Obrey Langlinais was one of 19 children, and one twin of five sets, born to Reaux and Ophelia LeBlanc Langlinais. Born in 1901 in...

Owned and operated by John J. and Grace Renes Seymour, Grace Seymour Stuffed Crabs was the epitome of “grass roots” seafood processing....

Godfred Hennig was born in 1881 in Friedland, Germany and immigrated to the United States arriving in Gulfport in 1903 where he began...

Elizabeth “Elisa” Toups was born in Abbeville, Louisiana in 1879 to Valerin and Eugenie Desormeaux Toups. In 1895, she married Iberia...

Born in St. Martinsville, Louisiana, in 1856 and 1862 respectively, Ernest Alexandre Delahoussaye and Cecile Dore grew up in farming...

Since its founding by Edgar Madison Gollott in 1952, Gulf Pride Enterprises has been a steadfast component of the Gulf Coast’s seafood...

Wally Harold Gollott was born in 1964 to Edgar M., “E.M.” and Elizabeth “Betty” Gollott. Their combined family included nine children,...

William Nels Johnson was born in 1861 to Nels and Caroline Johnson, Norwegian immigrants who came to the United States in the 1840s. He...

Born in 1908 to August Tremmel and Mamie Ott, Louis Tremmel grew up destined to participate in the family’s business, August Tremmel...

Born in Milna Brac, Croatia in 1898 and arriving on the Gulf Coast at the age of twenty-two, Mary Consetta Bonocich Thian was a resident...

Biloxi lugger, DOLORIS S, was built in 1938 by master boat-builder, Francis Brander, in Biloxi. This vessel, built for John Skrnich, Sr.,...

John Cosmich was born in Bay St. Louis, Mississippi in 1909. When he moved to the Point Cadet area of Biloxi, John began his work in the...

The eldest daughter, Clara Skrnich Cosmich was born to John and Antonia Skrnich, in 1912 in Biloxi. Her parents had immigrated from...

Annie Cosmich was born in Bay St. Louis to Francesco “Frank” Cosmich and Maria Nicolich, both from Istria, Yugoslavia in 1912. Moving to...

Marshall J. Marble was born in 1912, the youngest of five children of Mary Virginia and Marshall Marble, Sr. Unfortunately, his father...

Norman McSwain, Sr. was born in New Orleans, Louisiana, in 1891. While he lived with his grandparents in Biloxi during his teenage years,...

Born into a schooner-building and seafood industry family, Augustus, better known as “Gussie” was the son of Augustus Fountain, Sr.,...

The TULIP was one of the three Biloxi schooners built to serve on the fleet of E.C. Joullian Packing Company on Back Bay Biloxi. It was...

The CAIRO was one of the three Biloxi schooners built to serve on the fleet of E.C. Joullian Packing Company on Back Bay Biloxi. It was...

The OXALIS was one of the three Biloxi schooners built to serve on the fleet of E.C. Joullian Packing Company on Back Bay Biloxi. It was...