A
Brief History
 The
history of the Pat LeBoeuf insurance agency
begins with Pat's great great grandfather,
Louis Peterson. In 1888, Mr. Peterson issued
his first insurance policy. But the family's
roots in the Westbank span back even further,
back to at least 1803 according to the New
Orleans City Directory.
 In
1888, Louis Peterson was the Fire Commissioner
of Algiers. LeBoeuf has an original volume
of The Story of Algiers 1718-1896 that has
the commissioner's picture in a chapter
about the Algiers Fire of 1895. It was during
his tenure as Fire Commissioner that Peterson
went into the insurance business and marked
the beginning of this legacy. Pat's family
still has original property insurance documents
in their Algiers Point office. One of the
most interesting artifacts is a copy of
a policy the agency wrote in 1943 to “protect
a property against enemy attack” during
World War II.
 The
original address of L. J. Peterson Insurance
Agency was 518 Verret Street in Algiers
Point. This was also the family residence,
with the office located in the front room.
In 1919, his great- grandfather, Eugene
LeBoeuf, married Mr. Peterson's daughter,
thereby marrying into the insurance business.
He built a house at 601 Seguin Street and
relocated the agency which may have cost
the family some business when another insurance
agency moved into the old address! Nonetheless,
they survived the transition, as this remains
the current address of the family's business,
Pat LeBoeuf Insurance Agency, Inc. The agency
has a second office on the Westbank Expressway
in Westwego. The Seguin Street office is
open only for appointments.
Pat
has worked hard to carry out his family's
heritage. His son Ryan even wrote in a theme
for English class about a time when his
father had put in a lot of hours after a
flood. Ryan says his father doesn't quit
working but trudges along, catches a second
wind and keeps going even when obviously
hot and tired.
Pat
& Patrick LeBoeuf |
Ryan
suggests that others may question why his
father works so hard, but he alone knows
the answer, "It was THE KID."
Ryan says this refers to himself and his
brother Patrick, too. At an early age he
understood the depth of his family lineage
in the insurance business and the lengths
that his father, like his forefathers, will
take to continue the LeBoeuf legacy. Today,
Patrick has already joined the business,
becoming the 6th generation in the family
business. |
