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===Early years=== In the 18th century,<!-- when? --> French colonist Pierre Zerangue acquired the land where Jeanerette developed from the Spanish government. Zerangue received an "order of survey and settlement" from [[Spain]] for {{convert|1052|acre|km2}}. Under Spanish law, if a person occupied a piece of property for two years, they could apply for title to the land under an "order of survey settlement."{{citation needed|date=June 2020}} Colonist Nicholas Provost acquired property extending from the present-day experimental farm to the [[St. Mary Parish, Louisiana|St. Mary Parish]] line. He engaged in sugar cultivation, based on the labor of enslaved Americans and African Americans, until his death in 1816. The town derived its name from John W. Jeanerette, a native of [[South Carolina]] who had moved to the developing area in the 1820s. First he worked as a tutor for a planter's family, as did numerous educated young adults from northern states in the antebellum period. He opened a store and [[Western saloon|saloon]]. Having saved some money, Jeanerette purchased Pine Grove Plantation ''circa'' 1830, which was formerly known as ''Beau Pré'' (meaning "lovely meadow/pasture").<ref name="History of Jeanerette">[http://www.jeanerette.com/history.html "History of Jeanerette"], Jeanerette, LA Official Website, accessed 23 December 2009.</ref> Jeanerette offered a portion of his house to be used as a mail depository for local residents. Later Jeanerette was appointed as the town's first postmaster (he dropped his middle initial in official records). The name Jeanerette was later adopted for the post office and town.<ref name="History of Jeanerette"/> In 1871, Lazard Wormser, an early Jewish settler to the area emigrated from [[Alsace|Alsace, France]]. He opened a small general store in downtown Jeanerette. He was soon joined by other members of the Wormser family, who later established branches of [[Downtown New Iberia Commercial Historic District|Wormser's Department Store]] in downtown [[New Iberia, Louisiana|New Iberia]] and [[Franklin, Louisiana|Franklin]].<ref name="Encyclopedia of Southern Jewish Communities - New Iberia, Louisiana">[https://www.isjl.org/louisiana-new-iberia-encyclopedia.html] "Encyclopedia of Southern Jewish Communities - New Iberia, Louisiana"] ISJL Website accessed 26 August 2020.</ref> During the 19th century, to the north along the Bayou Teche a settlement was developed by [[free people of color|free Créoles of color]]; it is now known as Grand Marais. These free people of color were descended from African and European ancestors. They had largely adopted French culture, Catholicism and language, and were often still French speakers into the 20th century.
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