Can someone help me find the parents of my great grandmother, Margurite Pourier, Poirier, 1847, Belfort, France

Question

My Great grandmother is, Margurita (sp) Pourier, poss. sp. Poirier. She was born in Belfort, France 14 Feb 1847 d. 17 Jun 1925. I don't know when she & her mother (&/or father?) immigrated to Canada. She came with her mother to the US. Date unknown however I do know that she married my Great grandfather, Johannes 'John' Blesi in 1866. He was born in Schwanden, Glarus, Switzerland 28 Jun 1828 d. 2 Mar 1904. Son of Johannes Rudolf  Blesi born 27 Aug  1801 d. 25 Mar 1885 in Glarus. Margurita is the mother of my grandmother Margaretta 'Maggie' Blesi Cotton Hyndman, 23 Dec 1878 in Dayton Twsp. Henn. Co., MN, US.

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Hi Rose,

It would likely be beneficial to edit your post and add the France tag, so that your post will show up in the G2G feeds of WikiTreers who follow that tag. You may also want to add a tag for the Pourier surname spelling as well.

The commune of Belfort is located in the French Territoire de Belfort Department. The digitized records at the Departmental Archives of the Territory of Belfort are located at https://archives.territoiredebelfort.fr/page/acceder-aux-fonds-numerises.

Within that collection, you can search the civil records here: https://archives.territoiredebelfort.fr/search/form/ce8c3b7f-77f9-493b-81dd-d09d11bdc431.

In the Tables Décennales (10-year index) for the commune of Belfort, naissance/birth entries for surnames beginning with the letter P in the date range 1843-1852 appear to be found at images 458-460 here: https://archives.territoiredebelfort.fr/ark:/12997/phjbqwnz5ls7/c5247755-ef21-4f3b-a26e-37b4a378522e. There don't appear to be any births recorded there in that time frame for surnames similar to Poirier/Pourier.

It's possible that the reference to Belfort for her birth place was for the more broad Territoire de Belfort. If so, there are many communes besides the commune of Belfort within the current department of that name. It may be beneficial to review any sources found to date that indicated "Belfort" as her birth place to see if there is any additional detail.

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Answer 1

https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/26732882/margurita-blesi