ST. JULIEN, J. Gilbert, Lafayette Parish, Louisiana
Submitted by Mike Miller

Louisiana:  Comprising Sketches of Parishes, Towns, Events, Institutions,
and Persons, Arranged in Cyclopedic Form (volume 3), pp. 386-387.  Edited
by Alcée Fortier, Lit.D.  Published in 1914, by Century Historical
Association



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St. Julien, J. Gilbert, clerk of court of Lafayette parish, and residing in
the city of Lafayette, is a member of a French family that emigrated to
Louisiana when that state was a colony of France.  Louis Cadet St. Julien,
paternal great-grandfather of J. Gilbert St. Julien, was a native of
Bordeaux, France, who came to Louisiana in early manhood, first settling on
Bayou Carenero, in the parish of Lafayette, and subsequently at Bayou
Tortue in the same parish.  There is in the St. Julien family archives the
marriage contract of Louis Cadet St. Julien and Miss Anastasie Broussard,
dated in 1804.  The Broussards came from Nova Scotia with the Acadian
exiles in 1765, and settled in Lafayette parish, Paul Leon St. Julien, son
of Louis Cadet St. Julien, was the paternal grandfather of the subject of
this sketch, and was a native of Lafayette parish.  One of his brothers,
Major Aurelien St. Julien, was a leader of the vigilance committee that was
organized in Lafayette parish soon after the close of tile Civil war.  J.
Gilbert St. Julien was born in the parish of Lafayette, Feb. 21, 1872, the
son of J. G. and Margaret Helena (Roy) St. Julien, both natives of
Lafayette parish.  The elder St. Julien left college at the outbreak of the
war between North and South, enlisted in the Confederate army and served
throughout the long conflict.  His brother, Numa, was killed during one of
the engagements in Virginia.  When hostilities were ended, Mr. St. Julien
returned to Lafayette, and interested himself in politics, occupying for 20
years the position of member of the police jury, and was several times its
president.  He died in 1910 at the age of 66; his widow (a granddaughter of
Euclid Roy, of Lafayette parish) is still living.  The St. Juline [sic],
Roy and Broussard families have been identified for many generations with
the agricultural, professional and political interests of Lafayette parish.
 J. Gilbert St. Julien was educated in the public and private schools of
his native parish, and at St. Charles' (Jesuits') college, Grand Coteau,
St. Landry parish, where he took a commercial course.  Leaving college, Mr.
St. Julien conducted a general merchandise store for M. Billeaud, Jr., &
Co., at Broussard, La., during 4 years, and also taught school.  In 1904 he
was elected to the legislature, and served 4 years, when the people gave
him their votes, electing him clerk of court for the parish of Lafayette;
reëlecting him in 1912 for the term ending in 1916.  Mr. St. Julien has
always been a faithful democrat.  In religion he is a Roman Catholic; and
in fraternal orders, is a member of the Knights of Columbus.  Aug. 1, 1905,
he married Miss Idolie Girouard.  They have 1 son, Louis Lionel St. Julien.
 No more courteous gentleman or more efficient public officer can be found
than Mr. St. Julien in Lafayette parish, or in fact in any part of
southwestern Louisiana.