Gaston L. Rousseau

ID: 1531 ~ Source: "Catahoula Residents Served by SM Priests." Teche News, 09 Mar. 1977, pg. 13. Newspapers.com. https://www.newspapers.com/image/473968971/. Accessed April 15,2024.

This file appears in: A Lost Paradise: Rousseau's Catahoula Inn

Gaston L. Rousseau was a restaurateur and businessman in St. Martin Parish. He owned Rousseau's on Main Street in St. Martinville, as well as Catahoula Inn in Catahoula, La.

This file appears in: A Lost Paradise: Rousseau's Catahoula Inn

A Lost Paradise: Rousseau's Catahoula Inn – The Tragic Story of a Forgotten Getaway

By Marie Hamilton

Gaston L. Rousseau was born in Breaux Bridge, Louisiana, on November 7, 1881. In 1908, Gaston moved to Springfield, Illinois, where he lived for ten years. There, he met Lena Hogan of Illinois. The couple married in New Orleans in 1918. Within two…