BERARD, Ernest, St. Martin then Iberia Parish, Louisiana
Submitted by Mike Miller
Source: Southwest Louisiana Biographical and Historical, Biographical
Section
Date: 21 Oct 1998



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ERNEST BERARD, NEW IBERIA.--Ernest Berard was born in St. Martin parish,
Louisiana, 1837.  He is the son of John Berard and Orelia (Huval)
Berard, both natives of St. Martin parish. 
Our subject's great-grandfather gave the grounds and built the Catholic
church at St. Martinsville.

The subject of this sketch began business life in 1865 as a planter.  He
now owns eight hundred and fifty acres of valuable land in Iberia
parish, which he cultivates chiefly in
cane and corn.  Mr. Berard has made a study of planting, never having
given his attention to any other business.  He is one of the successful
planters of this section.  In 1865 he
married Miss Amilda Ross, a native of Louisiana, daughter of David F.
and Bahain Ross.  They are the parents of six children, four of whom are
living.

Southwest Louisiana Biographical and Historical, Biographical Section,
pp. 97-98.  Edited by William Henry Perrin.  Published in 1891, by The
Gulf Publishing Company.