Some LaRoche Family-name Links

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Drug Store of Charles LaRoche

Uncle Charlie (Charles Augustus LaRoche) was a favorite of my father. On the family marker, not his gravestone, at the Greenwich cemetery, near the Marsh in Savannah (Victory Drive Bridge), Charlie placed the word Huguenot in large letters.  That is not the full story of his family. He probably did not know about the Barnard Family, who lived on Wilmington Island (where the Victory Drive Bridge leads) in 1800, or that the family played an important role in the Georgia Rangers under Oglethorpe. Uncle Charlie probably did not know about Donald MacKay and his role on St. Simon's Island. He probably did not know that he was a cousin to two persons who signed the Declaration for Georgia, or was directly related to one of the first Governor Generals of Virginia, or that a forbear fought against the French at Crécy on an August day in the 14th Century, or that he Could claim Henry II of England as a direct ancestor, along with the early Kings of England, Scotland and Ireland. Check the Family Tree link HERE to explore more.

Our History-based Newsletter -- A day to day Account

The link explaining Coat-of-Arms works again (click shield) -- here is what is written there: Note the fleur-de-lis is green and azure, for the linking of the old and new world {and a new name to the old, a Protestant faith for a Catholic one} -- a wood-colored bridge across the ocean and time (and Isaac the first in Georgia reported himself as a craftsman in shipbuilding). The cross on the shield is appropriate for the family, I believe. Note that the 3 fish look like a cancellation of a stamp, where traditionally the flag motif was the cancellation on the stamp. Also the white fleur-de-lis continues the US flag theme, but it is more in the shape of a Scout device than a royal one, because Scouting (Girl and Boy Scouts) has been important to my immediate family. Finally, the color of purple is an Anglican Community tradition. But what if . . . ?