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Manouche Lataste

Titine of Opelousas: The Woman Who Ran the Old Bank Hotel

May 26, 2026 by The Kinstructure Company

Newspaper advertisement reading "Ed. P. Veazie, Justice of the Peace, Office at Titine's Hotel, old Bank," published in The Opelousas Journal on January 30, 1874.

Celestine Perrault, known as Titine, ran a large hotel in Opelousas for at least a quarter century. Three generations of her family lived under that roof. A Justice of the Peace kept his office there. This is her documented record.

Filed Under: Genealogy, Louisiana Heritage, Women's History Wednesday Tagged With: Celestine Perrault, free women of color, Henry Bloch, Louisiana Creole history, Manouche Lataste, Opelousas, Railroad Hotel, St. Landry Parish, Suzanne Moreau, Titine

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