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Please add profiles of those who were born, lived or died in St. James Parish, Louisiana. Official Website St. James is one of the state's nineteen original parishes, created by act of the territorial legislature, March 31, 1807. St. James Parish is part of the Acadian Coast. While it is possible that some Acadians did arrive prior to 1755 or between 1755 and 1764, the first documented group...
The German Coast (French: Côte des Allemands) was a region of the early Louisiana settlement located above New Orleans on the Mississippi River — specifically, in St. John the Baptist, St. Charles, Ascension and St. James parishes of present-day Acadiana. Its name derives from the large population of German pioneers, who were settled in 1721 by John Law, and the Company of the Indies. When the ...
Jefferson College was a college located in Convent, Louisiana, operating under various names between 1830 and 1928. As of 2021, the site is a Jesuit retreat center called Manresa House of Retreats, which, along with several historic homes in Convent, are listed on the National Register of Historic Places. College of Jefferson The institution was established as the College of Jefferson in 1...