Rene Broussard born 12 Apr 1879 Lake Peigneur,
Abbeville, Vermillion Parish, Louisiana the
ninth child of Augustin Colomb Broussard and Josephine Elodie Marie LeBlanc. He married
Mercedes Marie Shaw daughter of Granville Berkwick Shaw and
Zulma Marie Bernard 05 Oct 1898 in
Abbeville,
Vermilion Parish, Louisiana.
He attended school in New Iberia and
New
Orleans, Louisiana. After his marriage
to
Mercedes he moved to Gueydan to work
for
E.M. Stebbin Hardware and Lumber Company.
The company decided to expand to the
new
community of Kaplan and sent him to
manage
this store. On 2 May 1902 the Rene
Broussards
became residences of Kaplan. He was
one of
the first aldermen and was the second
postmaster.
Local Businessmen
A few years after moving to Kaplan
Ovey Broussard
and Rene Broussard bought the Stebbins
Company
and change the name to Broussard Hardware Company. Rene later opened the Planter's Hardware
and was in partnership is several other
ventures
in Vermilion Parish.
Rene and Mercedes had five children
-- Andre
Rene "Pim" Broussard married,
Floyd
Bernard "Kin" Broussard,
Lucille
Marie Broussard died at 2 years, Florence
Josephine Broussard married Phedias
Wiltz
Bordelon, and Ruth "Nookie"
Zulma
Broussard married Justin John Broussard,
Sr..
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