Notes for Albia COUVILLION

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Notes for Albia COUVILLION

FAMILY REUNIONS
by
Ethel Lee LaBorde

Albia Couvillion owned most of the property on Spring Bayou Road in
Marksville and gave each of his children portions of is as they married.
That is why Albia's children lived, all next to each other. It was fun
walking to their houses on Sundays.

They were great people to be around too. While Albia was alive, huge
family reunions were held on his place in Marksville. All of his
children, and he had 13, and their families would come. He would have
hay in his wagons and the great uncles (his sons) would pull all the
little grand and great grand children around his farm. The women would
all make their favorite cakes. Great Grandfather Couvillion would kill a
pig and roast it. The women would also make ice cream and potato salad,
breads, and vegetables. It was a wonderful time when you got to know
your 1st and 2nd cousins. That all ended when he died and the property
was sold to someone who built a huge night club there.

Elphege Wayne LaBorde used to do the same thing in Moncla where he
lived. there was drinking there which the Couvillions did not do. They
barbecued goat instead of roasting pigs; but, the fun was the same. The
LaBorde cousins were wilder. E. Wayne LaBorde and Eva Brouillette had
many children. Those who survived infancy were: Una Mae, Hester,
Cleveland, Laura, Carlton, Dalton, and the baby Gertrude.

Source: Ethel Lee LaBorde Smith

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