aft 1866 – Later, “Tante Zo” as she [Josephine Aime] was affectionately called, must have moved to New Orleans. We remember as children going to the small shop run by her daughters, Christine, Uranie and Coralie Ferry. It was fascinating to hear the little bell as we opened the door to go to the little shop. Toys and goodies were arranged neatly on narrow shelves in their small front room, and the “ladies” tried hard to please. Their little shop remains still a pleasant childhood memory.

1870 – At mile mark 22.7 (east bank) on the upriver side of La. 642 is the community of Remy, on the site of Bourbon Plantation. Earliest records reveal the property was owned by the family Perret in 1806, after which it changed hands several times until Alexis Ferry purchased it after his marriage to Josephine Aime, daughter of legendary west-bank sugar planter Valcour Aime. From his initial purchase of five arpents frontage, Ferry acquired other property until Bourbon Plantation claimed sixteen arpents frontage in 1857. Before the Civil War, Ferry was one of the most important landholders in the area. He also owned a large plantation across the river called Home Place, now called St. Joseph, which his father-in-law helped purchase. His widow sold Bourbon Plantation in 1870; among its subsequent owners was Pierre Louis Remy, after whom the community is named. (Mary Ann Sternberg, ALONG THE RIVER ROAD).