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African American Boutte Family - Alvin J Boutte (1929-2012)

2/28/2019

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PictureAlvin J Boutte, Treasurer Sr. Class of Sacred Heart Catholic School. 1947
He is the 3rd great grandson of Andre Claude Boutte, II (1719-1792), “Claude”, and his slave Franchon (Francois) Filnotion (1732-1799). (1)  Some of his ancestry is unknown and where cited, the support is sometimes weak.  However, the birth of Eugene Pierre Barbe Boutte, son of Claude and his slave Francoise [Francon], is well supported. (2)
 
He attended, along with all his nine elder siblings, a private Catholic “Colored” school (3) even though both parents worked at low paying jobs.  With his parent’s vision and his determination, he was successful in business, his community and he was an active civil rights supporter during the 1960s Civil Rights movement. (4)

PictureAlvin J Boutte with wife Barbara in first drug store purchased. 1953-54. (TheHistoryMaker.org photo)
​Alvin J. Boutte, Sr. is his name.  He was “co-founder and former Chairman and CEO of Independence Bank [Chicago], the nation’s largest Black-owned bank…” The son of Arthur H. Boutte and Adorea Darensbourg, he was born on October 10, 1929 in Lake Charles, LA, and the youngest of 10 children.  All of Arthur and Adorea Boutte’s children attend Sacred Heart Catholic elementary, junior, high schools.  Alvin’s father Arthur was a gardener and his mother, Adorea, was a seamstress. (5) 

PictureAlvin J Boutte in bank. (TulsaWorld.com photo)
​Background
Andre Claude Boutte, II was the great grandson of Claude Boutte (1609-1677) and Francoise McQuennehen (1609).  The family was from France.  Upon the signing of the Treaty of Paris in 1763, Andre Claude Boutte, II brought his family to New Orleans. (6)  He served as a French military officer in Mobile, AL where he married the commandant’s daughter, Marie-Anne Francoise Bodin.  His mother-in-law, Francoise Paillet Bodin, traveled with them and it was from her that he purchased a domestic servant called Fanchon. She was born around 1732. (6A) One of the five children Andre Claude fathered with Fanchon was Eugene Pierre Barbe Boutte (1775-1832). (6B)
 
Eugene Pierre Boutte is the second child of Eugene Pierre Barbe Boutte and his wife Hyacinthe LaPorta and was born about 1796.  He married Isabelle Adelaide Olivier  in 1822.  Eugene Pierre and Adelaide had five children.  Eugene Pierre also had another child with an unknown mother named Hyacinthe Boutte. He was born in 1842. (6C)  In the 1850 census, Hyacinthe Boutte is one of the family members of Eugene Pierre and Adelaide. (6D)
 
Hyacinthe Boutte married Nellie Weber in 1873 in Edgard, LA, St John the Baptist Parish near New Orleans.  From that marriage, Arthur H. Boutte is born in 1886.  Arthur married Adorea Darensbourg.  Alvin J. Boutte is the tenth and youngest child born from this couple in 1929. (6D)

PictureAlvin J Boutte, right, in golf cancer fund raiser. 1976. (Facebook.com). The African-American community were instrumental in removing the PGA all-white professional tour status in 1961.
​Sacred Heart Catholic School
While his high school activities are not a guaranteed path to future successes, his high school participation probably contributed greatly to his lifetime achievements.
 
Alvin J. Boutte, a child of the Great Depression, graduated from Sacred Heart Catholic School in 1947. His senior year activities included President C.Y.O. (Catholic Youth Organization) ’45, Captain softball team, ’45, co-captain basketball team ’46; Corporal in R.O.T.C.; Treasurer of Senior Class; member of Patrol Squad. Hobby – gardening. (7)

​College, Military Service, Business and Community Service
He attended Xavier University in New Orleans on a basketball scholarship after completing high school.  “While at Xavier, he met his future wife, Barbara Gonzaque, who was a music major.”  While earning a Pharmacy degree in 1951, he also served the student body with a laundry pickup business and a payment collection business for male students.  After a tour in the U.S. Army, he was discharged a Captain in 1955. (8)
PictureAlvin J Boutte, CEO Independence Bank of Chicago. 1982. (Facebook.com photo)
​After completing his military service, he and wife and two daughters, Janice and Jeanette, moved to Chicago to join his mother’s family as well as former Xavier classmates who had already established themselves in their careers.  Moreover, they with former classmates, collectively had plans for the future.
 
Shortly after his Chicago move, he purchased his first drug store with a line of credit from Sealtest Dairy Corporation.  He soon had s chain of drug stores.  In 1964, Alvin J. Boutte and others established Independence Bank of Chicago.  He was proud of developing some of his staff as they became presidents of other minority banks as well as other executive positions.

​The civic-minded Boutte helped to advance the fledging Civil Rights Movement along with other Chicago African-American business leaders.  With the $55,000 raised they contributed to Rev. Dr. Martin Lughter King, Jr. and his Southern Christian Leadership Conference. (9)
PictureAlvin Joseph Boutte (1929-2012) (TheHistoryMakers.org photo)

​“During his lifetime, Boutte served on the boards of directors for several organizations including, most notably, twenty years on the board of The Chicago Metropolitan Insurance Company.  He also served as advisor to the Small Business Administration, and was an elected member of the Chicago Board of Education.  In 1971, Boutte was honored as man of the year by the Chicago Urban League.  He was the recipient of several other honors and tributes in his later years.”
 
Alvin Boutte died at his home in Hazel Crest, Illinois on April 1, 2012. He was 82 years old. (10)

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(1)  Andre Claude Boutte. (n.d.). Retrieved March 23, 2019, from https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Boutte-13. Louisiana Families Project WikiTree
(2)  Donald J. Hebert, Southwest Louisiana Records (1750-1900). CD. (Hebert Publications: Rayne, LA 70578)
​(3)  Sacred Heart Yearbook. 1947. School History, pg. 8.
https://africanamericanhighschoolsinlouisianabefore1970.com/sacred-heart-high-school-lake-charles-louisiana/
(4)  Watson, Elwood (2013, October 29). ALVIN J. BOUTTE SR. (1929-2012). Retrieved February 18, 2019, from https://www.blackpast.org/african-american-history/boutte-alvin-j-sr-1929-2012/
(5)  ibid.
(6) Wood, B. B. (n.d.). Bonnie Bess Wood's Family Tree. Retrieved March 4, 2019, from https://gw.geneanet.org/beebeewood?lang=en&n=boutte&oc=0&p=andre claude dit lalime&type=tree
(6A) WikiTree Genealogy. Fanchon NN (Slave) https://www.geni.com/people/Fanchon/6000000084431391035#/tab/overview
(6B)  Ibid. Donald J. Hebert.
(6C) Ancestry.com. Jance Boutte. https://www.ancestry.com/family-tree/person/tree/107516122/person/400059389181/facts
(6D)  Ancestry.com 1880 Federal Census.
(7)  ibid. Sacred Heart Yearbook.
(8)  ibid. Watson, Elwood (2013, October 29)
(9)  Associated Press. April 10, 2012.  Boutte to be eulogized. https://chicagodefender.com/2012/04/10/boutte-to-be-eulogized-2130/
(10)  )  ibed. Watson, Elwood (2013, October 29)

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5 Comments
Jacqueline Boutte-Campbell
4/3/2021 06:46:28 am

Thankful for any history regarding the Boutte families! Makes me feel connected!

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pop
1/20/2023 07:00:42 pm

he was not african man

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Joseph Boutte
3/2/2024 06:56:00 pm

I am the 6th great grandson of Andre Claude Boutte, II

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Aj
2/20/2025 04:28:18 pm

Thank you for sharing your talent and gift for history.

My paternal grandmother was Eloise Sonnier, daughter to my great grandfather Charles Herman Sonnier who's parents were Paul Sonnier and Marie Frederick Guillory.

My dad is an only child that did not know much of his family history other than roots in Church Point, La and relatives in Lake Charles. I was raised in Sacred Heart Catholic Church of Lake Charles because of my father.

Please continue to share any updates. I do not social media but if you have YouTube or publishings I can purchase and view, I'd appreciate it.

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Murphy Miller link
2/21/2025 12:37:24 pm

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