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wife and two daughters, Lady Kate and ^Miss Emma (“and that is what they /-were always , ;>, a uniformed
ing American lingo, Jives Uptown and comments, maybe a bit wistfully, “Oh I
THE PERRILLIAT HOME AT 833 ESPLANADE AS IT LOOKS TOPAY
was Virginia Couturie j Arhelie; married to Martin Matthews'; Lucy, wife of Sam-' uel Coleman, and Martin Duralde, wed to Yvonne Ross
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The Creole is of Louisiana lineage.1 .went out-and purchased five cows and The name was fashioned from the Latin: ;, went into the milk business. creare with an added olio for euphony With his astonishing memory for by-and a natural adaptation by these*:- gone fevents, and his skill at polishing up romantics of the feminine form, Creole. , i an anecdote, Mr. Perrilliat recites an
•	They are Caucasian descendants of ei- , most incredible saga about the burial ther French or, Spanish ancestors,'orthe Protestant Governor Claiborne,
^both, and a sometime alliance with the ^Though married to staunchly Catholic members of the gentry from the Colo-^ wives (his third ,wife was a. Spanish .
nies, as in the case of Mr. Perrilliat ’' beauty named Sophronia Bosque), ___________ ;	. .	_. .	„	-	.
whose own bloodlines are a fusion of all governor remained an Episcopalian. On .•? carried a female, middle name,” says 'three. 1	.	^ his death, jie was buried in the church- . the present Perrilliat who refers to these : ',i
il- Vvarri of fhp FnicVnnnl Churfh Irw'afpH at antecedents as “la haute bourecoise” -i-i
William Charles Cole Claiborne Perril- ' "yard of the Episcopal Church located at ■ liat is a direct descendant of the illustri- the site of Maison Blanche on Canal ous Governor Claiborne, an ambitiousi Street.,Later, his descendants desired and intelligent young Virginian who was ■ his removal to St. Louis Cemetery No. 1, summoned to become first governor of; resting place for Creole first families, the Louisiana territory.	where he was interred in the Protestant
A portent of the governor’s future ca-	‘section. The/paucity of Protestants in"	two daughters married two brothers
reer might have been predestined when	this predominantly, Catholic city had al-	named Blanc. From one branch of this
as an 8-year-old student at Richmond	* lowed this part of the cemetery to be-,	.	dual union came such prominent fami-
Academy he penned “Cara patris, carior	come somewhat neglected. So the gover-	.,	lies'of today as the Monroes, Glennys
libertas; ubu est libertas ibi est mea pa- Cnor was,shunted into the Catholic.,.iandDenegres.
antecedents as “la haute bourgeoise vand proudly recants their fluctuating v
■	fortunes. .	-	"
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■	ed citizens of a later /year was a Dr. ' Labatut, an eminent physiciian, whose
a tria, meaning “Dear is mycouiitry.au.sectipn. onlv_jQ,be-move<Lagain to what -
-‘■“"'•dearer Is Hbertyf where liberty abides, -	'----u- L:~ r:—' —---------------—
there is my country found.
£ Following the death from yellow fever f his first wife,, a Miss Eliza'Lewis of J
the family home on Bayou St, John, ^spti
) ; f his first wife,, a Mi$s Eliza'Lewis of The governor’s son'by Miss Duralde,
Tennessee, the governor married Miss.f,j William Charles Cole Claiborne Jr.; was‘‘She was drinking coffee in front of the^vjfft >■ Clarisse Duralde, one of the four beauti-)/ serving as :an attache to .the Russian -,'\-'open fireplace, but got too close and her , !* ful daughters of MartinMilony Duralde,V.Embassy whe,n helost his heart to aclothing caught fire,” tells her great-.jf;"-,
, ,V , a Spanish territorial officer of a district:.^Parisian lovely, Mademoiselle Louise de^~'grandson, as Bonne mama Blanc’s son,^.£. ll - designated as the Attakapas Post, an ' Balthier. whjle passing through Paris.',, j.Charles Perrilliat, was his grandfather.
;t; area .which is around Morgan City and f After the,, marriage, • a> brilliant social'^. •. In bringing the family history to the'?}’/ '.;V, Opelousas. V , ■	■	.?%	event	in	Paris,	she	returned	to Louisianav -present, this Charles!married a Miss : .
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said "painted her face and smoked.” ’VO Appeal, continued the ascendancy of Claiborne, who with the Creole penchant < Julia married well in her selection of^this particular branch.oif the family^ for nicknames was never called any- . ' John Clay, brother of the noted Henry,T. through^his marriage to Miss Amelie Vj^hing but "Lulu.” . nnt too wiselv as .Tnhn was a hitfnnri Soniat \ duFnssat ■ (Conpresswnman**S*-i-. ^.. V	___. .
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but not tpo wisely, as John was a bit fond*;: Soniat duFossat..(Congresswoman*^*-KDr LoU'is Perrilliat and Mary Louise of drink. The spirited lady divorced her-f'Lindy Boggs is a descendant of. anotherClaiborne Perrilliat were the husband (a scandalous action) and fur-£ of this large family.) Their five children tf parents!0f our chronicler Claiborne Per-ther horrified the sedate community;! were Marie Louise, .who married'Dr.,-v/;rjjijat	’
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.‘dle-deeKiee attitude as sheyj,Louis Perrilliat;.Charles, whose wife'
—L.J.
MRS. LOUIS PERRILLIAT, NEE “LULU CLAIBORNE”