correction: I am a descendent of Evarista Villavaso who was the son of Rosalia Andry and Jose Raimundo Villavaso. Rosalia was a native of Bilbao, Spain and was born in 1777. Jose was a native of Maruro, Spain. Evarista was their son. The couple relocated in the late 18th century to Lousiana and settled in St. James Parish along River Road where they purchased St. Emma's Plantation, a plantation that was owned by several families throughout generations. Nevertheless, Evarista married Susanne Croizet, a native French woman who bore him a son whom they named Etienne Villavaso. Evarista also had a son named Augustine or Gustave, or Gee-Stan as they called him, by his house servant, a native African woman who was purchased in New Orleans after the uprising at Santo Domingo, now known as Haiti. Her name was Elizabeth DePierrie, of whom I am a descendent.