>Date: Sun, 10 May 1998 22:37:37 -0700 >From: [email protected] >... >> >> Dear Jim, >> I have seen some Soundex references for Robblee,etc for the NJ >> area. >> Some of them are filed with information I gathered when I first started >> and I will try to find and review them. Perhaps Cindy will find some >> good solid references with her review of Rapalje Rasters. >> I agree that the family has a Hugenot background. William and >> Andrew >> Rublier show up in NY ca 1725 and buy property, indicating they had >> brought wealth with them. The time is 40 years after the Repeal of the >> Edict of Nantes, when Hugenots were removed from France so as France >> could return to Catholicism. >> Karen Robblee has asked a French Linguist if my contender, >> Robbilliard, would be pronounced in such a way that might lead to >> Robblee. It too, has possibilities as to the way it was pronounced. I >> feel that the fact that parts of the family settled in 2 different areas >> around 1785, [NY and Nova Scotia] and both settlements were called >> Granville is fairly significant. Granville also lies SE of the Isle of >> Guernsey on the north coast of France. I have found other records for >> other families that ended up settling in North America who moved from >> France through the English Channel Islands. More digging may give us the >> answer. >> It's finally spring here and there never seems to be enough time for >> all the chores around the house. Grass, garden and garbage removal all >> seem to need my attention at least 2 days ago. Will just keep plugging >> away at it and as usual, it seems to get done. Hope to hear from you >> soon. >> Bob Robblee >