Hon. Bertrand Weil, Rapides Parish, Louisiana 
Submitted by Mike Miller   

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Source: Louisiana: Comprising Sketches of Parishes, Towns, Events, 
Institutions, and Persons, 
Arranged in Cyclopedic Form (volume 3), pp. 458-459.  
Edited by Alc‚e Fortier, Lit.D.  
Published in 1914, by Century Historical Association 

HON. BERTRAND WEIL  Weil, 
Hon. Bertrand, planter, merchant, financier and state senator, was born 
at Alexandria, La., Nov. 26, 1859; son of John and Jeanette (Weil) Weil, 
the former of whom came to Louisiana about the year 1845 and the mother 
a few years later. They were from the same town, Ingenheim, Bavaria, and 
though of same name, not related. They were married in New Orleans in 
1856, and immediately thereafter located at Alexandria. Some time afterward 
they lived for a time at Evergreen, in Avoyelles parish, but later returned 
to Alexandria, where they have since lived. Bertrand Weil was the third of 
10 children born to his parents--5 sons and 5 daughters--of whom 5 daughters 
and 2 sons are living at this time. He attended private schools at Alexandria 
after which he took a commercial course at Soul‚ college, New Orleans. From 
1876 to 1886 he was engaged as clerk in mercantile business at Alexandria, 
Cheneyville and Lecompte. In the latter year he formed a partnership with Mr. 
Felix Bauer and began business under the firm name of Bauer & Weil, which was 
succeeded in 1895 by Weil Bros. & Bauer, when George Bauer, and his brother, 
Samuel Weil, and himself became the members of the new firm, of which Bertrand 
Weil is the senior member. Mr. Weil owns several plantations, upon which cane, 
cotton, corn and alfalfa are grown. Also, he is vice-president of the Rapides 
bank, and has served several terms as a member of the police jury, and was also 
president 1 term and president pro-tem, prior. When a member of the police jury 
he served on the building committee for erecting the courthouse and jail at 
Alexandria, also on building committee for erection of first high school 
building in Alexandria. In 1912 he was elected a member of the Louisiana 
state senate, and is incumbent of that office at this time. Senator Weil is 
a 32nd degree Mason and a Noble of the Mystic Shrine, and a member of the 
Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks. Senator Weil is a man of varied 
business interests and large affairs, but has always managed to find time 
for taking an active part in such public affairs as affect the interests of 
the people, among whom he lives. He is a successful business man, financier 
and legislator, with a high sense of the obligations of American citizenship.  
As a citizen, Mr. Weil is held in high esteem by the people who have known 
him long and well.