When Zenon Bordelon I was born on 29 September 1782, in Pointe Coupee, Orleans Territory, United States, his father, Major Antoine Joseff Bordelon, was 49 and his mother, Marguerite Perrine Frederic Leonard, was 36. He married Eulalie Joffrion in 1802, in Avoyelles, Orleans Territory, United States. They were the parents of at least 8 sons and 5 daughters. He died before 23 May 1842, in Avoyelles, Louisiana, United States.
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The Revolutionary War ended with the signing of the Treaty of Paris which gave the new nation boundries on which they could expand and trade with other countries without any problems.
Caused by war veteran Daniel Shays, Shays' Rebellion was to protest economic and civil rights injustices that he and other farmers were seeing after the Revolutionary War. Because of the Rebellion it opened the eyes of the governing officials that the Articles of Confederation needed a reform. The Rebellion served as a guardrail when helping reform the United States Constitution.
While the growth of the new nation was exponential, the United States didn’t have permanent location to house the Government. The First capital was temporary in New York City but by the second term of George Washington the Capital moved to Philadelphia for the following 10 years. Ultimately during the Presidency of John Adams, the Capital found a permanent home in the District of Columbia.
Some characteristic forenames: French Gaston, Leonce, Andre, Armand, Alphonse, Camile, Celestine, Celina, Colette, Emile, Germaine.
French: topographic name derived from Old French bordel ‘hut, smallholding, small farm’, a derivative of Borde . This surname is very rare in France.
History: Gabriel-Laurent Bordelon from Le Havre in Seine-Maritime, France, married Anne-Françoise Roland in New Orleans, LA, in 1729.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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