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Leon Godchaux (June 10, 1824 – May 18, 1899) [1] [2] was a French-born American businessman, planter, sugar plantation owner and the founder of the Leon Godchaux Clothing Co. department store and Godchaux Sugars Inc..
Peter Michael Wolf, a fifth-generation member of the Godchaux-Weis-Wolf family, was born in New Orleans. [1] He is the author of several books, including the biography The Sugar King: Leon Godchaux, A New Orleans Legend, His Creole Slave, and His Jewish Roots and his memoir, My New Orleans, Gone Away – A Memoir of Loss and Renewal.
President William Howard Taft (1909) at the Godchaux–Reserve Plantation The Godchaux Sugar Refinery (1938). Godchaux–Reserve Plantation, also known as Godchaux–Boudousquie Plantation, and the Reserve Plantation, is a former plantation, former site of a sugar refinery, and once included a historic house built in 1764, located in Reserve, St. John the Baptist Parish, Louisiana.
The Godchaux–Reserve Plantation was built by Leon Godchaux, and the oldest portion of the plantation home dates to 1764, is listed on the National Register of Historic Places (NRHP). [1] [2] In the early 20th century, the plantation at Reserve had the largest sugarcane refinery in the United States, named Godchaux Sugar Refinery. [3]
Michel Fribourg (1913–2001), Belgian-American chairman and CEO of family-owned ContiGroup Companies (later led by his son, Paul (1954/1955–)) [81] Isaac Friedlander (1823–1878), German-born grain merchant [82] Leon Godchaux (1824–1899), French-born sugar farmer and refiner; founder of Leon Godchaux Clothing Co. [83]
The Grateful Dead organization is celebrating 50 years of 'Europe '72' at 'Meet-Up at the Movies.' Donna Jean Godchaux shares her memories.
Kelly Rutherford turned Paris Fashion Week into a family affair.. The Gossip Girl alum showed up to a Christian Dior fashion show in Paris on Monday, Jan. 27, bringing her son, Hermès Gustaf ...
Louis-Dreyfus family (14 P) Pages in category "American people of French-Jewish descent" ... Leon Godchaux; Ricky Paull Goldin; Vladimir Golschmann; Paulette Goodman;