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- He was elected to the state senate in 1853 and was appointed the State Engineer in 1855. Between 1856 and the beginning of the war, he was a Colonel in the state militia. When Louisiana seceded, Hébert was elected Colonel of the 3rd Louisiana Infantry. He was a capable leader and was extremely popular with his troops.
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Born in Iberville Parish, Louisiana, Louis Hébert was the first cousin of engineer, Governor Paul Octave Hébert. Louis Hébert graduated from the United States Military Academy in 1845 and was assigned as a brevet second lieutenant to the construction of Fort Livingston, Louisiana.
Louis Hébert (c. 1575 – 25 January 1627) is widely considered the first European apothecary in the region that would later become Canada, as well as the first European to farm in said region. He was born around 1575 at 129 de la rue Saint-Honoré in Paris to Nicolas Hébert and Jacqueline Pajot.
During his stay in the colony Hébert raised his apothecary work to a very high standard and facilitated the role of New France in the emergence of botany in Europe. All of Hébert’s accounts indicate that he had sent plants to France.
Quick Reference. ( c 1575–1627). Ties to the Poutrincourt family apparently enticed the Parisian apothecary, Louis Hébert, to Acadia in 1606–7.
The work of Canadian sculptor, Alfred Laliberté, the statue represents Louis Hébert, the first European settler of Canada, standing on the plinth, offering to God the first sheaf of wheat harvested on Canadian soil.
In 1606, Dugua de Mons hired him to work in his Acadian colony. This is where Hébert made the acquaintance of Samuel de Champlain. His first trip was cut short, however, as the monopoly over the fur trade was revoked in 1607 and the colony was abandoned.
Jan 6, 2019 · Louis Gaston Hébert: Early Settler of Quebec. The determined man’s hard work and dedication became evident in the colony. His medical services, his farming accomplishments, and his relationship with the indigenous people of the area helped the settlement thrive and flourish.
