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family relationship is, if any, between the French American Blondel families
and the people on this page. If there is a known family relationship
it will be noted in the text announcing the web site.
Here is a link to the history page of Fort George:
Fort Royal Fort
George was originally under French control and named Fort Royal.
It was commissioned by the French government in 1666. The fort was
designed and built by an engineer named François Blondel in 1666.
This is an interesting site that again involves
an Engineer named Blondel who had the honor of having a Cay named after
him: Cay
Blondel
A sea captain named Blondel apparently assisted
in the exploration of the Caribbean islands and was involved in the expedition,
"LeClerc" as recorded on this French web page: Captain
Blondel If you use Alta Vista's search engine to link into
the site they have an automatic translation program call Babel Fish that
will translate the page for you. This is yet another site concerning
the pirate Robert Blondel. This site is in Spanish: Robert
Blondel During the early Spanish settlements of the Caribbean
and the West Indies the Spanish ships were frequently tormented, robbed
and harassed by French Priates. One of the pirates was a Blondel
and may be the same "Captain Blondel" mentioned above. For an historical
accounting of this group of pirates in English click on this link: Pirate
Blondel
There was a french jeweler named Paul Blondel who
lived in the Netherlands and who made a watch that was recovered in 1960
underwater excavations near Fort James, Jamaica. Read about it here:
Paul Blondel
Another interesting note in history involving a
Blondel was concerning Lieutenant Philippe Blondel. He led a French
military force that removed many of the Spanish military installations
from Eastern Texas. This historical period became known as the chicken
wars because the Spanish generally abandoned their posts with no resistance.
You will need Acrobat Reader to access this document: Lt.
Blondel If you do not have Acrobat Reader download it here: Acrobat
Reader Download Click on the download tab after the page loads
and follow the links. Or here is another site with much of the same
information that does not require Acrobat Reader: Philippe
Blondel
This is a site that describes the unfortunate invasion
of a Caribbean island by a group of pirates. Ensign Blondel was there and
tried to defend the island. EnsignBlondel
Hopefully, this island was not raided by the Pirate
Blondel.
And, of course the remainder of this page could
be filled by repeating the information concerning Antoine
Blondel and his family or the Blondel
family that lived on the island of Martinique -- but, we'll just give
you the links!
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