Hello List, I am researching my family name of GALIEGUE. My Great Great Great Grandfather was Jean Baptiste GALIEGUE born about 1750 - probably in France. He married a woman called Ann ( possibly Anne HESSE) and had at least 4 children in London, England The children were : * John GALIEGUE b 1783 and baptised St Leonards, Shoreditch London Ann GALIEGUE b 1785 " " " Joseph GALIEGUE b 1787 " * William GALIEGUE b 1790 " There may have been another son, Jean Baptiste GALIEGUE b 1795 in Threadneedle St but this could be an error in the records * John GALIEGUE b 1783 married Rachel BINNS in Westminster London 1806. They had 10 children. Some were christened at St Leonards, Shoreditch and others were christened at St Luke Old Street, Finsbury. One son, Henry, born 1819, married Charlotte BREADMORE Another, Charles b 1821 married ' Maryann' and died in 1884 aged 63. They had at least 4 children John b 1809 married Frances Mary BREWER and died aged 65. They also had a number of children * William GALIEGUE born 1790, married Elizabeth Amelia COOKE on 29 March 1818 at St Matthews, Bethnal Green and had at least 8 children who were christened at St Giles, Cripplegate and St Matthew, Bethnal Green. London William was an Undertaker but I don't know anything else about him One of his daughters, Elizabeth Amelia GALIEGUE b 1830 emigrated to New Zealand in 1851 on the ' STATELY'. She was a needlewoman. She married William Brighton there in 1852. She wrote a letter to the NZ newspaper in 1851 about the treatment she and the other girls recieved from the Captain as a result of some of them singing rude songs as they crossed the Equator ! I would appreciate any help in finding out where Jean Baptiste GALIEGUE came from. It is possible he was from Walincourt as the name features there in the 1700's. There was one other GALIEGUE in London in the late 1700's. His name was Jean Michel GALIEGUE. He was a silk weaver at 36 Union Street Spitalfields London in 1794. He married Catherine Bertier 23 Nov 1782 at Spitalfields Christ Church, Stepney. Catherine came from a family that had been in London for over 100 years. They had at least 8 children who were all christened at Threadneedle St, 'French Huguenot, London'. Catherine Bertier's parents were Urbain BERTIER and Ann Fol Enfant. Ann Fol Enfant was christened 5 January 1718 in Threadneedle Street and her parents were Pierre Fol Enfant and Sarah Turlington. Pierre and Sarah were married 10 February 1716 in St Dunstan, Stepney. Pierre's parents were probably Pierre and Marie Fol Enfant. I have found one Galiegue family went to Michigan USA in the late 1800's or early 1900's and another family went to Ontario, Canada about 1870 sometime I would appreciate any advice on the Galiegue families of London. I have other information to share - especially on Elizabeth Galiegue who went to NZ in 1851 and who must have had a vivid imagination as she told her children she had been spirited out of France during the French Revolution ( when in fact she and her father had been born in London ) and that her father was a ' Professor of Languages' when he was actually an Undertaker ! Kind regards Jocelyn Bond Sydney Australia