PILGRIMAGE 2014 / sacred nola relatives & friends

+NOLA RELATIVES & FRIENDS+

>are sacred in my perspective of life on earth<

>as we pack our bags for our fall pilgrimage<

+(GOOGLE : EUGENE RAY+

+>>> / NEW ORLEANS)+

>and this is my final blog before we leave<

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+MARY LYNN HYDE+

>lajolla tulane alumni board member friend<

>awaits us in new orleans where she has<

+(GOOGLE : EUGENE RAY+

+>>/ MARY LYNN HYDE)+

>been kind enough to provide help for<

>our pilgrimage in several vital ways<

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+THE HISTORIC NEW ORLEANS+

+COLLECTION ALSO AWAITS+

>(john lawrence, daniel hammer<

>have always been v. generous)<

+OUR PILGRIMAGE W/ DATA+

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>brother walker & wife della & family<

>shall join us on october 26th and we<

+(GOOGLE : EUGENE RAY+

+>/ WALKER JOHN RAY)+

>look forward to several other friends<

>(difficulty is to be fair w/ time-focus)<

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>the historic new orleans collection has a<
>superior archive and i have decided to<
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+>>> / T. H. N. O. C.+
>leave the louisiana portion of my work<
>to these devoted & scholarly people<
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>our nightly blog has allowed me a medium<
>to present the previous five years research<
+(GOOGLE : EUGENE RAY+
+>> / FRENCH HISTORY)+
>into our french history augmented with<
>many images from my design oeuvre<
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 >our ray, degruy, cavaroc, bres, staigg, foucher<
>and other related creole families history has<
+(GOOGLE : EUGENE RAY /+
+NOLA CREOLE FAMILY)+
>provided much fascinating data leading us<
>to our ancient roots in "romand" europe<
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 >leonardo da vinci & saint king dagobert are<
>just two of the most profound persona who<
+(GOOGLE : EUGENE RAY+
+>> / KING DAGOBERT)+
>are important to creole european history<
>especially considering secret societies<
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>the great haitian artist, hector hyppolite is one<
>of the lesser known but important artists who<
+(GOOGLE : EUGENE RAY+
+>/ HECTOR HYPPOLITE)+
>have been vital figures relating to our blog<
>in hyppoolte's resilient hut & magic talent<
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>gruyere castle< has been a prime focus in<
>our knights templar history…the current<
+(GOOGLE : EUGENE RAY+
+> / KNIGHTS TEMPLAR)+
>issue of "atlantis rising" magazine has<
>a fascinating article on swiss templars<
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>design for the livingston parish court house<
>is just one of several designs i made during<
+(GOOGLE : EUGENE RAY+
+> / LOUISIANA OEUVRE)+
>our years in louisiana for engineer patrons<
>which could be easily overlooked in time<
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 >the remains of the gruy brothers barataria jungle<
>is a sad reflection of its former glory when the<
+(GOOGLE : EUGENE RAY+
+>>/ BETSY SWANSON)+
>purple gallinule ruled over a plant kingdom of<
>giant palmetto 25 ft. tall, thick cane breaks,<
>mayan influenced temples & lafitte's camp<
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 >dear friends radiant lorraine & talented spouse<
>architect, cousin neal pendleton, seen here at<
+(GOOGLE : EUGENE RAY /+
+>>>NEAL PENDLETON)+
>the napoleon house w/ blessed marianne at our<
>ray/gruy fmly lunch in late october of last year<
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>neal & i link via gilbert dufouchard degruy<
>and the new orleans sauton creole family<
+(GOOGLE : EUGENE RAY /+
+>>GILBERT D. de GRUY)+
>i published his gifted writing & graphics<
>during this last year for all to enjoy< !!!
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 >"heart of gold" brother, walker j. ray w/ wife<
>gracious della. seen at the napoleon house w/<
+(GOOGLE : EUGENE RAY+
+>/ NAPOLEON HOUSE)+

>our amazing magician nephew, joel ray, famed<

>as "dr. magic" on southern television stations<

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>walker's two wonderful children by his first<
>wife mary, are smiling holly, w/ friend doug<
+(GOOGLE : EUGENE RAY+
+>>> / BATON ROUGE)+
>and brother michael, who as a successful<
>restauranteur graciously hosted us in b.r.<
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>michael ray is also a devoted historian & will<
>enjoy a puzzle that i found in a sam wilson<
>text suggesting a john ray was architect of<
+(GOOGLE : EUGENE RAY+
+ / GEORGIA CHADWICK)+
>the lee circle monument…friend georgia<
>chadwick found a john roy architect &<
> i found this son of john ray possibility<
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+I BELIEVE GEORGIA CHADWICK+
+IS PROBABLY CORRECT AND I+
>(georgia as head of the<
>louisiana law library<
>is a john ray scholar)<
+THANK HER SCHOLAR SHIP+
+(PLUS GRUY MASON HELP)+

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eugene ray, mfa, architect

professor emeritus, sdsu