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From: "Stephen Foote" <>
Subject: Re: Salvation Army
Date: Mon, 5 Jun 2000 23:28:35 +0100
References: <20000605115354.21089.qmail@web204.mail.yahoo.com>

Dave

Try http://netministries.org/see/churches/ch06891
this is the web site of the L'Islet Salvation Army in St Sampsons. It was
thriving there when I lived at L'Islet in the 1960s/70s - and they had a
great brass band !

There is an email contact at this page - so it may provide a useful source
of information.

All the best


Stephen Foote

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----- Original Message -----
From: Dave De Carteret <>
To: <>
Sent: 05 June 2000 12:53
Subject: Salvation Army


> My Great Grandfather came to the US in 1912 and his sister followed a few
years
> later. They were quite involved in the Salvation Army church and band.
My
> Great Grandmother played the organ in a Salvation Army Church near Detroit
well
> into her 70's.
>
> I was wondering if their involvement in the Salvation Army has it roots
with my
> G-Grandfather & the Channel Islands, or if it was more likely an influence
from
> my G-Grandmother, who was born in Yorkshire. Was the S.A. active in the
> Channel Islands 100 years ago?
>
> I'm not positive where my G-Grandfather resided in his 25 years before
coming
> to the U.S. His birthplace is Kent and his father was in the Royal Navy.
He
> always claimed to be from Guernsey!
>
> Thanks,
> Dave De Carteret
> Brighton, MI USA
>
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