Ascension County Louisiana Archives Obituaries.....LeBlanc, Casimir Joseph - November 21, 1908 ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/la/lafiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Mary K. Creamer marykcreamer.00@gmail.com March 16, 2022, 10:59 pm source: Times-Picayune (New Orleans, La.) Sunday, November 22, 1908, page 13 LE BLANCS THE VICTIMS, And Sorrow and Suffering Are No Strangers to Their Home. - Casimir and George LeBlanc, the victim and the most seriously hurt in the disaster, are brothers living within a few squares of each other in the section of the city, and the scenes in and around the homes of each last night were heartrending, when the full details of the accident was learned by their families. At Casimir's home in North Claiborne Avenue, a short distance from St. Anthony Street, surrounded by friends with her four little children, the youngest but 4 months and the oldest 6 years, his wife waited from the time that the first news of the accident reached her without giving way to her feelings, in the hope that they might have been a mistake in the report and her husband was safe and well. When she was told he was dead, she fainted, and it was with some difficulty that she was kept from collapse. Casimir was a native of St. James Parish, aged about 30 years, and a graduate of Spring Hill College, near Mobile, Ala., and shortly after leaving school went into the steamboat trade as a clerk. He worked at this vocation up to about three years ago, when the falling off in the number of steamboats operated out of this city knocked him out of a job. He was unable to secure work in any of the stores, and after almost all of the savings of himself and his wife, who was a Miss Ella Eris, of Donaldsonville, La., had been spent, he went to work as a conductor on the Prytania Line. Some time ago promise was held out to him of a position on a steamboat and he left the car line, but the job did not materialize, and it was only about six months ago that he secured steady employment again, this time with the J.E. Trudeau. The quantity of business handled by the Company forced them to secure the Carter, and the trip which proved fatal to him was the first he took on the boat. His death coming as it did, just after his family had met with so many violassitudos, leaves them almost in a destitute condition, as he was not insured. He was one of a big family, and in addition to his wife and four little ones, is survived by his mother, four brothers and three sisters, all of whom, with the exception of his wife and babies, live at No. 1327 St. Anthony Street. It was at this address that George made his home, along with his mother, sisters and brothers. his mother, an aged, white-haired woman, though she showed the trace of suffering she was undergoing, did not give way to her grief and eagerly inquired of everyone for news of her two sons, Casimir and George, as she hoped that both were safe. When the news reached her of Casimir's death she broke into sobbing, and for a time the fact that George was spared could not stem her tears, for her heart was breaking from the affliction which had fallen on her family within the past five months. About three months ago one of her sons, Lolls, was buried, and the death of Casimir, with the serious injury to George, was more than the old lady could bear, and after crying for some time she fell away in a dead faint in the arms of her children and relatives, and was revived with difficulty. George was a native of Assumption Parish, aged 22 years old, and received his education in the Brother's School of that parish. For the past six years he has worked on the river front as a clerk on the steamboats and was liked by all with whom he came in contact. Captain J.V. LeBlanc, residing at No. 1504 St. Anthony street, who left the boat at Donaldsonville, and was its master, is a brother of both the men, while E. LeBlanc, residing at No. 1330 St. Anthony Street, who was also working on the boat, is an uncle. Additional Comments: NOTE: www.findagrave.com memorial # 179961871 File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/la/ascension/obits/l/leblanc8457gob.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.org/lafiles/ File size: 4.4 Kb