LASSALLE, Joseph, CAN., then St. Landry Parish, Louisiana
Submitted by Mike Miller


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JOSEPH LASSALLE, OPELOUSAS.--Mr. Lassalle is a native of Canada, born in St.
Paul of L'Assomption, 1844. His father, Joseph Lassalle, Sr., was a native of
Canada, and was a dealer in grain in St. Paul.  He died December 9, 1889, at
the age of seventy-two years.

Our subject's mother was Sarah Asselin, also a native of Canada.  She died in
March of 1853, at the age of thirty-three years.  The family are of purely
French descent.

Young Joseph was reared in Canada, and received the best education its schools
afforded.  He is a graduate of Joiliette College.  He was educated for a
priest, but not being inclined that way, did not pursue that calling.  Canada
not affording the field for the operations his ambitious nature craved, Mr.
Lassalle, December 14, 1871, started for Opelousas, Louisiana.  He came on the
ocean via New York to New Orleans, arriving in Opelousas in January, 1872.  He
was for five years succeeding this deputy tax collector of St. Landry parish.

In 1877 he began a mercantile business, starting with a capital of $900.  He
has been very successful in his business, and, besides the large business
interest which he conducts, he owns considerable town property.

Mr. Lassalle was married, January 6, 1876, to Therese Goldman, daughter of
Jacob Goldman, who was a former resident of Opelousas.

Southwest Louisiana Biographical and Historical, Biographical Section, p. 57.
Edited by William Henry Perrin.  Published in 1891, by The Gulf Publishing
Company.