Harang, Dominic

Submitted by Mike Miller

Harang, Dominic, was born in Jefferson parish, La., in 1845, the son of Louis Alexander Harang, a native of France, and Sophie (Bouligny) Harang, who was born in New Orleans. Louis Alexander Harang, on leaving France, went to San Domingo, and thence came to Louisiana in his twenties. He was a sugar planter with large estates and lived in Jefferson parish until his death in 1859. Mr. and Mrs. Louis Alexander Harang had five children born to them, namely: Arthemise; Felicie; Dominic; Henry, and Edward; all of whom are deceased except Felicie and Dominic. Dominic Harang spent the first six years of his life in Jefferson parish, but in 1851 he went to Lafourche parish and left there in 1860, going to Jefferson college, in St. James parish, where he remained until 1862, when New Orleans was taken by the Federal troops and the school disbanded. After this he returned to the plantation to find that everything had been taken and the family left without anything; the plantation itself having passed into other hands, and from that time on he had to work his own way up. He was first made manager of the plantation at Lafourche, and in this capacity gave such great satisfaction that the owners wanted him to buy and gave him such inducements as to price, terms and rate of interest, that the young manager bought the property with almost no money to begin with. From this time his condition steadily improved until in 1907 he sold his holdings for $90,000.00 and came to New Orleans, where he has since resided. In religious faith Mr. Harang is a Catholic; in polities a republican. In 1877, he was married to Emily Hebert, of Assumption parish, daughter of Evariste Hebert. To Mr. and Mrs. Harang the following children have been born: Alice, now Mrs. Dr. Hebert (although the same name, Dr. Hebert is not related to Mr. Harang's wife's people) ; Edmond; Warren, and Stella.

Source: Louisiana: Comprising Sketches of Parishes, Towns, Events, Institutions, and Persons, Arranged in Cyclopedic Form, volume 3, p. 766. Edited by Alcee Fortier, Lit. D. Published in 1914, by Century Historical Association.