He was a pioneer settler on Chapitoulas Coast, explorer, trader, coureur de bois and member of Superior Council of French Louisiana. He is recognized as the first known European to explore the Minnesota River Valley.
Lafreniere Park is the largest Park in Metairie, Louisiana. It was named after Nicolas-Joseph Chauvin de la Freniere, who received a 5,000-acre land grant from Jean-Baptiste Le Moyne de Bienville in 1720 which he used to settle with his family. The name of his home was Lafreniere Plantation.
Elmwood Plantation on River Road in New Orleans was built by Nicolas-Joseph Chauvin de la Freniere in 1762 for the first Governor of the State of Louisiana, William Charles Cole Claiborne.
Nicolas Chauvin, Sieur de La Frenière, the elder, who was born 1675 in Montréal, and died in 1748 in New Orleans, Orleans Parish, Louisiana.[1]
Contributor: Carol Vandermiller (50692030)
Lafreniere Park is the largest Park in Metairie, Louisiana. It was named after Nicolas-Joseph Chauvin de la Freniere, who received a 5,000-acre land grant from Jean-Baptiste Le Moyne de Bienville in 1720 which he used to settle with his family. The name of his home was Lafreniere Plantation.
Elmwood Plantation on River Road in New Orleans was built by Nicolas-Joseph Chauvin de la Freniere in 1762 for the first Governor of the State of Louisiana, William Charles Cole Claiborne.
Nicolas Chauvin, Sieur de La Frenière, the elder, who was born 1675 in Montréal, and died in 1748 in New Orleans, Orleans Parish, Louisiana.[1]
Contributor: Carol Vandermiller (50692030)
He was a pioneer settler on Chapitoulas Coast, explorer, trader, coureur de bois and member of Superior Council of French Louisiana. He is recognized as the first known European to explore the Minnesota River Valley.
Lafreniere Park is the largest Park in Metairie, Louisiana. It was named after Nicolas-Joseph Chauvin de la Freniere, who received a 5,000-acre land grant from Jean-Baptiste Le Moyne de Bienville in 1720 which he used to settle with his family. The name of his home was Lafreniere Plantation.
Elmwood Plantation on River Road in New Orleans was built by Nicolas-Joseph Chauvin de la Freniere in 1762 for the first Governor of the State of Louisiana, William Charles Cole Claiborne.
Nicolas Chauvin, Sieur de La Frenière, the elder, who was born 1675 in Montréal, and died in 1748 in New Orleans, Orleans Parish, Louisiana.[1]
Contributor: Carol Vandermiller (50692030)
Lafreniere Park is the largest Park in Metairie, Louisiana. It was named after Nicolas-Joseph Chauvin de la Freniere, who received a 5,000-acre land grant from Jean-Baptiste Le Moyne de Bienville in 1720 which he used to settle with his family. The name of his home was Lafreniere Plantation.
Elmwood Plantation on River Road in New Orleans was built by Nicolas-Joseph Chauvin de la Freniere in 1762 for the first Governor of the State of Louisiana, William Charles Cole Claiborne.
Nicolas Chauvin, Sieur de La Frenière, the elder, who was born 1675 in Montréal, and died in 1748 in New Orleans, Orleans Parish, Louisiana.[1]
Contributor: Carol Vandermiller (50692030)
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