My parents were married on August 26, 1913. My father left Perilloux Plantation at 4 a.m. in horse and buggy and traveled 18 miles on the Great River Road, dirt road, to St. Peter's Church in Reserve. Automobiles were just coming into being and my mother's father arranged for automobiles to take them to the church for a 6:00 a.m. wedding Mass, the only time of day the priest said Mass. Afterwards they had a wedding breakfast and took the train to New Orleans for their honeymoon. My father's mother went with them.
Of this marriage there are 105 descendants--8 children, 24 grandchildren, 34 great-grandchildren, 38 great-great grandchildren and one great-great-great grandchild. 54 are of the masculine gender and 51 of the feminine gender. Ten of the 105 are deceased, my eldest sister, Daisy was the first to die and she is not in the photo. I barely made the photo.
They taught us to value an education, to love our church and country and to respect others. I feel that I can speak for all the women in saying that we inherited my mother's fortitude, patience and strength.
There are four generations in this photo, I don't remember who took the picture. The four generations are my maternal grandmother,(standing left) my mother,and my sister Anna Belle (in lower right) with her young son and expecting her second child. The brother in the military uniform was home on leave from Marine Boot Camp--he will be 90 in September. He was barely 18 when he enlisted in World War II.
God bless us all.