Orter Lucien Bourgeois (abt. 1854 - 1931)

Born about 1854 in Lafayette, Louisiana, United States

Ancestors

Descendants

Died 28 Sep 1931 at about age 77 in Sulphur, Calcasieu, Louisiana, United States

Biography

Orter Lucien was born about 1854, the sixth child and third son of Orter Lucien Bourgeois and Mary Prejean^[1]. By 1860 the family had moved to St Landry parish.

Both of his parents died in 1863, and at the 1870 US census he was living with older brother Simon and his new family.

First Marriage

Proper sources are still to be found for the following:

In 1875 he married Marie Alida Olivier, and they had four children. There is a supporting record in the 1880 US census showing a son Eli age 1^[2]. No record for him has been found in the 1900 US census so there is a large gap.

Second Marriage

Marie Alida must have died by 1889 as he married Lelia (sic) Boudreaux in March of that year^[3].

The marriage record does not state the previous marital status for either of them, but the 1910 US census includes in the household a twenty two year old Felix Moullie, listed as son of wife.

From the 1910 US census he used the name Lucien, or just the initials L.O. Up until 1930 the family lived in Iota.

He died at Sulphur, Calcasieu, Louisiana in 1931^[4], but it is not clear why he was there.

Sources

1. ↑ "United States Census, 1860", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MFP7-CBZ : 26 July 2017), Orter L Bourgeois in entry for Orter L Bourgoeois, 1860.
2. ↑ "United States Census, 1880," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MDXX-TPC : 7 September 2017), Lucien O Bourgeois, 1st Ward, St Landry, Louisiana, United States; citing enumeration district ED 39, sheet 171A, NARA microfilm publication T9 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), roll 0469; FHL microfilm 1,254,469.
3. ↑ "Louisiana, Parish Marriages, 1837-1957," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QKJH-1M5K : 15 October 2015), Lucien Bourgois and Lelia Boudreaux, 04 Apr 1889; citing St. Landry, Louisiana, United States, various parish courthouses, Louisiana; FHL microfilm 870,698.
4. ↑ "Louisiana Deaths, 1850-1875, 1894-1960," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F39P-5HQ : 12 December 2014), L O Bourgeois, 28 Sep 1931; citing Sulphur, Calcasieu, Louisiana, certificate number 10825, State Archives, Baton Rouge; FHL microfilm 2,312,751.

• Source: S1213755536 Repository: #R1200686673 1910 United States Federal Census Ancestry.com Publication: Ancestry.com Operations Inc
• Repository: R1200686673 Ancestry.com
• Source: S1213762067 Repository: #R1200686673 U.S., Social Security Applications and Claims Index, 1936-2007 Ancestry.com Publication: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.
• Source: S1213762092 Repository: #R1200686673 1920 United States Federal Census Ancestry.com Publication: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.
• Source: S1213762102 Repository: #R1200686673 1930 United States Federal Census Ancestry.com Publication: Ancestry.com Operations Inc