He was presented with an inscribed commemorative sword by King Charles XII. By Oct. 28, 1768, after the secret sale of Louisiana by France to Spain, he helped lead the revolution which expelled the Spanish Louisiana governor, Ulloa. John Basty of St. Charles Borromeo Church (who served from 1918 to 1949) his first sheep. W.H. He was an avid hunter and belonged to the Boutte Hunting Club, whose clubhouse was on the Luling side of the railroad tracks in Boutte (Tinney Lane). Finally, Sidney's brother-in-law introduced him to his niece in Slidell, Aline Dubuisson. APN 4049000004-B. The Comardelle School got its name, not from the village but from Alcide Comardelle, who donated the building. "He profits most who serves best" and "seek after knowledge and you will be sought" were the mantras. Doctors were scarce and when someone became sick, a long boat journey out might be too hard on the patient. Find the best nightspots, restaurants, bars, and shopping in Boutte. Louise Marie Boutte (born Chachere) was born on month day 1792, at birth place, Louisiana, to Louis Dominique Chachere and Catherine Chachere (born Vocheres/ Vauchere). He later ran a janitorial service until his retirement. “People used to come sit on the store’s porch and play cards and talk," Oubre said. This house also features a later addition build on the main structure – the former Lucy schoolhouse. In 1944, she bought the house and had it ready for his return. Karlstein left no remnant on the landscape of the area, but the legacy continues to thrive, in the descendents of those early settlers still thriving in the region, as well as descendents of formers slaves. NEW ORLEANS (WVUE) - A 60-year-old woman was carjacked at the Breaux Mart located in the 3200 block of Magazine Street. Construction began in 1929 and was completed in 1932, with President Franklin Roosevelt attending the dedication. At the same time, Hahn laid out the streets of Hahnville on his sugar plantation just upriver from Flaggville, including stores, streets, a dance hall and an upgraded levee. “I snatched Billy up and ran!” she recalled with a smile. In 1877, he partnered with Richard A Milliken, who first named the plantation Waterford in 1879. PHOTO: Comardelle Village included the Jean Dufrene Jr. house at left, the Dufrene Store at center and Willie Dufrene's home at right. In 1865, in the waning days of the war, Hahn resigned to take a seat in the U.S. Senate but was not admitted by the post-war Congress. “That was big money then,” he recalled, while it also brings to mind how much moss had to be gathered for that amount of money. However, Sidney was 20 and Aline was 15, so her father sent her to live with relatives in New York for a year, hoping their love would cool down. Hahnville High School was dedicated on March 28, 1925 and after years of service, the school was razed in the mid-1970s. She now has eight grandchildren and three great-grandchildren. The Royal Theater likewise stood near the Shell Main Gate on River Road. Two general stores also served the tiny population, the Tinney Store near the present intersection of U.S. Highway 90 and the Donnaud Store, which still stands, now vacant on Paul Maillard Road. Other forms of entertainment enlivened her youthful life, such as taking the ferry to Shell for swimming or seeing movies. Prior to this, a priest would visit the area and have mass in the homes of residents. Asked how they got together, the Rev. They camped and waited until a flatcar happened by, led by Captain Edward Hall, which was transporting 75 union soldiers from Des Allemands headed for Algiers to intercept a Confederate supply train. Dorsey, 84 at the time of this publication, was born Jan. 3, 1915. Virginia Vinnet Harris also exhibits her own comfort, as she says,” I’ve got Jesus, who’s going to take care of me.”, PHOTO: Holy Rosary Church, at left, is shown with the original rectory at right and the cemetery at rear center. Join: Louisiana Families Project Discuss: louisiana: Biography . Now Hahnville is considered to stretch from Union Carbide to Matis Curve. Notable houses in Taft include the 1830 Trosclair-Triche House, the 1805 Zeringue House, the 1840 Troxler House and the 1840 Jacques Roussel House. The ferry itself closed on Nov. 13, 1983, after 96 years in operation. At that point he retired to the sugar plantation he owned in St. Charles Parish. Hilda’s family, the Crespo family of St. Rose, was descended from Juaquim Joseph Crespo, originally from Barcelona, Spain. However, Edith can still recall hard times in the Depression, when her father’s job was cut back to three days a week and her mother sometimes cried, worried about the family’s future. As a child, Edith Matherne could often be located on the street because she was always singing. The crevasse left its permanent scar on the landscape, with a crevasse gully still carved and Davis Pond left by the flood. Combined with the construction of Airline Highway in the early 1930s, St. Rose continued to grow and prosper. Brooks taught at the “colored” school. “We raised chickens and pigs and we had a milk cow. “Back then, we lived on the (Magnolia) Ridge and farmed for 60 cents a day. In the original Louisiana Highway system in use between 1921 and 1955, the modern LA 52 was originally designated as part of State Route 2, which followed the Old Spanish Trail auto trail throughout the state of Louisiana. The son of Roger Sr. and Delphine Kinler Guedry, he keeps the family interest in maintaining the garden, just as his father and grandfather did. However by 1971, the world of Good Hope began to fade with the coming of Good Hope Refinery and the still-vilified Jack Stanley, the refinery’s owner. Hahn’s old home still stands, unnoticed, at 141 Elm Street, moved in later years from its original location on River Road. Fourteen people died at the scene and one later from his injuries. The family, in time, abandoned the home, and it was razed in 1957. He then worked 33 years at Avondale Shipyard as a painter, sandblaster and tank-tester. It was the center of gossip in town. Born in St. Tammany Parish in 1846, he worked as a youth on the antebellum riverboats, where one of his friends found fame on his own – Samuel Clemens, also known as Mark Twain. Across the street is the present Allemands Elementary, which opened in 1977. The town of New Sarpy was named for Leon Sarpy, the owner of the Sarpy Plantation, which was a present-day Norco. In 1865, he married Frances “Lizzie” Culpepper of Mississippi, and they settled on their plantation, raising cotton, sugarcane and timber for the railroad. He met his wife, Hilda Viola of Cedar Grove Plantation in St. Rose, and a Destrehan High School graduate, when she came to stay with her sister, Ellen Sellers, wife of Julius Sr. Edwin Jr.’s mother, Eugenie, was also an aunt to Julius Sr. “Every kid in Good Hope had a bunch of mothers and grandmothers, “ she remembered. One of the first big events in her life was a tornado which wrecked her parent’s home when she was 2 years old. Sellers in February 2015: I am Thomas B. PHOTO: Hahnville High School, 1923-1976, stood proudly on River Road near the parish courthouse. St. Charles Parish Museum and Historical Association. When U.S. 90 was first designated, it came out of New Orleans along the River Road though Luling and up Paul Maillard to the present Old Spanish Trail to Des Allemands and beyond. As her father was working at Shell Oil by that time and was suppose to have been on that ferry, she panicked and ran for the house. Settlers, especially the German colonists at Karlstein upriver, spread along the riverside. “My oldest brother, Ray, quit school when he was 13 to help support the family,” Matherne recalled. In late August 1862, Union troops learned of a Confederate plan to rustle cattle for the cause on the parish’s East Bank. She remembered her father would tease, “Here comes your fishtail Cadillac!” when Gerald came to call. Today, the town is hardly a shadow of itself. Later owners rented out the property and one Mr. Gadeux, developed a seedless orange there, which grew well. The Zeringue House was owned by Louis Edmond Fortier, who earlier built Home Place, from 1815 to 1839. Celebrate and remember the lives we have lost in Boutte, Louisiana. After attending St. Rose School through seventh grade, he did field work for several years. She was entering her car when one of two suspects held a gun at her and demanded the vehicle. She also remembered well the old Hahnville High School. “She had that natural beauty.”. A local legend persists that the ceremonial sword presented to D’Arensbourg is still in the hands of his descendants. During the Civil War, he served with the Confederate Navy and was in charge of a gunboat at Morgan City. The earlier plantation house, built in the 1790s, was burned during the Civil War. “It was mostly farming, trapping and picking moss,” he recalled of his early childhood memories. When, in 1812, the federal government confirmed colonial French and Spanish land grants, the children of Paul Toups claimed 18 arpents frontage by a depth of two and a half leagues (seven and one-half miles) of land south and east of the Coteau de France. “If you gave a Madere a job, that took care of the Maderes,” he said. Sidney’s parents were John Gassen, born in 1883, and Evelina Jourdan, from New Orleans. GET STARTED. She recently visited a 92-year-old friend who was blind but who instantly recognized her when she began singing. Claytonia was built by Dr. John Earle Clayton, originally the company doctor for the Lyons Lumber Company in Garyville. In 1928, Shell took over the facility and Norco’s boom began. The tiny community of Sellers predates Norco on the site of the old Sellers – or Diamond Plantation – which adjoined Myrtleland. In later years, it served as a newspaper office and a bar. In Feb. 1765, d’Arensbourg was knighted in the French military order of St. Louis. The Hermitage was owned by Judge Pierre Rost, who also owned Destrehan Plantation. Airline Highway, originally a two-lane highway and now designated as U.S. Highway 61, was authorized by then Gov. “But we never starved.”. This was 100% of all the recorded Boutte's in the USA. Joseph was born on October 6 1829, in St Martinville, St Martin, Louisiana, United States. He had grown up knowing his bride-to-be from the neighborhood and “had the largest crush on her.” They attended “back church” together at Fifth African Baptist Church but she initially didn’t like him much. In 1940, just one month shy of 16 years old, she married Victor Matherne, 23. By 1894, the population was up to 1,000. The Confederates ambushed and wrecked the train, killing several Union soldiers. However, it was in 1794 that Jean Noel made his mark on Louisiana history, for it was his financing by $5,000 of Etienne de Bore’s experiments in present-day Audubon Park which resulted in the first successful granulation of sugarcane. In 1926, the church relocated to Post and Ellington Streets. You’d better believe everybody voted.". He was discharged as a private but, through affiliation with Twain’s “Colonel Mulberry” character, was always known as “Colonel.”. The second courthouse was built in 1826, and that building was remodeled and expanded in 1926. He bought his first property in St. Charles Parish in 1869 and in time owned Prospect, Good Hope and Sarpy Plantations. Luling sold the plantation to Richard Viterbo (“a resident of Paris, France”) on May 1, 1882 for $37,000 after the accidental drowning of two of his children. Aided by a newly formed St. Charles Militia, the force was determined to recapture Boutte and Des Allemands stations and resecure the West Bank of St. Charles Parish. It is also believed to be the site of the German colonial community of Augsberg. He was employed at Pan-American Refinery and managed the semipro St. Rose Tigers baseball team for 15 years during the 1930s and 1940s. Its mottos, engraved on the building, branded themselves into the brains of generations of students. It was later subdivided into apartments. A native of St. Charles Parish, born of a New York couple, he graduated from LSU and established three offices for his medical practice. “We had the whitest teeth!”. The Bunge grain elevator exploded in 1970, with one killed in that accident. Dr. Luther Youngs was a significant person in Paradis history, not just for medicine but also for education and journalism. Killona likewise lost its post office in 1987. A few weeks later, in early September, a Confederate force set out of Terrebonne Parish, led by General John C. Pratt. Toups received his grant from the Baron de Carondelet in 1796 for the purpose of developing a cattle ranch. As smaller towns faded, Hahnville’s post office came to absorb them. Paul Maillard Road itself was built in the late 1800s, accounting for its narrow size. It was moved to Comardelle Village, where it served local children until 1941, then to Bayou Gauche until 1959 and back to Des Allemands, there to become the American Legion Post 316 Hall on Highway 632. Explore Boutte genealogy and family history in the World's Largest Family Tree. Sam Dorsey died in 1931 and his wife in 1954. They married in 1940. He retired after a 33-year career. “They came here with money and knowledge and planned a showcase town. The church replaced its building in 1881 after a levee setback and built its present church in 1930. His mother was of French and Spanish ancestry and his father was of German ancestry. They ruled as King and Queen of the Krewe of Lul in 1986, and they enjoy their five grandchildren and three great-grandchildren. His later career took him to assistant principal at Des Allemands Elementary School. Hahn was born in Bavaria, Germany, on Nov. 24, 1830. He also hosted many church fairs to build the present-day St. Charles Borromeo Catholic Church. In the spring of that year, Union troops captured this vital station, as well as the station at Bayou Des Allemands, building a small army post there manned with 150 men. Henry Watkins Allen was elected the Confederate governor and Michael Hahn the Union governor. The 15-by-75-arpent plantation sale also included “dwelling houses, negro cabins, a steam engine, machinery apparatus, agricultural implements and livestock of every kind.”. Boutte Brothers Acceptance of Succession, May 6, 1823. Originally, Sarpy operated three plantations in the area, including Good Hope, Island and Prospect. The principal of the Montz School was Marie Cotten, who taught from the 1920s thought 1942, when she returned to her home in Baton Rouge. Accepting the Union victory, he was elected to Congress representing “Union” Louisiana. Located along a nine-mile stretch of the bayou and facing Black Prince Island, it was finally reached by roadway and electricity in the 1920s. In the lobby is a scale model of the old courthouse, constructed and donated to the parish by then-court bailiff Lt. Lawrence Dasch. At the entrance to First Street, for many years, the residents of Elkinsville lived in what might be called today a gated community, with the black residents forced behind a locked gate with a 6 p.m. to 6 a.m. curfew. His eldest child, Annabel Marie Matherne Hogan, was born in 1943 but, as she remembered, “Belle was six months old before he saw her.” Her second child, Dr. Ray Matherne, was born while he was home on a furlough. Flood Factors across this area. “I don’t remember seeing any alligators when I was young,” she said. Tragically, their only child, Sidney Jr., died in 1995 of cancer at the age of 53. Her father was a St. Charles Parish deputy for 27 years, a state trooper and a bodyguard for Huey P. Long. The Island Refinery first located in the Good Hope area in the late 1910s. Crews offered a petition. Boutte was named for Tisaphane Boutte and his son, J.L, who resided near Boutte Station prior to the Civil War. (Photo courtesy of Union Carbide). He served in the U.S. Marine Corps and worked at American Cyanamid from 1956 to 1994. The village began being officially designated Norco in 1934 by the Post Office. By the time of School Board member Flavin Keller’s death in 1943, the population had begun to shift from Montz towards Norco and Good Hope. Tragically for many families, when they church was sold in 1967, the graves were dug up and moved away from town. More than 100 mounds once existed in the Salvador area. The Allemands post office was established on Aug. 19, 1868, with William Kussman the first postmaster. Next along from Elkinsville is the noteworthy St. Rose Tavern, established b the Elfer family in 1922 to help service the working men building railroads and the Airline Highway through the area. Laura Center For Creole Heritage. In February 1864, with Louisiana still split between Union and Confederate control, elections were held for governor. The old Gassen house, which once stood near the railroad tracks, had been built in the 1820s but was torn down in the 1950s. The town, meanwhile, continued to grow. Start exploring this online Boutte family history resource today. Jean Noel Destrehan was born in New Orleans in 1754, the seventh child and third son. The back-breaking labor of picking and hauling the moss with a mule-drawn slide paid off, however, and he and his family thrived. The last resident to move out from Comardelle Village was Alcide Comardelle. (Photo courtesy of Theresa Guedry). Another son, Hicks Jr., born in Mosella in 1867, became a pharmacist and served two terms as Mayor of Berwick. Five minutes later, the porch fell in. Early days for Dorsey and his siblings were filled with hard work, including picking moss in the marshes, which they would sell at three cents a pound to the Landry moss gin in Paradis, making upwards on $50 at a time. Hooker Chemical (which was bought by Occidental Chemical in 1968 and changed the name officially in 1982) likewise built on the old Colonial Dairy plant site in 1966. ", He also remembers when a black man named Wagner would pick up the mailbags daily at the depot and deliver it to the post office in a wheelbarrow. In 1682, after an arduous journey, Lasalle reached what is now known as St. Charles Parish. Disasters occasionally hit Destrehan. Departments » Economic Development and Tourism » Parish History. Upriver neighbor Ormond Plantation was built soon after Destrehan by Pierre d'Trepagnier on a Spanish land grant. Early school records are sparse or missing all together for St. Charles Parish. There may have been 10 or 15 houses,” Dorsey said. At daybreak, they scoured the countryside, heading as far as Bonnet Carre Point (present-day Lucy in St. John the Baptist Parish) before doubling back and heading all the way back to Algiers, plundering all the way and on the way destroying Confederate General Richard Taylor’s home downriver of the courthouse. His father, Sam Dorsey, migrated to the area from St. Louis, Mo., following the railroad tie-camps, cutting lumber by hand for construction of the railroads into the area. Dorsey, but only four of the 10 are alive at this writing. At that point, the Algiers train blundered onto the scene and retreated back to Algiers, and Hall surrendered the post to the Confederates. He retired in 1980. “You can search the world over; you will never find another Good Hope,” she commented. The site, at 1436 Leda Court, was designated a historical landmark in 1977 by the Historic District Landmark Commission in New Orleans. PHOTO: Good Hope along River Road, showing the post office, pharmacy service station and other businesses. Email Address: p SPXM @yahoo.com +8 emails. And he’s not selling. However, through a series of buyouts, it appears that Elias and Hicks Youngs consolidated the area’s smaller farms into a plantation and established a sugar mill and cotton gin, called Mosella Plantation. Boutte Station indeed was the site of a few skirmishes, which took place in the parish in 1862. At the time of the purchase, he was a state supreme court justice. Hahn was elected as a judge in the 26th Judicial District in November 1879, including Jefferson, St. Charles and St. John the Baptist parishes, and re-elected in 1884. The estate passed to her sister and in 1839 was acquired by Pierre Adolphe Rost, who served as a state senator. PHOTO: Zephirin and Vivian Cambre Perilloux (Photo courtesy of Coleen Landry). “People would let their cows out, they’d graze on the levee, then come back in the evening and wait at the right gate.”. In some references, there is noted “Mosella Townsite,” and in earlier ones, “Mosella Plantation,” between Boutte and Paradis. Marie was born on September 14 1813, in … Bayou Gauche in the old days was about half the frontage along the bayou, from Simoneaux Ponds to the end, and only a mud road connected along various ridge roads to Magnolia Ridge, Paradis and Des Allemands. At the same time, a “colored” school was noted by 1886. He later worked for Shell. That is incorrect. It is believed the Sanctified Church began its work in the 1870s before moving to Des Allemands years later, leaving the Assembly of God Church there.