to the Channel Islands during the persecution. I know he was born in 1649 > but not where. > > Roland's grandson married a Marie de Grave in Leicester Fields in London. > In turn their great grandson by marriage called John W Jones (my great > Grand father) went on to be the Comptroller General for whole of the UK > Customs Service with the princely salary of £1000pa in 1900. He changed > his name back to de Grave to acknowledge his Huguenot roots. > > But, back to the point. It is bizarre, but we retired to the > Charente-Maritime department of France 3 years ago before I started the > research and now I know of course that that is the modern name for > Saintonge. I HAVE RETURNED TO MY ROOTS UNWITTINGLY! Couarde is only > 100Km's away so will visit it tout de suite to look at Jean Rivierre's > book. > > Also I am looking for info on a Jacques de Grave who born what is now > Holland/Belgium in Lang(u)ekerke 1670. However, there is no such place > now. Family legend has it that he was born in Ypres. > > Suzanne de Grave > e-mail - richard.bell@tiscali.fr ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to HUGUENOTS-WALLOONS-EUROPE-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message