Person:Joseph Bourgeois (3)

Joseph Marie (dit L'Habitant) Bourgeois
b.10 Mar 1763 , , , Acadia
d.Jun 1806 , St. James, LA
m. 15 Feb 1757
  1. Joseph Marie (dit L'Habitant) Bourgeois1763 - 1806
  • HJoseph Marie (dit L'Habitant) Bourgeois1763 - 1806
  • WHelene Le BlancAbt 1764 - 1847
m. 4 Mar 1786
Facts and Events
Name Joseph Marie (dit L'Habitant) Bourgeois
Alt Name Joseph Pierre
Gender Male
Birth? 10 Mar 1763 , , , Acadia
Christening[1] 5 Dec 1765 New Orleans, Orleans, LA
Census[3] 1777 Cabahannocer, St. James, Louisiana, United States
Marriage 4 Mar 1786 St. James, St. James, LAto Helene Le Blanc
Death? Jun 1806 , St. James, LA
Burial[2] 10 Jun 1806 St. James, St. James, LA

!CENSUS: Lillian C. Bourgeois, CABANOCEY, THE HISTORY, CUSTOMS AND FOLKLORE OF ST. JAMES PARISH; ; New Orleans, Pelican Publishing, 1957; p. 173; California State Library Sutro, F377 S134 B6; Census dated 1 Jan 1777 of the Acadian Coast [St. James at Cabahannocer]; original in Archivo General de Indias, Papeles de Cuba; 190. Joseph, age 12, son of Baptiste BOURGEOIS & his wife Ozitte MELANSON [really her stepson], living with them and ten other children of the mixed families.

References
  1. Archdiocese of New Orleans. Sacramental Records, vol. 2
    p. 31.

    Joseph Marie [BOURGEOIS], son of [illegible], Acadian, & [illegible] BOUR[illegible]UE, born 10 [Mar?] 1763, baptized 5 Dec 1765 at St. Louis Church, New Orleans. Sponsors: Jean Baptiste [COURSANE?] & Rose LA PORTE (SLC, B5, 109).

  2. Diocese of Baton Rouge. Catholic Church Records, vol. 3, 1804-1819. (Baton Rouge, Diocese, 1982)
    p. 144.

    Joseph BOURGEOIS, age 45 [sic, really 43?] years, husband of Helene LeBlanc, son of Babtiste [sic] & Magdelaine BOURG, buried on 10 Jun 1806 at St. James Church, St. James, LA (SJA-4, 28).

  3. Gregory A. Wood. Guide to the Acadians in Maryland in the Eighteenth and Nineteenth Centuries, A. (Baltimore, MD: Gateway Press, 1995)
    p. 162.

    Joseph BOURGEOIS, son of Baptiste, age 12 on the 1777 census of Cabanocey [St. James, LA], living with father and [2nd] wife Osite MELANCON, his own six siblings, and the four children of Osite's first marriage to Pierre LeBLANC.

    Joseph will marry on 4 Mar 1786 to his step-mother's daughter Helene, age 11 on this census.