Hymel, Raoul S., D. D. S.

Submitted by Mike Miller

Hymel, Raoul S., D.D.S.--New Orleans.--Was born in St. James parish, La., Feb. 11, 1884; son of John F. Hymel and Zelia (Leboeuf) Hymel, both of whom are natives of the parish in which the son was born, the father being in mercantile business there. George Dupreville Hymel, the paternal grandfather, was a Louisiana planter. He married Miss Elena Theriot, of St. James, La. The doctor's maternal grandmother was Miss Augustine Voisin a native of Paris, France, who came to America in the year 1852 at the age of 7. She married Mr. August Leboeuf, a well-known Louisiana planter, in the early '70s. Raoul S. Hymel attended Jefferson college, in St James parish, and after completing his studies there, became a student at the New Orleans College of Dentistry, from which institution, he graduated with the class of 1908. Following his graduation, he immediately took up the practice of his profession at New Orleans, and his patients have received his best professional attention since that time. In addition to attending the requirements of his private practice, the doctor is demonstrator in Prosthetic Technic at the New Orleans College of Dentistry, branch of Tulane university. Sept. 7, 1909, Dr. Hymel was married to Miss Nellie May Brunswick, daughter of James and Annie (Dodds) Brunswick, of Baton Rouge, La. Three children have been born to Dr. and Mrs. Hymel, viz.: Nellie May, Mary Claire, and Lucille Dolores.

Louisiana: Comprising Sketches of Parishes, Towns, Events, Institutions, and Persons, Arranged in Cyclopedic Form (volume 3), pp. 216-217. Edited by Alcée Fortier, Lit.D. Published in 1914, by Century Historical Association.