Person:Angelique Bourgeois (1)

!BIRTH: Angelique BOURGEOIS, native of Bosthon in N. America, daughter of Michel & Anne ANDRY, on marriage contract (see husband).

!CHRISTENING: Diocese of Baton Rouge [LA], CATHOLIC CHURCH RECORDS, vol. 2; 1770-1803; published by the diocese, Baton Rouge, LA, 1983; p. 131; Sutro Library F377 B3 C3 v.2. Baptised at St. James Church (SJA-1, 9a) on 23 Jun 1771 (birth not given). Parents Michel & Anne LANDRIS. Sponsors: Paul BOURGOIS & Marie BERGERON.

!MARRIAGES: [She was married 3 times.] First time recorded in the Spanish Land Grant Book I, on 14 Apr 1787, when she was a "native of this parish," to Pierre ARCENAUX.

!MARRIAGE-NAME: Diocese of Baton Rouge [LA], CATHOLIC CHURCH RECORDS, vol. 2; 1770-1803; published by the diocese, Baton Rouge, LA, 1983; p. 131; Sutro Library F377 B3 C3 v.2. Name Angela (parents not given), married on 24 Apr 1787 to Pedro ARSENO (parents not given). Witnesses: Miguel GODE; Eleonor PRESAN. Recorded at St. James Church (SJA-2, 3).

!MARRIAGE: Diocese of Baton Rouge, BATON ROUGE PARISH RECORDS; 1804-1819; Baton Rouge, LA, parish, 1982; vol. 3, p. 140 ; Sutro, Califoria State Library, F377 B3 C3 vol. 3. Angelique, widow of Francois LOUVIERE, daughter of Michel & Anne LANDRY, deceased, of St. James, married [3rd] on 19 Apr 1809 to Pierre Andre PITRE, son of Pierre Olivier & Rose HEBERT, both deceased. Pierre was a native of the parish St. Martin, Diocese of Chantenay, Nantes, France. Witnesses: Michel BOURGEOIS, Michel DUGAS, Antoine DIECHE. Recorded in Ascension Church of Donaldsonville, LA (ASC-2, 189). [He was 12 years younger than the bride, who was 37 to his 25. They had a daughter around 1810.]

!MARRIAGES-PROBATE: Donald J. Hebert, SOUTHWEST LOUISIANA RECORDS; 1750-1800; vol. 1-A, rev. ed., Rayne, LA, Hebert Publications, 1996; p. 101; own copy; contains church and civil records. Four entries: 1st is of marriage to Pierre ARCENEAUX (see husband). 2nd is: Marriage contract dated 7 Nov 1799 of Angelique BOURGEOIS, widow of Pierre ARCENEAUX, native of Bosthon in N. America, daughter of Michel & Anne ANDRY [sic] & Francois LOUVIERE of Bosthon in N. America, son of Jean Baptiste & Genevieve BERGERON. Witnesses: Vidor LOUVIERE, a brother; Louis PELLERIN; Firmain LANDRY; Amede SAVOYE; Louis Charles DEBLANC. Recorded in St. Martin Parish Courthouse (SM Ct.Hse.: OA-vol.19, #96).

Also: Angelique [BOURGEOIS] of St. James Parish on the Mississippi, widow of Pierre ARSONNAU, daughter of Michel & Anne LANDRY of Lafourche, married on 26 Nov 1799 to Francois LOUVIERE of Boston, widower of Marie Louise THIBODAU, son of Jean Baptiste DeLOUVIERE & Genevieve BERGERON of Isle St. Jean, Canada. Witnesses: Marin LENORMAND; Amand BROUSSARD; Colas HEBERT; Hubert LANDRY; Andre HEBERT; Louis CHEMIN. Fr. Michel Bernard BARRIERE signed record in St. Martin of Tours Catholic Church, St. Martinville, LA (SM Ch.: v.4, #186).

Also on p. 109: Angelique BOURGEOIS, married 3 times, children and husbands listed: Henriette ARCENAUX married to deceased Etienne ROBICHOT; Valentin ARCENEAUX married Anne BROUSSARD; Alexandre ARCENAUX; Pierre ARCENAUX; Nicolas [ARCENEAUX]. Domitille LOUVIERES married Simon ROBICHOT. Azelie PITRE married Elie HEBERT; Emile PITRE, 17 years old. Inventory dated 6 Mar 1830, recorded at Lafourche Parish Courthouse, Thibodaux, LA (Thib.Ct.Hse.: Succ.: 1830).

1.   Behrman, Eileen Larré. St. James Parish, Louisiana, colonial records, 1782-1787. (Cut and Shoot, Texas: Clan MacBean Press, 1981, c1980)
   pg 53-54.

   Marriage Contract dated 14 Apr 1787 (abstract 201, on pp. 395-398, #340), between Pierre ARCENEAUX, son of the late Pierre & Marie Joseph GAUDIN, native of America, resident of the Parish of Ascension of LaFourche, and Angelique BOURGEOIS, daughter of Michel & Anne LANDRY, native of this parish. Witnesses: Uzebe ARCENEAUX, groom's brother; Michel GAUDIN, his cousin; Joseph BOURGEOIS, bride's uncle; Bonnaventure GAUDIN, her cousin; assisted by their father, step-father, and mothers. Both parties have 50 piastres, the bride's given by her parents as dowry, the groom's by his step-father Bazile PREJEAN. Signed by Miguel CANTRELLE; Michel GAUDIN; Bonnaventure GAUDIN; others made marks, including bride and groom.

2.   Diocese of Baton Rouge Catholic Church records. (Baton Rouge, Louisiana)
   vol 2, pg 131.

   Baptism of Angelique Bourgeois (SJA-1, 9)
   Marriage of Angela Bursua (Bourgeois) to Pedro Arseno (Arcenaux) 24 Apr 1787 (SJA-2, 3)