Hello Nancy, Quite the collection of names there to research. The name NOIRAY struck a note in my feeble mind and so I went on a small mission of discovery. You most likely know of the following snippet and if so then my apology but it may be of some use to others seeking information and so I enter it here. Way back in the olden days, Louis NOIRAY married Claudaz CHEVRON, 12th of March, 1234 actually in Savoie, Rhone Alpes. Noiray, I believe is a small village in that region ? Louis was a son of Jean-Claude NOIRAY, while Claudaz was the daughter of Claudaz JULIAN and Jean-Laurent CHEVRON, she had the following siblings :- Claude, Jean-Claude, Louis and François. Jean_Laurent CHEVRON's father was Pierre CHEVRON Now all that is required is to link the 13th century to the 16th. As a matter of minor information, for some reason, and I am too lazy to chase it up, I seem to remember a Jacques Noiray being an author in the 1800's why I associate him with Emile Zola is now lost in memory, perhaps another subscriber can offer opinion ? Kind Regards, Peter Leroy