Marie Dyonisia Bourg (1792 - abt. 1868)

Born 15 Apr 1792 in St. Landry Parish, Louisiana, New Spain

Ancestors

Died about 15 Feb 1868 at about age 75 in Bellevue, St. Landry Parish, Louisiana, USA

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Biography

Marie Dyonisia "Denise" Bourg was born on 15 April 1792 in St. Landry Parish, Louisiana, a daughter of Joseph Bourg (~1750 - 1806) and Suzanne (Thibodeaux) Thibodeau (~1768 - 1815).^[1]

Her known siblings were:

1. Suzanne (Bourg) Lavergne (~1782 - 1863)
2. Joseph Valerie Bourg (1785 - 1819)
3. Perosine Bourg (1788 - 1839)
4. Ursin Bourg (~1790 - 1840)
5. Charles Bourg (~1796 - ~1841)
6. Leandre Bourg (1797 - <1853)
7. Pierre Bourg (~1800 - ~1800)
8. Louis Bourg (~1801 - ~1802)
9. Marie Adelaide Bourg (1804 - ~1805)

Slaves

In 1850 she was counted as a slave owner on the census in St. Landry Parish. The slave schedule of the census shows she owned eighteen slaves:

1. 1 Black male, age 38
2. 1 Black male, age 22
3. 1 Black female, age 22
4. 1 Black female, age 21
5. 1 Black female, age 20
6. 1 Black female, age 20
7. 1 Black female, age 20
8. 1 Black female, age 20
9. 1 Black female, age 19
10. 1 Black female, age 18
11. 1 Black female, age 14
12. 1 Black female, age 14
13. 1 Black female, age 12
14. 1 Black female, age 12
15. 1 Black female, age 10
16. 1 Biracial male, age 4
17. 1 Biracial male, age 1
18. 1 Black female, age 0^[2]

Marie Dyonisia died about 15 February 1868 in Bellevue, Louisiana, aged 75, and was buried in Opelousas, St. Landry, Louisiana.^[1]

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1} Donald J. Hébert, Southwest Louisiana Records, 1750-1900, compact disk #101 ("SWLR CD"), (Rayne, LA: Hébert Publications, 2001; reprints by Claitor's Publications);
   • BOURG, Marie Denise [record has Dyonisia] (Joseph & Suzanne TIBUDEAUX) b. 15 April 1792, bt. Sunday, 22 May 1796 supplied ceremony for baptism which was previously performed at home. Spons: Pierre TIBUDEAUX & Marie LAVERGNE. Fr. Pedro de ZAMORA (Opel. Ch.: v.1-A, p.146)
   • BOURG, Denise d. 15 Feb. 1868 at age 75 yrs. at Bellevue (Opel. Ch.: v. 2, p. 242)
2. ↑ "United States Census (Slave Schedule), 1850 ", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:HR75-RG3Z : 15 February 2020), Denise Bourque in entry for MM9.1.1/MVZV-7D9:, 1850.