Gautier Wedding

Gautier ("go-Shay") is a city along the Gulf of Mexico, west of Pascagoula, in Jackson County, Mississippi, United States. The population was 11,681 at the 2000 census. Locally, the name is correctly pronounced as "go-SHAY" from the French origin. Descendants of the Gautier family are still living.

The gracious homestead that Fernando Upton Gautier (1822-1891) established in 1867,[1] at the mouth of the Pascagoula River Basin still stands, a hallmark of the city that now bears his name. Fernando Upton Gautier established a lucrative sawmill business in the area, and the town grew up from it. The home known by locals as "The Old Place" is still owned by the descendants of Theresa Fayard Gautier (1828-1911)[1] and Fernando Upton Gautier and is currently being used for private and public events. Other historic homes of Gautier include that of Josie Gautier and the current Portas homestead, both Gulf Coastal cottage style homes from the 1890s.