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Subject: A Moving Experience at Osse-en-Aspe-- the village that Jean Latourrette left in 1685
My son Marc and I were the only Latourrettes from America at the Osse festivitties-- the 200th anniversary of the reconstrcution of the Temple Bethel in Osse. This was my fourth visit and Marc's second. Some of you may have seen an e-mail from Marc who is in Baton Rouge, after having evacuated New Orleans. I want to publicly thank both Marc and Frederic Pauzat for their help in presenting my paper on why and how Jean Latourrette left Osse in 1685 with Pasteur Pierre Peiret and his family and came to New York with them in 1687. Marc has been a tremendous help with the language and putting up the webpage described below. At the conference in Osse , two papers were presented. Professor Philippe Chareyre of Pau University reviewed the history of Protestantism in the Aspe Valley and Osse, starting with Gassiot Latourrette in 1563, the first minister of "the word of God" in Osse. My paper concentrated on why and how Jean Latourrette left. Marc read the summary of my paper in French and Frederic translated my introductory remarks and helped translate during the question/answer period. I hope we can help Frederic translate the Booklet mentioned below into English-- I don't know about the sections in Bearnese which is still spoken by many of the adults!
The pastoral play, which was a moving tableau through the village, featured a Jean Latourrette who returns to Osse to review the history of Protestantism in Osse. The vast majority of the village of now a little more than 300 participated in the play. It was very moving, particularly for me as a John (Jean) La Tourette. Marc met many, many cousins. Frederic plans to translate the Booklet which contains the play and a short history of Osse written by Madame Gilberte Gaubil. The booklet and play were very well done and the entire experience for Marc and me was very moving.
My summary paper ( in French, of course), will be published by Professor Chareyre's center at the University of Pau in November, with some supplemental material. This summary paper and the longer one on which it is based have been placed on a webpage developed by Marc in both English and French. See the following
http://www.ach2m.com/latourette/histoire/index.html
There are a few editorial changes needed on the webpage, but Marc cannot get to them right now, being an evacuee. Also, the promised yet longer paper is ready but still to be placed there. One correction for those of you who have seen the correspondence between Mrs. Jacob and Madame Candau in the 1950s. I have incorrectly Zulma Candau, the younger sister, rather than Marie Candau as the correspondent in the longer paper. Frederic Pauzat is related to the Candaus, just as are the Latourrettes. It fact, it is difficult to find a family in the Aspe Valley that has been there a couple of hundred years that is not somehow related to the Latourrettes
I might mention that I did a quick survey of Latourrettes in the immediate valley and found only Marie Latourrette and her son Marc and his wife Mado listed in the phone book. It was great for my son Marc to meet Marc! I had met Marie the last time in Osse, now about 85. We also met with Bernard Cazeneau- Latourrette who lives in Pau and who has done a great deal of work on the history and genealogy of the Latourrettes. Also, with Jose Latourrette and his family from Portugal.The people attending the conference were very interested in the fact that there are probably at least a thousand people in America who carry the name Latourrette, Latourette or La Tourette. My good colleague and excellent scholar Jean-Luc Bilhou-Nabera from Paris and Osse, on whom I rely for the genealogy of the family before 1685, has tracked Latourrettes to Spain and Portugal. There are also many in South America related to our wonderful cousin from Millbrook NY who writes monastery and cook books -- Brother Victor-Antoine d'Avila-Latourrette.
I hope you enjoy my webpage. If you have questions after reading the webpage, please write me. Also, you will really appreciate the Booklet by Madame Gaubil, when translated and made available by Frederic Pauzat.
All the best to many cousins
John E. La Tourette
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