Pierre Lucien Buras (1821 - 1865)

Born Mar 1821 in Buras, Plaquemines, Louisiana, United States

Ancestors

Husband of Adelaide (Sylve) Buras — married 29 Oct 1840 in Plaquemines Parish, LA

Descendants

Died 1865 at about age 43 in Plaquemines, Louisiana, United States

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Biography

Parents, Birth, Baptism

 Pierre Lucien Buras, son of Pierre Sebastian Buras and Marie Victorie Ragas, was born in March of 1821 in Buras and baptized on 2 Feb 1822 at the St. Louis Cathedral in New Orleans, Louisiana at 10 months old.^[1]

Marriage, Children

 Pierre married Adelaide Sylve, daughter of Jean Baptiste Sylve and Marie del Incarnacina Ragas, on 29 Oct 1840
 Their known children were:

1. Rosaline Buras: 28 Aug 1841 (STC, B.V. I, p.55 #15)
2. Paul Vallerie Buras: 13 Oct 1842 (STC, B.V. I, p.70 #84)
3. Onesime Sebastian Buras: 15 Apr 1847 (STC, B.V. I I , p.11 #56)
4. Milisere Buras: 5 Jul 1849 (STC, B.V. I I , p.28 #146)

Death

 Pierre passed away in 1865.

Le Pays des Fleurs Oranges

Excerpt from page 140 of Le Pays des Fleurs Oranges (The Land of Orange Blossoms) by William R. Stringfield:^[2]

Pierre Lucien BURAS(B3A2) was born about 1822. He married first on 29 October 1840 to Adelaide SYLVE, daughter of Jean Baptiste SYLVE(I2A) and Marie del Incarnacion RAGAS<8>. Adelaide was born in 1826 and died in 1850. There were four children. They were living in House 444 in 1850<19>. Pierre Lucien remarried later to Elise Roselma BURAS, daughter of Jean Benoit BURAT and Marie Josephine LAFRANCE. There were no children from the second marriage. Pierre Lucien died in 1865. Roselma remarried, to Laurent BROCHIER, a native of France in 1867. They were living in House 1065/1104 in 1870<22>. Laurent died in the 1870's. Roselma was living in 1900 in Ward 10, Precinct 2, House 234/243<25>. Roselma lived until 1906. Roselma helped raise her nieces and nephew from her sister, who died shortly before she married BROCHIER. The youngest child she adopted, although she retained her name as BURAS. Pierre Lucien and Adelaide's children<59,70>: (B3A2A) Rosaline BURAS (28 August 1841, STC, B.V. I, p.55 #15); (B3A2B) Paul Vallerie BURAS (13 October 1842, STC, B.V. I, p.70 #84); (B3A2C) Onesime Sebastian BURAS (15 April 1847, STC, B.V. I I , p.11 #56); and (B3A2D) Milisere BURAS (5 July 1849, STC, B.V. I I , p.28 #146).

Sources

1. ↑ Sacramental Records of the Roman Catholic Church of the Archdiocese of New Orleans, Vol. 15. 1822-1823; Editor: Charles E. Nolan; Associate Editor: Dorenda Dupont; Translator: J. Edgar Bruns; Publication: Archives of the Archdiocese of New Orleans, 2000; copy in possession of Shae Simpson:
   Text p. 59:

   BURA, Pedro Luciano (Pedro and Victoria RAGASA, [both] natives and residents of Placquemines Parish in this state), b. Feb. 2, 1822, ca. 10 mo., pgp. Sebastian BURA and Juliana BURA, mgp. Domingo RAGASA and Lucia BURA, s. Domingo RAGASA, infant’s maternal grandfather, and Maria de la Encarnacion RAGASA, infant's aunt (SLC, B31, 224)

2. ↑ Le Pays Des Fleurs Oranges (the Land of Orange Blossoms): A Genealogical Study of Eight Creole Families of Plaquemines Parish, Louisiana: Buras (Burat), Barrois, Fontenelle, Collette, Cosse, Cavalier, Frederick, Martin, Vinet, LaFrance and Dobard; Author: William Richard Stringfield; Publisher: Gateway Press, 1989.

• "United States Census, 1850," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MCJD-HQ8 : 22 December 2020), Lucien Burot, Plaquemines, Louisiana, United States; citing family , NARA microfilm publication (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).

• "United States Census, 1860", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MFPZ-WZ6 : 14 December 2017), Lucien Burns, 1860.

• Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/138394177/lucien-pierre-buras: accessed 17 November 2022), memorial page for Lucien Pierre Buras (1820–20 Oct 1865), Find a Grave Memorial ID Find A Grave: Memorial #138394177, citing Boothville-Venice Cemetery, Boothville, Plaquemines Parish, Louisiana, USA; Maintained by karen anglada (contributor 48030673) .