Brief Life History of Maurice Jean
When Maurice Jean Bourgeois was born on 25 March 1899, in Loreauville, Iberia, Louisiana, United States, his father, Jean Baptiste Augustin Bourgeois, was 27 and his mother, Marie Amelie LeBlanc, was 21. He lived in Iberia, Louisiana, United States in 1900. He died on 14 June 1978, in New Iberia, Iberia, Louisiana, United States, at the age of 79, and was buried in Ville Platte, Evangeline, Louisiana, United States.
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Family Time Line
Sources (6)
- Maurice Bourgois in household of Baptist Bourgois, "United States Census, 1900"
- Maurice Jean Bourgeois, "Find A Grave Index"
- Monsignor J Maurice Bourgeois in entry for Cecile M Bourgeois, "United States, GenealogyBank Historical Newspaper Obituaries, 1815-2011"
Parents and Siblings
1871–1938 Male
1877–1932 Female
Siblings (10)
1898–1980 Female
1899–1978 Male
1901–1980 Male
1903–1943 Female
1906–1968 Male
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World Events (8)
1900 · Gold for Cash!
Age 1
1900 · Giving Puerto Rico an American Welcome
Age 1
1920
Age 21
Name Meaning
Some characteristic forenames: French Andre, Marcel, Emile, Alphonse, Armand, Camille, Gaston, Monique, Pierre, Lucien, Michel, Normand.
French: from bourgeois ‘burgher’ (from Old French burgeis, from burc ‘fortified town’), a status name for an inhabitant and (usually) freeman of a fortified town (see Bourg ). Compare Lebourgeois and also Boss , Burgess , and Bushway .
History: Jacques Bourgeois from France married Jeanne Trahan in Acadia c. 1643. Pierre Bourgeois from Poligny in Jura, France, married Marie-Louise Cléroux in Saint-Vincent-de-Paul, QC, in 1753.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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