Chester Isaac "Pee Wee" Broussard

1920 - 2013  (93 years)

• Name	Chester Isaac "Pee Wee" Broussard
  Born	12 Feb 1920	Henderson, Louisiana
  Gender	Male
  Died	24 Mar 2013	Maurice, Louisiana
  Person ID	I135	Thomassee Genealogy
  Last Modified	28 Nov 2020

  
  

  Father	Sosthene Broussard,   b. 13 Jan 1875, Breaux Bridge, St. Martin Parish, Louisiana ,   d. 24 May 1945, Lafayette, Lafayette Parish, Louisiana  (Age 70 years)
  Mother	Rose Trahan,   b. 12 Dec 1882, Parks, Louisiana ,   d. 14 Jan 1977, Baton Rouge, Louisiana  (Age 94 years)
  Married	28 Jan 1901	Breaux Bridge, St. Martin Parish, Louisiana   [1, 2]
  Documents » Slide Show		1940 Federal Census (Part 1 of 2) Parish of Lafayette, State of Louisiana
  		1940 Federal Census (Part 2 of 2) Parish of Lafayette, State of Louisiana
  		1930 Federal Census (Part 1 of 2) Parish of Lafayette, State of Louisiana
  		1930 Federal Census (Part 2 of 2) Parish of Lafayette, State of Louisiana
  		1920 Federal Census (1 of 2) Parish of St. Martin, State of Louisiana
  		1920 Federal Census (Part 2 of 2) Parish of St. Martin, State of Louisiana
  		1910 Federal Census Parish of St. Martin, State of Louisiana
  Family ID	F134	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Lula Eve Sonnier,   b. 21 Jun 1926, Scott, Louisiana ,   d. 9 Mar 1951, Lafayette, Louisiana, USA  (Age 24 years)
  Married	15 Jul 1944	Lafayette, Louisiana, USA
  Children	1. Rose Marie Broussard  [natural]   2. Child - Broussard  [natural]   3. Anna Lea Broussard,   b. 6 Jul 1945, Lafayette, Louisiana, USA ,   d. Abt Jan 1946, Lafayette, Louisiana, USA  (Age 0 years)  [natural]   4. B.A. Broussard   5. M.L. Broussard
  Last Modified	11 Oct 2020
  Family ID	F7	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

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  Documents

  1930 Federal Census (Part 2 of 2) Parish of Lafayette, State of Louisiana

  
  

• Notes

  These biographical notes about Pee Wee Broussard are on lp Flyright 610, Acadian Two Step, 1988. Notes by Bruce Bastin: "Chester Isaac 'Pee Wee' Broussard' was born in Henderson, Louisiana on February 20, 1920 into a musical Cajun family. His father, Sosthène Broussard, played mandolin and clarinet as well as accordion, while his grandfather played accordion and fiddle. Two brothers played guitar: Jules played rhythm (and was a member of Pee Wee's Melody Boys not long after recording these sides), and Jim played 4-string guitar. By the time he was nine years old, young Pee Wee used to go and sit in his neighbor's field and listen to them playing the accordion. He learned to play on his father's instrument and by the time he was twelve he was playing at local fais do-dos, where they would pass a hat at the end of the evening and then he would make $2 -$3 per night: "that was big money back then!," as he told Johnnie Allan (personal communication). Ned Guilbeau, a DJ on a New Iberia radio station, arranged Pee Wee's first session at J.D. Miller's studio at the old M&S Electrical Shop on North Parkerson Street in Crowley, as he liked Pee Wee's playing. There were two sessions: the first in 1952 produced The Waltz that Carried Me to My Grave, as a tribute to his wife who had recently died, The Pee Wee Special, Chere Tu Tu, and Creole Stomp. The second session, which showed that the first two 78s must have sold well enough to please both Miller and Pee Wee, produced La Valse du Bayou Blanc and a tribute to Miller's little shop/studio, M&S Special. For the sessions Pee Wee's Melody Boys comprised himself on accordion, Kaiser Perez on fiddle, Walter Guidry on steel guitar, one Johnson on rhythm guitar, and Nathan Latiolais on drums. Pee Wee Broussard continued to record, cutting both for George Khoury in Lake Charles and Carol Rachou in Lafayette, while he continued his day job as an automobile mechanic at Charlie Lamar's Mechanic Shop in Lafayette... Although he played the accordion on Miller's releases, he also played fiddle, steel and rhythm guitar, and upright bass.."

  
  

• Sources

  [S42] Breaux Bridge Church Records, V.2, P.238-A. [S254] St. Martin Parish Courthouse, #7818.