Brief Life History of Jean Pierre
When Jean Pierre Bordelon was born on 28 February 1821, in Bordelonville, Avoyelles, Louisiana, United States, his father, Augustin Bordelon II, was 28 and his mother, Cecilia Celeste Guillot, was 23. He married Celise Bordelon on 18 February 1840, in Avoyelles, Louisiana, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 son. He lived in Avoyelles, Avoyelles, Louisiana, United States in 1860. He died before 1 September 1863, in Avoyelles, Louisiana, United States.
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- J P Bordelon, "United States Census, 1850"
- Pierre Bordelon, "Louisiana Parish Marriages, 1837-1957"
- Jean Piere Bordelon in entry for Lucien Jean Pierre Bordelon, "Louisiana Deaths, 1850-1875, 1894-1960"
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1825 · The Crimes Act
The Crimes Act was made to provide a clearer punishment of certain crimes against the United States. Part of it includes: Changing the maximum sentence of imprisonment to be increased from seven to ten years and changing the maximum fine from $5,000 to $10,000.
1830 · The Second Great Awakening
Being a second spiritual and religious awakening, like the First Great Awakening, many Churches began to spring up from other denominations. Many people began to rapidly join the Baptist and Methodist congregations. Many converts to these religions believed that the Awakening was the precursor of a new millennial age.
1836 · Remember the Alamo
Being a monumental event in the Texas Revolution, The Battle of the Alamo was a thirteen-day battle at the Alamo Mission near San Antonio. In the early morning of the final battle, the Mexican Army advanced on the Alamo. Quickly being overrun, the Texian Soldiers quickly withdrew inside the building. The battle has often been overshadowed by events from the Mexican–American War, But the Alamo gradually became known as a national battle site and later named an official Texas State Shrine.
Name Meaning
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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