Stories tagged "daigle": 3
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Grit and Tin: Cajun Sharecroppers and the Prairie Hayes Cotton Gin – Supplying rural farmers with the means to gin their cotton from the 1930s until the 1970s.
Sometime in the early 1880s, the first cotton gin in Church Point was built by Valentin Breaux and in 1890, his competitor Homer Barrouse opened another. The ginning business was dominated by Joseph Ernest Daigle, who opened multiple gins…
Chocolate Soldier Chronicles: From Church Point to Hanley's Bottling Works – Supplying Church Point with delicious refreshments, from 1906 to 1978.
Our story starts off once more with the Daigle family of Church Point. In 1902, Ernestine Daigle, daughter of Joseph Ernest and Maria Madeleine Breaux Daigle, married Pierre Guidry, son of Thelismar and Marie Hermina Daigle Guidry. Marie…
Beyond Hammers and Nails: The Long Legacy of Theo. Daigle & Bros. Hardware Store – Supplying Church Point with the tools to build a town, 114 years and counting.
Our story starts with Joseph Ernest Daigle and his wife, Maria Madeleine Breaux Daigle, whose 12 children nearly had a monopoly over Church Point. One son, Theodore Daigle, was born in 1875, and after receiving his education in town, dabbled…