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12/16/2018
 I found out this week that the Segura Plantation 
home is still standing in New Iberia, Louisiana! I can't wait to go see it. 




PLEASE HELP
I need your help in building this site!! I still need info about Grandma Quebedeaux's 
sisters/brothers families. If anyone can help, please let me know.




The History of New Iberia
by Glenn R. Conrad September 3, 1932 - June 4, 2003 

New Iberia was founded on the banks of Bayou Teche in 1779 by a group of 
Spaniards from Malaga, Spain. It is the only extant town in Louisiana to 
be founded by Spaniards during the colonial era. The Spanish pioneers called 
their town "Nueva Iberia" in consideration of their homeland. Their French 
neighbors along the Teche referred to the town as "Nouvelle Ibérie." Then, 
after the Louisiana Purchase, incoming English-speakers dubbed the site "New 
Town." 
When, in 1814, the federal government opened a post office there, it was 
officially known as "New Iberia," but postmarks shortly thereafter reveal that 
the town was being called "Nova (Latin for new) Iberia" and "Nueva Iberia." 
Then, in 1839, the town was incorporated by the state legislature as "Iberia," 
to the consternation of French speakers who supported "Nouvelle Ibérie" and 
English speakers who favored "New Town." In 1847 a compromise was worked out, 
and the legislature designated the town's name to be "New (not Nueva, Nova, or 
Nouvelle) Iberia."