Jean Bourg (1792 - aft. 1850)

Born 28 Feb 1792 in Plattenville, Assumption, Louisiana, United States

Ancestors

Husband of Rosalie Leonore Elizabeth Lirette — married 1 Oct 1809 in Plattenville, Assumption, Louisiana, United States

Descendants

Died after 1850 after age 57 in Plattenville, Assumption, Louisiana, United States

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Biography

Jean Bourg is a descendant of an Acadian

Jean was born in 1792 in Louisiana to Jean Bourg and Catherine Viau.^[1]

The children of Jean Bourg and Rosalie Lirette Bourg are:

1. Adele Ursule Bourg (1810- )
2. Jean Similien Bourg (1812- )
3. Marie Basilise Bourg (1817- )
4. Eulalie Clementine Bourg (1819- )
5. Joseph Severin Bourg (1821-1870)
6. Josephine Louise Bourg (1824-1900)
7. Celeste Philonise Bourg (1826-abt 1850)
8. Jean Pierre Bourg (1829- )
9. Gervin Bourg (1831- )

Sources

1. ↑ http://www.acadianmemorial.org/ensemble_encore2/record_detail.php?id=732 citing Rieder and Rieder, comps., Seven Expeditions of 1785, 50-62; General census of the settlers in the Lafourche District, 1788, AGI, PPC, 201:668-680; General Census of the Settlers of the Lafourche District, 1789, AGI, PPC, 202:248-259vo; Diocese of Baton Rouge Catholic Church Records, 2:120, 123, 125.

These records were donated by the Terrrebonne Genealogical Society. These are the conveyance records for Terrebonne Parish, LA from #1 (1822) to #2167 (1837). The original records are in the Terrebonne Parish Courthouse. Conveyance Book B.

No. 158 Pg. 114 On October 18, 1823 widow Nicholas LIRET sold land to Henry S. THIBODAUX to wit; a certain tract situate in this parish and on Bayou Terrebonne being 3 Arpens fronting on the right side going down and opposite to the land of Jean BOURK, bounded above by the land of Henry S. THIBODAUX and below by land of John Mc HENRY, with depth as the certificate of confirmation calls for, for $300.00. $150.00 to be paid in 1824 and $150.00 to be paid in 1825. Witnessed by L. DARBOIS and Pierre GAUTIER.

Conveyance Book G, Part 1.

No. 1583 Pg. 192 5/993 On February 12, 1835 Jean BOURG declared that he sold, ceded, abandoned and delivered a certain piece of land, to Pierre Marcelin BONVILLAIN, situated a short distance below Bayou Cane, containing three arpents front, on left bank of Bayou Terrebonne, with depth of thirty-four chains, or such depth as survey calls for, bounded above by land of Leandre B. THIBODAUX, and below by land of Jean Jacques LEBOEUF. It being same land vendor acquired from Nicolas LIRETTE. He sold land for $320.00. Now appeared Rosalie Leonore LIRETTE, wife of Jean BOURG, who declared that she authorized the sale.

• No. 1138 Pgs. 273-275 4/745 On December 31, 1831 Louis LAMOUREUX, a merchant of Thibodauxville, LA, sold, ceded abandoned and delivered to Jean BOURG Jr., of Terrebonne Parish, a piece of land situated in this Parish, containing two and one-half arpents front, more or less, on each side of Bayou Terrebonne, with ten arpents depth, on each side, bounded below by land of Furcy PORCHE and above by land of Mathurin DUPRE, for $500.00, over time. Witnessed by Huberville ARSENAUX and Adolphe VERRET.

• No. 1583 Pg. 192 5/993 On February 12, 1835 Jean BOURG declared that he sold, ceded, abandoned and delivered a certain piece of land, to Pierre Marcelin BONVILLAIN, situated a short distance below Bayou Cane, containing three arpents front, on left bank of Bayou Terrebonne, with depth of thirty-four chains, or such depth as survey calls for, bounded above by land of Leandre B. THIBODAUX, and below by land of Jean Jacques LEBOEUF. It being same land vendor acquired from Nicolas LIRETTE. He sold land for $320.00. Now appeared Rosalie Leonore LIRETTE, wife of Jean BOURG, who declared that she authorized the sale.
• Land: T15S R16E Sec. 28 - no claim found. This was land of Joseph Hebert, whose land in 1817 is given as the upstream neighbor of St. Joseph Church property. RBBL

St. Joseph Cemetery is T15S R16E Sec. 29 RBBL.

"United States Census, 1850," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MCJ6-NHD : 22 December 2020), Sean Bourg, Terrebonne, Louisiana, United States; citing family , NARA microfilm publication (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).

• 1850 census of Terrebonne Parish, La.Jean Bourg, 68, and his wife, Rosalie, 55, lived in the Bayou Terrebonne area of the parish in dwelling #187. Neither of them could read or write. Living with them was Zenon Rodrigues a male of age 11. All of their parents were born in Louisiana. Jean is not listed with any occupation or owning any property. They live one door away from their daughter, Eulalie, and her family.
• "Louisiana Births and Christenings, 1811-1830, 1854-1934", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:V2WK-XY4 : 14 January 2020), Jean Bourg in entry for Marie Basilise Bourg, 1817.