Hi Martin, Thanks for your response and the interesting note on the possible origin of the name Delaune. I find it interesting that I can find quite a bit of information on Gideon and Guillaume Delaune in England but nothing in France where they were born. They were supposedly born in Reims (Rheims) and fled in 1572 because of the St. Bartholomew massacre (my opinion since the year was the same). I have seen references to their being a "noble family from Normandy" but if that were the case I suspect they would be easier to trace in France. Guillaume was a Walloon minister and physician and Gideon became an apothecary to Queen Anne. I also have one blank spot in Ireland that is so far unprovable (except for all of the "it is saids..") I've been away from the research for awhile for personal reasons but am ready to attack the mystery again now. I thought the French connection would not be so difficult to find with all of the published details but so far....I was hoping for a connection to the artist Etienne as he too fled France in 1572 (to Strasborg) in response to his Protestant beliefs (or so I've read) but no luck there either. I do have one interesting connection. Gideon married Judith Chamberlain (layne. len. etc.) (many different spellings are found as are Delaune, Delawne etc.) whose brother was the well known physician Peter Chamberlain. I have been wondering lately if the two families fled together as the dates of leaving are the same but Gideon and Judith would have been children - but I guess the families could have been life-long friends... It's all very interesting and one of the Gideon descendants (there are at least four named Gideons and I'm trying to lock down the one who went to Ireland and fathered Thomas Delany but it has been unprovable so far - except oral family histories etc. So the mystery persists and I'm ready to fight the battle again but it may be a lifelong futile effort. More than one book has been written stating this as fact in the Dulaney family line but have not offered any documentation that I know of and without that it remains in the realm of a "story". Thank you again for your input. Barbara ----- Original Message ----- From: "Martin" <moslins1@fastmail.fm> To: <HUGUENOTS-WALLOONS-EUROPE-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Monday, April 24, 2006 8:36 AM Subject: Delaune > Hi Barbara > > > There are some Delaune[s] from the 1500s on GeneaNet, but the Christian > names you are interested in are not evident. You might be interested in > the following information from a Fench site on the origin of surnames > [poorly translated from the French by me]: > > The Delaune[s] are numerous in Normandy [76] and in the Centre[36] > The name designates someone who lives in a place called "The Aulne" > [l'Aulne] or who comes from there. There is also a rare variant, > "Delaulne," which is found mostly in the Marne and in the West[53,36] > > Best wishes > Martin. > -- > Martin > moslins1@fastmail.fm > > -- > http://www.fastmail.fm - Access your email from home and the web >