 In 1852–1853, Madame Anatole Cousin, the former Camille Pichon, built a brick church for her family and the family slaves on the Cousin property on Bayou Bonfouca.She was the daughter of Genevieve Dubuisson and Francois Pichon.Evidently, the church was placed under the invocation of St. Genevieve in memory of her mother.