Family Group
Sheet
Subject:
Jules Simon
BOURGEOIS
Birth: circa __ ___ 1791 Romans, Drome,
Rhone-Alpes, France.1
Marriage: before __ ___ 1820
1
Immigratn:
30 Dec 1843 Galveston, Galveston County, Texas; departing Antwerp
25 Oct 1843 on the "Jean Key."2
Document: 1 Sep 1844 Bexar County, Texas;
appointed by Sam Houston, President of the Republic of Texas, to
Justice of the Peace.3
Document: 12 Sep 1844 Castroville, Medina
County, Texas; signer of the document that named and founded the
town.4
Census: __ ___ 1850 Jules C BOURGEOIS
(circa 1820- ); Medina County, Texas; household # 15
Vandenburg.5
Grant: __ ___ 1851 File 949 for 640
acres.6
Death: circa __ ___ 1858 Medina County, Texas.1
Burial: __ ___ ____ St Louis Catholic
Cemetery, Castroville, Medina County.7
Father:
Mother:
Document signed by Sam Houston
appointing Jules Simon Bourgeois to be the first Justice of the Peace in the
Republic of Texas.7
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Spouse:
Gertrude
THERRES
Father:
Mother:
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Three Known
Children
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F
Josephine Rose BOURGEOIS
Birth: __ ___ ____ Romans, Drome,
Rhone-Alpes, France.1
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M
Jules C BOURGEOIS
Birth: circa __ ___ 1820 Romans, Drome,
Rhone-Alpes, France.5
Immigratn:
before __ ___ 1850
5
Census: __ ___ 1850 Jules Simon BOURGEOIS
(circa 1791-circa 1858); Medina County, Texas; household # 15
Vandenburg.5
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M
John F BOURGEOIS
Birth: __ ___ 1834 Paris, Ile-de-France,
France.8
Census: __ ___ 1850 (w); Jules Simon
BOURGEOIS and Jules C BOURGEOIS; Medina County, Texas; household #
15 Vandenburg.5
Marriage: 22 Nov 1855 Marie Magdalene
ZINSMEYER (8 Jul 1835-12 Jul 1927), daughter of Etienne (Stephen)
ZINSMEYER and Catherine BALZER; St Louis Catholic Church,
Castroville, Medina County.9
Daughter: 31 Jan 1858 Julia Virginia
BOURGEOIS; Castroville, Medina County, Texas.10
Death: __ ___ 1883 Bexar County,
Texas.8
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Endnotes
1. Castro
Colonies Heritage Association, compiler, The History of Medina
County, Texas (Castroville, Texas: Castro Colonies Heritage
Association). Hereinafter cited as Hist Medina Co.
2. Lyons, Louis
Phillipe, Jean Key and Heinrich, Ship Passenger Lists, 1843
departures, Texas State Library and Archives Commission, Austin,
Travis County, Texas.
3. David
Bourgeois, "Jules Simon Bourgeois Document," e-mail message from
davidshairco@earthlink.net to Paul Adams, 24 Sep 2002. Hereinafter
cited as "Bourgeois Document."
4. A J Sowell,
compiler, Early Settlers and Indian Fighters of Southwest Texas
(n.p.: n.pub., 1900). Hereinafter cited as Early Settlers.
5. Family Quest,
1850 Census of Medina and Other Counties in Texas., CD-ROM (n.p.:
Family Quest), Medina County. Hereinafter cited as 1850 Census.
6. Texas General
Land Office Land Grant Search, online http://wwwdb.glo.state.tx.us/central/LandGrants/LandGrantsWorklist.cfm.
Hereinafter cited as TX GLO.
7. Archives for
Medina County, TXGenWeb, online https://sites.rootsweb.com/~usgenweb/tx/medina/medintoc.htm.
Hereinafter cited as TXGenWeb Medina Archives.
8. Descendants of
Joannes Zinsmeyer, online www.familytreemaker.com/users/s/p/e/Heather-Speulda.
Hereinafter cited as Zinsmeyer.
9. LDS Microfilm,
compiler, St Louis Catholic Church, Castroville, Medina County,
Texas (n.p.: GEDCOM by an unknown person). Hereinafter cited as
St Louis Church Gedcom.
10. Family Search
- Labs, online http://search.labs.familysearch.org/recordsearch/#p=0.
Hereinafter cited as Family Search - Labs. |