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Lafreniere Park, Metairie, LA.
Until 1920, Jefferson Parish was comprised of a scattering of farms, pastures, and villages with some large plantations spread out along the Mississippi River. It was on one of these plantations that Nicolas Chauvin, a first generation Canadian born in Montreal, Quebec, Canada, and the eighth child of Pierre Chauvin and Marthe Autreuil, eventually settled taking the name, de la Freniere. With his wife, Marguerite Le Suer, the elder de la Freniere raised his three children on a 5000 acre land grant known as Elmwood Plantation that he had received from Bienville as a reward for his service to the colonization of New Orleans. In September 1972 the Lafreniere Park Citizens Committee presented the signatures of over 12,000 people who favored the purchase of the site for a park.
Lafreniere Park, Metairie, LA.
Until 1920, Jefferson Parish was comprised of a scattering of farms, pastures, and villages with some large plantations spread out along the Mississippi River. It was on one of these plantations that Nicolas Chauvin, a first generation Canadian born in Montreal, Quebec, Canada, and the eighth child of Pierre Chauvin and Marthe Autreuil, eventually settled taking the name, de la Freniere. With his wife, Marguerite Le Suer, the elder de la Freniere raised his three children on a 5000 acre land grant known as Elmwood Plantation that he had received from Bienville as a reward for his service to the colonization of New Orleans. In September 1972 the Lafreniere Park Citizens Committee presented the signatures of over 12,000 people who favored the purchase of the site for a park.