Marie Eleonore LePage (1827)

Born 17 Nov 1827 in St. Landry Parish, Louisiana, United States

Ancestors

Wife of Alfred Bourgeois — married 19 May 1851 in Plaquemine, Iberville Parish, Louisiana, United States

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Biography

Marie Eleonore LePage, daughter of Leon LePage and Marie Ulalie Vige, was born on 17 November 1827 in St. Landry Parish, LA. She was baptized on 23 December 1827 at St. Landry Catholic Church in Opelousas, St. Landry Parish, LA. Sponsors were Charles Vige and Marguerite Elise Vige.1

She married first Basile Glavier in a civil ceremony on 5 February 1846.3 Their marriage was solemnized in the church on 22 June 1849 at St. Gabriel Catholic Church in St. Gabriel, Iberville Parish, LA. Witnesses were Ursin Daigre, A. E. Neraux, and Isham Crane.4

She married second Alfred Bourgeois, son of Andre Bourgeois and Euphrosine Artemise Rivette, on 19 May 1851 at St. John the Evangelist Catholic Church in Plaquemine, Iberville Parish, LA. Witnesses were Andre Bourgeois and Marie Celina Bourgeois.5

Sources

1Donald J Hébert, Southwest Louisiana Records, 1750-1900, compact disk #101 ("SWLR CD") (Rayne, La.: Hébert Publications, 2001; reprints by Claitor's Publications); cites Opel. Ch.: v.3, p.19; baptism, Marie Eleonore Page.

3Diocese of Baton Rouge Catholic Church Records, 1707-1900 ("DOBR") (Baton Rouge, LA: Diocese Archives, 1978-2007), vol. 7 (SGA-19, 122), marriage, Basile Glavier and Marie Eleonore LePage, mentions previous civil marriage 5 Feb 1846 but not its location.

4DOBR, vol. 7 (SGA-19, 122), marriage, Basile Glavier and Marie Eleonore LePage.

5DOBR, vol. 7, p. 83;

BOURGEOIS, Alfred (Andre Bourgeois and Arthemise RIVET) m. 19 May 1851 Marie Eleonore LE PAGE, widow B. GLAVIER (no parents given) wit. Andre Bourgeois; Marie Celina Bourgeois (SJE-Plaq-5,5)