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The Huguenot cemetery, or the "Huguenot Burial Ground", has since been recognised as a historic cemetery that is the final resting place for a wide range of the Huguenot founders, early settlers and prominent citizens dating back more than three centuries.
Raymond Durgnat (1932–2002), English film critic, opponent of structuralism and its associated far-left politics, advocate of frequently-derided film-maker Michael Powell, opponent of left wing intellectuals, supporter of working-class culture, descended from French Huguenot refugees who fled to Switzerland. [373]
While white inhabitants were largely Anglican, many Huguenots were established there after 1700. [7] The Goose Creek men became leaders of the early Indian trade, and by the 1690s many held important offices in the colonial government. At first the Goose Creek men dealt mainly in Indian slaves, while later the deerskin trade dominated. [8]
Abraham Salle, Justice of the Peace of Chesterfield County, and his cousin Jacob Salle, a yeoman, were descendants of immigrants Abraham and Olive Salle. [10] Abraham Salle was a Sheriff in Chesterfield County from 1768 to 1769. [11] Salle's descendants have moved west to Kentucky and other states. The surnames are spelled Sallee, Salle, and ...
Duke Francis helped to defeat the Huguenots at the Battle of Dreux (19 December 1562), but he was assassinated at the Siege of Orleans on 24 February 1563 while he was seeking a final victory. [7] His son, Henry , inherited his titles; and under the direction of his uncle Charles began a campaign to accuse Admiral Coligny of orchestrating his ...
Du Bois stone "fort house" on Huguenot Street in New Paltz, New York, now serves as a visitor center and museum. Louis Du Bois (21 October 1626 – 1696) was a Huguenot colonist in New Netherland who, with two of his sons and nine other refugees, founded the town of New Paltz, New York.
The original "Descendants" film focused on Carlos and his friends Mal (Dove Cameron), Evie (Sofia Carson) and Jay (Booboo Stewart) — the children of Maleficent, the Evil Queen from "Snow White ...
Olive was a film actress of the silent era, appearing in movies from 1924 through 1929. Olive died on January 1, 1976, in La Jolla, California . Olive was married to philanthropist Nelson Paul Whittier (1904–1991), the son of businessman Max Whittier , and together they had two children: Laddia Ann Whittier Angelin (b. 1932) and Peter Paul ...