Euphrasie (Olivier) Buras is a descendant of an Acadian
Euphrasie (Olivier) Buras has Italian Roots.
Euphrasie Olivier, daughter of Antoine Olivier of Italy and Scholastique Guidry, was born in February of 1849[1] in Barataria, Jefferson Parish, Louisiana.[citation needed] She was counted in her father's household in Barataria, Louisiana in 1850. However, a poor transcription of his wife's name looks as much like "Florentine" as it does Scholastie.[2]
She married Jourdan Eugene Buras on 16 May 1869 at Our Lady Of Good Harbor Catholic Church in Plaquemines Parish, Louisiana.[3]
By 1870 she was counted as married and living in Pointe Pleasant, Plaquemines Parish, Louisiana,[5]
where they were counted as rice farmers with four sons and a daughter in 1880.[6]
In 1900[1]
and in 1910 they were again counted in Plaquemines Parish.[7]
↑ 1.01.1 Ancestry.com, 1900 United States Federal Census (Ancestry.com Operations Inc) citing Police Jury Ward 10, Plaquemines, Louisiana; Roll: 577; Page: 6A; Enumeration District: 0041; FHL microfilm: 1240577
Name: Euphrasie Burns
↑ "United States Census, 1850," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MCJ7-KNL : 4 April 2020), Aar A Oliver, Barataria, Jefferson, Louisiana, United States; citing family 1218, NARA microfilm publication M432 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).
Household Members:
Name Age
Ant Oliver 53
Florentine Oliver 39
Marie Oliver 14
Antoine Oliver 12
Oliver Oliver 7
Clelie Oliver 5
Helene Oliver 3
Euphragle Oliver 1
↑ William R. Stringfield, Le Pays des Fleurs Oranges (Belle Chase, LA: Blossom Press, 2001) p.120.
↑ "Louisiana Deaths, 1850-1875, 1894-1960," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F3Q1-TG7 : 2 April 2020), Euphrasie Buras in entry for Bowers, 31 Aug 1926; citing Empire, Plaquemines, Louisiana, certificate number 11327, State Archives, Baton Rouge; FHL microfilm 2,381,437.
↑ Ancestry.com, 1870 United States Federal Census (Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.) ($) citing Plaquemines, Louisiana; Roll: M593_526; Page: 269B; Image: 547; Family History Library Film: 552025
↑ "United States Census, 1880," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MDXC-1QQ : 15 August 2017), Jourdan Buras, Pointe Pleasant, Plaquemines, Louisiana, United States; citing enumeration district ED 141, sheet 220D, NARA microfilm publication T9 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), FHL microfilm 1,254,465.
Jourdan Buras Self Male 40 Louisiana
Oliver Buras Wife Female 38 Louisiana [Euphrosine Olivier]
Anthony Buras Son Male 10 Louisiana
Felix Buras Son Male 9 Louisiana
Alfred Buras Son Male 6 Louisiana
Emilian Buras Son Male 5 Louisiana
Rosalia Buras Daughter Female 2 Louisiana
Rose Jackonnie Niece Female 18 Louisiana
↑ Ancestry, "1910 United States Federal Census," Full citation needed.
Name: Eufrizie L Baras [Eafrizie L Buras]
Age in 1910: 61 Birth Year: abt 1849
Birthplace: Louisiana
↑New Orleans Times-Picayune, New Orleans, La., Obituary,
Plaquemines Parish Obituaries Notices, date, page, Full citation needed.
See also:
Ancestry Family Trees (Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com. Ancestry Family Tree
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