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Diana Woodman (View posts)
Posted: 2 Nov 2000 12:11AM GMT
Hi folks,
My name is Diana Woodman, I live in Canberra Australia. My surname was GUICE. All the Guices in Australia are related to me. My father was Noel Guice, my brothers were Jeff and John Guice. My Grandfather was Herbert Guice, but I don't know anymore than that because of divorce in the family. Both my brothers are deceased, Jeff in about 1950 (before I was born) and John in 1995 at the age of 46. I am 49 years of age at the moment. Hope to hear from some relatives in the US. I know a portion of the family emigrated there when my family emigrated here in about the 1880's, from England, but formerly from France where they they were de Guises (I believe they were aristocracy fleeing the French Revolution).
Hope someone out there is a relative - they are rather rare here.
Kind regards.

Re: Guice name

Posted: 8 Jan 2002 2:32AM GMT
Classification: Query
Edited: 21 Aug 2002 12:41AM GMT
Surnames: Guice
Hi there Diana,

I think I've posted to you before; but here it is again.

Historically, the de Guise family (pronounced de Ghee in old world France) is said to be related to Mary Stuart, Queen of Scots and they were aristocracy. The de Guises probably did flee the French Revolution, and it is believe that some of the family made it to the colonies specifically Louisianna. The Guices I know and am related to come from Louisiana, Georgia, Tennessee, Texas, Kansas, California and they all seem to come from the same root. These Guices are African American and they are kith and kin (by blood and through slave ownership) to the de Guise Family of Louisiana and/or Georgia. While Tennesee may be a family base, Texas and Kansas are the states some of the family migrated to after the America's Civil War. In addition to the other places I named, presently there are from this same root, Guices (and Guice relatives) in Chicago, New York State, the State of Pennsylvania, and Oregon State as well. My particular branch of Guices boast 200+ at a well attended family renuion held every two years in the State of Texas alone.

For your purposes, if you haven't already, I would start with the de Guise Family in France and find out exactly where they went not only when the revolution began, but further back than the revolution as I believe that this family has had a rather rocky history. Some members of the family may have fled France much earlier around the time of the Huegonauts. This is when I would think that the New World de Guises would have imigrated to the Louisana Terroritory in the colonies either before the United States was formed or around the time (before, during or after) President Thomas Jeffereson's administration (I think he was the president then) and the Louisiana Purchase from France. The Louisiana Territory encompassed more than the present State of Louisiana during those times.

Anyway, this all probably gives you too much to think about. Hope that I have helped though.

Cassandra Clarkston Guice

Re: Guice name

Stacy (View posts)
Posted: 13 Jan 2002 5:32PM GMT
Classification: Query
The Guice I have traced back in my family begins in 1718, in Philadelphia, Pa. with Christopher Guice from Alsace France. He married a Pa woman Margaret Plowhead. His son Jonathan Guice married Anna Stump-son Daniel M Guice married to Delilah Williams-son Basil C Guice married Elizabeth Mclachen -daughter Jane P Guice married Basil Risher etc..My maiden name is Risher..I dont have any info on Christopher Guice prior to Pa. If you do my email is spennin720@aol.com.

Re: Guice name

Posted: 18 Feb 2010 1:54PM GMT
Classification: Query
Surnames: Guice
Boy have I got some news for you! You have made contact! I am Greer Guice and yes our families fled the French Revolution and some even before that. You are also correct that they changed their names. The biggest reason was to prevent asassains from finding them. They french non-royals meant to erradicate them. What is left of my end of the family is directly descended from them. A number of the De Guises cames to the Americas just to get new starts because they were not the first born or in line to inhierit. Some of them took Native American Indian spouses. I am presently correlating all thia and collecting as much proof as I can and I am putting them in a book. It mat interest you to know that a number of them also fled to Ireland, Scottland, Germany, Switzerland, etc. and changed the spelling of their names there. Contact me and I will assist you as much as I can. I also would like to know more about my Australian Cousins. As an added note some of us in America are Apache, Cherokee, and Creek.

Re: Guice name

Posted: 8 Mar 2012 12:59PM GMT
Classification: Query
Surnames: Guice
ok, this the following are site of data i have found:

Guise Fortress
, http://www.guice.org/guisefort.html

Guise history before immigration
http://www.guice.org/guisenexus.html

this one is really interesting as it talks about how catholic the family was with several members rising to cardinals. yet they had to flee france. so my question here is were they leaving/escaping because they were part of the aristocracy or had a branch of the family become protestants or both?

More from Lumber River Scots
Again, Mrs. Edwin Guice of New Orleans:
In 1737 Hans George Geiss, or John George Gise, aged 30 arrived on the ship Samuel, qualifying on August 30 of that year. It is possible that he is the father of Christopher Geist whose wife was Anna Margaretha. They were communicants of the Faulkner Swamp Reformed Church, where their children were confirmed.

so by 1737, some of the family had converted. it is so easy to confuse me!

Re: Guice name

Posted: 12 Feb 2015 1:37AM GMT
Classification: Query
Surnames: Guice
Hello there my name is DeMarco Guice,
I live in Sacramento, CA I was born in Jackson Mississippi. My mother's name is Annie Louise Guice. Her father Johnny Guice and mother Lula Guice I don't know if we are related or not my email demarcogg@yahoo.com

God bless,

Pastor De Marco Guice
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