NOLA JUNGLE RADIANCE / degruy, foucher & degas metaphysics

+VERSAILLES TO BARATARIA JUNGLE+

>in the winter of 1738 our first louisiana ancestor left a<

>radiant beauty of the versailles palace hall of mirrors<

>where his father a col in louis 14th personal guard<

+(GOOGLE : EUGENE RAY+

+deGRUY / VERSAILLES)+

>followed his count of gruyere ancestors @ court<

>& his sons established indigo jungle plantations<

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+FRENCH KING LOUIS XV+

>and the young verloin de gruy marine officer<

>had grown up together at versailles & when< 

+(GOOGLE : EUGENE RAY+

+>>  / KING LOUIS XV)+

>de gruy was killed in the indian wars louis<

>xv gave the de gruy family jungle property<

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+THE ORIENT FOREST+

>the de gruy chateau locus, had been a center<

>for medieval trade fairs and then the vergy<

+(GOOGLE : EUGENE RAY+

+>> / SHROUD OF TURIN)+

>/ charney family built the le ray chapel to<

>house the shroud of turin south of troyes<

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 >the jungle plantations of new orleans became<
>the milieu of the de gruy sons as dreux breze<
+(GOOGLE : EUGENE RAY+
+>>> / DREUX BREZE)+
>a relative linked to french kings, cleared land<
>for the new orleans vieux carre french people<
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 >french king louis xv was slightly older then<
>the earliest de gruy immigre but they were<
+(GOOGLE : EUGENE RAY+
+/ CROWN LAND GRANT)+
>versailles friends and the king rewarded<
>the de gruy family in several instances<
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 >french architects & engineers originally designed<
>colonial buildings as if they were in france / then<
+(GOOGLE : EUGENE RAY+
+ / TROPIC SYNDROME)+
>as the original buildings rotted away they began<
>building colonial structures to >suit the tropics<
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 >our >foucher grt, grt grandmother's family (who<
>related to victor hugo's wife) acquired a >delord<
+(GOOGLE :> EUGENE RAY /+
+ / DELORD SARPY HOUSE)+
>sarpy plantation in nola near our saulet family<
>plantation house / google interesting history<
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 >this marigny nola plantation house is not to<
>be confused w/ the marigny plantation near<
>mandeville across the lake, neighbor to the<
+(GOOGLE : EUGENE RAY+
+/ KING LOUIS PHILIPPE)+
>francois verloin >de gruy plantation house<
>louis philippe, templar chief, was a guest<
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 >the destrehan plantation house, up river<
>neighbor of the (audubon park) foucher<
+GOOGLE :>>> EUGENE RAY /+
+ / DESTREHAN PLANTATION+
>& de bore plantations is extremely old<
>(a letter from thomas jefferson posted)<
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 >several de gruy related plantations are viewed<
>in this group including the >famous sugar mill<
+(GOOGLE : EUGENE RAY+
+>>/ DOME SUGAR MILL)+
>w/ its templar, louis philippe concept that was<
>so unique & links back to orient forest design<
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 >edgar degas visited his >musson mother's nola<
>family & painted this famed canvas now in the<
>pau france museum (his only sale) cotton was<
+(GOOGLE : EUGENE RAY+
+>>>> / EDGAR DE GAS)+
>our staigg grandfather's expertise / he was the<
>chess playing president of the cotton exchange<
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 >william woodward, tulane colleague of our<
>gregory-bresse ancestors, painted this cafe<
+(GOOGLE : EUGENE RAY+
+/ RANDOLPH J. RAY JR)+
>where as the alpine restaurant i last saw my<
>brother ranny, before he died on a bus trip<
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 >the french african influence in new orleans<
>is huge & an important factor of my nola<
>creole artistry & vision / please google<
+(GOOGLE : EUGENE RAY+
+/ AFRICAN INFLUENCE)+
>my "jazz workshop", "explorers giftshop"<
>& "traylor apartment" plus tulane oeuvre<
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^

 >francois verloin de gruy, our vital ancestor<
>whose portrait by vaudechamp was a gift<
>to us by >elise l. ray, was married like his<
+(GOOGLE :>>>>> EUGENE RAY+
+FRANCOIS VERLOIN de GRUY)+
>friend victor hugo to a >foucher and was<
>the force behind st tammany construction<
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 >these two creole ancestors were cousins and<
>rival >north shore lake pontchartrain owners<
>of >sugar plantations around 1840  / francois<
+(GOOGLE : EUGENE RAY /+
+BERNARD de MARIGNY)+
>verloin de gruy above & bernard de marigny<
>below / both were educated in paris & were<
>linked to vital >foucher de bore plantations<
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+VERLOIN deGRUY CARRIED+
+THE ARCHITECTURAL DNA+
+OF HIS GRT GRANDFATHER+
>(templar architecture<
>a st. bernard vision)<
+& ORIENT FOREST FRENCH+
+ST BERNARD TEMPLAR TIE+
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eugene ray, mfa, architect
professor emeritus, sdsu