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Walter Joseph McBride
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Name Walter Joseph McBride
Born 1 Oct 1891 Rayne, Acadia Parish, Louisiana, USA
Died 24 Jun 1964 Rayne, Acadia Parish, Louisiana, USA
Buried Saint Joseph Catholic Cemetery #2 - Rayne, Louisiana, USA
Person ID I3796 Cody LeBlanc's Family Tree
Father Walter Scott McBride, b. 1 Dec 1849, Opelousas, St. Landry Parish, Louisiana, USA , d. 20 Aug 1917, Rayne, Acadia Parish, Louisiana, USA (Age 67 years)
Mother Aurelia Perres, b. 13 Jan 1855, Lafayette, Lafayette Parish, Louisiana, USA , d. 23 Mar 1936, Rayne, Acadia Parish, Louisiana, USA (Age 81 years)
Family Eva Claire Lancaster, b. 10 Mar 1899, McLennan County, Texas, USA , d. 15 Oct 1983, Rayne, Acadia Parish, Louisiana, USA (Age 84 years)
+ 1. Jeraldine Antoine McBride, b. 3 Apr 1922, Rayne, Acadia Parish, Louisiana, USA , d. 22 Dec 1995, Rayne, Acadia Parish, Louisiana, USA (Age 73 years)
+ 2. M.R. McBride
Aurelia Perres McBride with children
Aurelia Perres McBride, wife of Walter Scott McBride, posed with three of her children. Standing at left is a son Walter J. McBride. Standing at right is Ella McBride, while sitting on his mother's lap is Edward McBride.
Published in the Rayne Acadian Tribune on May 15, 2014
Mr. Walter McBride is shown with his "wealth" in unusual coins and bills collected over a lifetime and which enabled him to say he had "never been broke."
Published in the Rayne Acadian Tribune on May 8, 2014
McBride's Soda Fountain
The soda fountain at McBride's was added to the pharmacy and bus station in May 1940 and quickly became a gathering place for old and young alike, a training center for the many "soda jerks" who worked the trade there.
Lot 13 Block 1 "Plan of Rayne"
Lot 13 Block 1 "Plan of Rayne" - May 15, 2014
Lot 13, Block 1 "Plan of Rayne"