DANSEREAU, H. C., M. D., Assumption Parish, Louisiana
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Louisiana:  Comprising Sketches of Parishes, Towns, Events, Institutions, and Persons, 
Arranged in Cyclopedic Form (volume 3), pp. 608-609.  Edited by Alcée Fortier, Lit.D. 
Published in 1914, by Century Historical Association.

Dansereau, H. C., M. D., vice-president bank of Labadie, Labadieville, La., was born 
March 25, 1878; son of Hercules and Alida (Aycock) Dansereau, the former of whom
is a French-Canadian born in the province of Quebec.  In the course of his education he 
attended college at Montreal, Canada, afterward entering the Albany college of medicine,
 New York, from which he later graduated with the degree of M. D.  He came to 
Louisiana in Dec., 1853, locating at Labadieville, but after a short stay in that locality 
he removed to Pointe-a-la-Hache, where he passed 1 year, then became resident at 
Thibodaux, La., where he has since lived and practiced medicine.  His wife, Alida Aycock, 
was born in Louisiana, but the ancestors of the Aycock family in Louisiana came originally 
from  North Carolina.  Mrs. Dansereau, mother of the subject of this sketch, died in the 
month of Oct., 1910.  The paternal grandfather, Pierre Dansereau, was a native of Canada, 
but the family probably originates from Poitiers, capital of the former province of Poitou, 
France.  He married Rosalie Chagnon.  H. C. Dansereau was the seventh of 11 children 
born to his parents, as follows:  Philip J., a practicing physician of  Thibodaux, La.;  
Mathilde, wife of R. S. McMahon, furniture merchant, of New Iberia, La.;  Henriette, 
wife of Charles L. Gonaux, a New Orleans druggist;  Louise, deceased;  Anna, now 
residing at the parental home in Thibodaux;  May, wife of P. A. Engerran, of 
Labadieville;  H. C., the subject of this sketch;  Cecile, now deceased;  Pauline, 
wife of J. J. MacNamara, planter, of Lafourche parish, La.;  Claude, deceased;  
Marie, wife of L. T. Menuet, of Thibodaux, public accountant, Lake Charles, La.  
H. C. Dansereau received his earlier education at a private school, in Thibodaux, 
La., following which he attended Thibodaux college.  After completing the course 
of study at the latter institution he went to the Eastman commercial college, 
Poughkeepsie, N. Y., and having graduated from this school, entered the medical 
department of Tulane university, New Orleans, from  which he graduated with the 
degree of M. D. in the class of 1903.  Dr. Dansereau began medical practice at 
Labadieville shortly after his graduation, and has remained in that locality to this
time.  He is a member of the Kappa Sigma fraternity, the Louisiana State Medical 
society and Woodmen of the World.  He was a member of the parish medical 
association as long as the organization was in existence.  The doctor also is affiliated 
with the Catholic church.  Dr. Dansereau is now serving as a member of the police 
jury of Assumption parish.  He is a stockholder in the Bank of Labadie, and fills the 
office of vice-president of the bank.