Josephine Elodie Marie LeBlanc born 18 Jun
1842 the daughter of Simon "Simonette"
LeBlanc and Celeste Dupre. She married Augustin Colomb Broussard 30 Nov 1857 in Abbeville, Vermilion Parish,
Louisiana.
She was recognized and rembered for
her fine
weaving, especially for what they called
cottonade. She went to the "1893
World's
Columbia Exposition" in Chicago,
Illinois
to exhibit and demonstrate her weaving.
Her
daughter, Noemie Marie, went to represent
"Evangeline" and her daughter
Zuleme
Eleonore went to represent Louisiana
beauty.
Elodie received awards for her exhibit
and
demonstrations. She also won a blue
ribbon
for an exhibit at the "Cotton
Exhibit"
(1893-94) in New Orleans, Louisiana.
The
award ribbon is in the "Christian
Woman's
Exchange Collection", which is
now part
of the Louisiana Collection at the
Tulane
University Library. Her picture is
in the
archives of the Louisiana State University
Museum in New Orleans, Louisiana.
Three years after the death of Augustin,
Elodie married Joseph Tertule Theriot
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