Felix Joseph Daigle was born in Brusly St. Martin and lived his life there and in White Castle, La. He and his wife, Marie Landry Daigle raised their family of ten children on Cora Texas Sugar Plantation in White Castle.Survived by four daughters: Mabel Templet, Vivian Gomez, Thelma LeGleu and Wilma Brown. Six sons: Alvin, Lennet, Whelman, Larry, Herman and Roy. Forty-five grandchildren, eighty-eight great-grandchildren, and thirty-two great, great grandchildren.Felix Joseph Daigle, born February 24, 1893, was of French and Austrian descent. His parents, Elphege and Irene Daigle, farmed in the settlement of Brusly St. Martin, located in Assumption Parish, Louisiana. Felix was reared on that sugar cane farm along with his four brothers, Clebert, Sidney, Charles, and Horace, and his two sisters, Marie and Velma.Because of his father's death, Felix had to leave school at the age of eleven to help support the family.At the age of 20, Felix met and married Marie Landry. Marie, like Felix, prior to their marriage, had attended the same school.Felix worked for his father-in-law, Alcee Landry, as a farm laborer for 75 cents a day. The small shack he and his wife Marie lived in was constructed of cypress boards, walls and floors, with a wood shake roof. There were no ceilings or glass windows.During the five years Felix and Marie remained on that farm, two daughters were born, Mabel and Vivian.In the year 1916, it became known to them that new land was being developed in Pointe Coupee Parish. Since 75 cents a day could not adequately take care of a family, Felix and Marie were compelled to leave and develop their own farm.Felix and Marie gathered their children and personal belongings, boarded a train, and headed for Morganza in Pointe Coupee Parish, Louisiana. Arriving the next day, they journeyed to the site where the land was being cleared. A saw mill was located near by, but the closest settlement was six miles away. The house they occupied was worse than the one they had left behind. The living conditions were terrible as there was no store, school or church nearby. Felix and Marie made the best of the situation and stayed there for three years. While there, a third child and first son, Alvin, was born. Because their two daughters were becoming of school age, Felix and Marie began looking for another place to live.They first went to the False River area where land was available. Conditions there seemed good and Marie was pleased with what she saw, but Felix was still undecided.While visiting his mother in Brusly St. Martin, Felix learned that Mr. Leon Kessler had bought a plantation near White Castle in Iberville Parish. He was looking for tenants to work the land. Felix contacted Mr. Kessler and an agreement was concluded for Felix to become a tenant farmer on the plantation.Felix returned to Morganza to tell his wife the good news. He gathered his goods and loaded them, along with the hogs and chickens, in a wagon pulled by four mules. He traveled alone telling Marie he would send for her and the three children when he arrived in White Castle. The year was 1918. The journey Felix took was along the Mississippi River on a dirt road, necessitating frequent stops for him and the animals to rest, as the trip took four days.Upon his safe arrival in White Castle, he wrote Marie telling her to join him. With this news, Marie gathered the children and personal belongings and boarded a passenger train in Morganza for the twelve-hour trip to White Castle.She was met by Felix on New Years Eve 1919, at the depot. New Year's Day 1920, the Cora sugar mill was destroyed by fire.Felix and Marie set up housekeeping on Cora Plantation located one mile south of White Castle. Marie admittedly cried when the decision was made to move to White Castle instead of False River, but soon forgot about it as the living conditions on Cora Plantation were much better. At least the house had a ceiling and glass windows. A church, a school, and close neighbors made them feel at last a real home was established.Felix and Marie remained on Cora, making a living as sugar cane tenant farmers for Leon Kessler. They were blessed with seven more children besides Mabel, Vivian, and Alvin. Born on Cora were Lennet, Thelma, Herman, Whelman, Wilma, Larry and Roy.Being a real outdoors man, Felix enjoyed the hunting and fishing that were abundant in the region. He especially enjoyed spearing gar fish and is known to have speared a thirteen footer in the area.The plantation house had a poor beginning with no running water, plumbing or electricity, but Felix was always thinking of new ways to improve the family's life style. Not prospering financially, he still supplied the large family with fresh vegetables, fruit, meat, and eggs grown and raised right on the farm.In the year of 1941, Felix was told he had cancer of the stomach, resulting in a serious operation. He survived this only to learn years later that the cancer had returned, this time in the lungs, and not operable. He continued to farm until 1949when he realized he did not have long to live.Felix, knowing this, purchased a plot of land in White Castle and built the home which still stands today, where his widow, Marie, lived until death on January 1, 1995.Felix spent his remaining years doing what he enjoyed best, hunting and fishing. He died September 14, 1956, leaving his Marie, ten children, and numerous grand children.