Jules Simon Bourgeois

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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.

TXGenWeb, Medina County - Jules Simon Bourgeois updated on 11/10/2013

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