Person:Jean Bourgeois (2)

!BIRTH-CHRISTENING: Diocese of Baton Rouge, CATHOLIC CHURCH RECORDS; 1770-1803; vol. 2, Baton Rouge, LA, Diocese, 1980; p. 132; California State Library Sutro, F377 B3C3 v.2.

!CENSUS: Albert J. Robichaux, COLONIAL SETTLERS ALONG BAYOU LAFOURCHE; 1770-1798; Cecilia, LA, Hebert Publications, 1980; p. 50 & 74; own copy; Louisiana census records. Juan Bautista BOURGEOIS, age 21, living with Maria TERIOT, age 19 on the Dec 1795 census of the Bayou of Valenzuela [LA].

   Also: Jean Baptiste BOURGOIS [sic], age 22, living with wife Marie TERRIOT, 20 and son Jean Baptiste [sic, probably Pierre Cyprien, born 1 Feb 1796], age 1.

!BIRTH-CHRISTENING-MARRIAGE-CHILD-RESIDENCES: Sent in ancestry chart by A. Henri CHAMPAGNE, 215 Bouchard Avenue, Dracut, MA 01826 in Jan 1995. Born in 1775 (handwritten baptised on 3 Jul 1774 at St. James, LA); married 27 Apr 1795. Note says he was born in St. James Parish, but moved to near Lockport with his parents. Two of his children were Eugene Joseph and Pierre Ciprien.

!PARENTS-MARRIAGE: Diocese of Baton Rouge, BATON ROUGE PARISH RECORDS; 1770-1803; Baton Rouge, Parish, 1980; vol. 2, 133; Sutro, California State Library, F377 B3 C3. Juan Bap. BOURGEOIS married on 26 Apr 1795 to Marie Magdalena TERIOT, daughter of Josef & Marie Magdalena BOURGEOIS. Witnesses: Pedro TERIOT and Miguel BOURGEOIS, Santiago BOURGEOIS (SJA-2, 30).

!CENSUS-PARENTS-CHRISTENING-MARRIAGE-CHILDREN-LAND-PROBATE: Audrey B. Westerman, FIRST LAND OWNERS AND ANNOTATED CENSUS OF LAFOURCHE INTERIOR PARISH, LA; 1810; Houma, LA, Terrebonne Genealogical Society, 1995; No. 353; own copy.

!MARRIAGE-CHILDREN-PROBATE: Donald J. Hebert, SOUTH LOUISIANA RECORDS: CHURCH AND CIVIL RECORDS OF LAFOURCHE-TERREBONNE PARISHES; vol. 1, 1794-1840; Rayne, LA, Hebert Publication, 1978; p. 112. Wife's name Marie Madeleine THERIOT, children listed, in inventory dated 20 Nov 1832, in Thibodaux Courthouse succession record #1832.

!PROBATE: Donald J. Hebert,SOUTH LOUISIANA RECORDS: CHURCH AND CIVIL RECORDS OF LAFOURCHE-TERREBONNE PARISHES; vol. 1, 1794-1840; Rayne, LA, Hebert Publication, 1978; p. 112. Inventory of succession, recorded in Thibodaux Courthouse, Succession #1818, dated 30 Mar 1818. Name of spouse given as Marie Magdelinne TERRIOT.

1. ↑ Bruce Sturtevant, comp. Louisiana 1810 Census. (Accelerated Indexing Systems, 1973)
   p. 18.

   On p. 195 of the Lafourche Parish census, Jean Paul BOURGOIS:
   Free White Males Free White Females Other Free Slaves
   0-9 10-15 16-25 26-44 45+ 0-9 10-15 16-25 26-44 45+
   3 2 0 1 0 2 1 0 1 0 0 0
   [Jean (Baptiste) Paul is age 36, his wife Mare Madeleine Anne THÉRIOT about 35. Their three sons age 0-9 are: Eugene Joseph, age 3; Hilaire, age 6; Jean Baptiste Ursin, age 9. The two sons age 10-15 are: Valery, age 12; Pierre Cyprien, 14. Daughter Melicaire is 6 months old; there are apparently two other girls in family.]

2. ↑ U.S. federal census (online)
   p. 192 [114 crossed out].

   Line [10], Jean Baptiste BOURGOIS:
   Free White Males Free White Females Free Colored Slaves
   0-9 10-15 16-25 26-44 45+ 0-9 10-15 16-25 26-44 45+
   3 2 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0
   [Jean Baptiste was age 36, his wife Marie Madeleine THERIOT was around 35. Their sons were: Pierre Cyprien, age 14; Valery, age 12; Jean Baptiste Ursin, around 10; Hilaire, age 6; and Eugene Joseph, 3. Their daughter was Melicaire, age 6 months.]

   Ancestry.com, image 3/10.

3. ↑ Audrey B. Westerman. First Land Owners and Annotated Census of Lafourche Interior Parish, LA (Lafourche & Terrebonne). (Thibodaux, LA: author, 1995)
   No. 353.

   Jean Baptiste BOURGEOIS, listed as head of family on 1810 census of Lafourche Parish, LA. He was age 36, born ca. 1774, listed as only male from age 25-45. Living with wife and five children. Land: T15S R17E Sec. 33 Claim #329 - 546.20 Sup. acres bounded above by unnamed (Joseph Thadee Landry) & downstream by (Jean) Bte. Bergeron.