Married first to Mary A. Thomas. Married second to Susan. His parents are unknown, but he is thought to be a descendant of Etienne Bourdette.
Sometime after his second marriage Bourdette and his family moved from the east to Henry County, Illinois in 1853. Several of his sons left Illinois moving settling in Cowley County, Kansas. By 1880 Edward had also settled in Cowley County, living with his eldest son from his second marriage, Richard Bourdette. Bourdette listed his occupations as undertaker and carpenter on the United States Censuses.
Portrait And Biographical Record Of Suffolk County, Long Island, New York, Chapman Publishing Co., New York & Chicago, 1896.
Edward W. Bourdette [refers to son of this Edward Bourdette]. The subject of this sketch traces his genealogy in this country back to his grandfather, Peter Bourdette, who was a native of France and who, with two brothers, came with General Lafayette to America during the Revolutionary period. The brothers remained in this country and Peter became a successful shipbuilder and the owner of a large farm. He was an unusually strong, healthy man, never employing a doctor and died of old age, as he was taking his afternoon nap. He lacked but a few months of being one hundred years old and had a full set of teeth and never knew what it was to suffer with pain from them. His son, Edward Bourdette, was born on the old family homestead near Fort Lee, New Jersey and after growing up became a manufacturer of oils and glue, being at one time a partner of Peter Cooper, who started in business with his father. When they dissolved partnership Mr. Bourdette took Brooklyn, New York and Long Island. He built the first house on Tilley Street and there had a factory until the increase in population caused him to move to Middle Village. There he bought a farm and erected a factor when our subject was about five years old.
Edward Bourdette married Miss Mary Thomas while living in Brooklyn and after her death he followed traveling through the West for some time and passed his last days in Montana.
Sometime after his second marriage Bourdette and his family moved from the east to Henry County, Illinois in 1853. Several of his sons left Illinois moving settling in Cowley County, Kansas. By 1880 Edward had also settled in Cowley County, living with his eldest son from his second marriage, Richard Bourdette. Bourdette listed his occupations as undertaker and carpenter on the United States Censuses.
Portrait And Biographical Record Of Suffolk County, Long Island, New York, Chapman Publishing Co., New York & Chicago, 1896.
Edward W. Bourdette [refers to son of this Edward Bourdette]. The subject of this sketch traces his genealogy in this country back to his grandfather, Peter Bourdette, who was a native of France and who, with two brothers, came with General Lafayette to America during the Revolutionary period. The brothers remained in this country and Peter became a successful shipbuilder and the owner of a large farm. He was an unusually strong, healthy man, never employing a doctor and died of old age, as he was taking his afternoon nap. He lacked but a few months of being one hundred years old and had a full set of teeth and never knew what it was to suffer with pain from them. His son, Edward Bourdette, was born on the old family homestead near Fort Lee, New Jersey and after growing up became a manufacturer of oils and glue, being at one time a partner of Peter Cooper, who started in business with his father. When they dissolved partnership Mr. Bourdette took Brooklyn, New York and Long Island. He built the first house on Tilley Street and there had a factory until the increase in population caused him to move to Middle Village. There he bought a farm and erected a factor when our subject was about five years old.
Edward Bourdette married Miss Mary Thomas while living in Brooklyn and after her death he followed traveling through the West for some time and passed his last days in Montana.
Married first to Mary A. Thomas. Married second to Susan. His parents are unknown, but he is thought to be a descendant of Etienne Bourdette.
Sometime after his second marriage Bourdette and his family moved from the east to Henry County, Illinois in 1853. Several of his sons left Illinois moving settling in Cowley County, Kansas. By 1880 Edward had also settled in Cowley County, living with his eldest son from his second marriage, Richard Bourdette. Bourdette listed his occupations as undertaker and carpenter on the United States Censuses.
Portrait And Biographical Record Of Suffolk County, Long Island, New York, Chapman Publishing Co., New York & Chicago, 1896.
Edward W. Bourdette [refers to son of this Edward Bourdette]. The subject of this sketch traces his genealogy in this country back to his grandfather, Peter Bourdette, who was a native of France and who, with two brothers, came with General Lafayette to America during the Revolutionary period. The brothers remained in this country and Peter became a successful shipbuilder and the owner of a large farm. He was an unusually strong, healthy man, never employing a doctor and died of old age, as he was taking his afternoon nap. He lacked but a few months of being one hundred years old and had a full set of teeth and never knew what it was to suffer with pain from them. His son, Edward Bourdette, was born on the old family homestead near Fort Lee, New Jersey and after growing up became a manufacturer of oils and glue, being at one time a partner of Peter Cooper, who started in business with his father. When they dissolved partnership Mr. Bourdette took Brooklyn, New York and Long Island. He built the first house on Tilley Street and there had a factory until the increase in population caused him to move to Middle Village. There he bought a farm and erected a factor when our subject was about five years old.
Edward Bourdette married Miss Mary Thomas while living in Brooklyn and after her death he followed traveling through the West for some time and passed his last days in Montana.
Sometime after his second marriage Bourdette and his family moved from the east to Henry County, Illinois in 1853. Several of his sons left Illinois moving settling in Cowley County, Kansas. By 1880 Edward had also settled in Cowley County, living with his eldest son from his second marriage, Richard Bourdette. Bourdette listed his occupations as undertaker and carpenter on the United States Censuses.
Portrait And Biographical Record Of Suffolk County, Long Island, New York, Chapman Publishing Co., New York & Chicago, 1896.
Edward W. Bourdette [refers to son of this Edward Bourdette]. The subject of this sketch traces his genealogy in this country back to his grandfather, Peter Bourdette, who was a native of France and who, with two brothers, came with General Lafayette to America during the Revolutionary period. The brothers remained in this country and Peter became a successful shipbuilder and the owner of a large farm. He was an unusually strong, healthy man, never employing a doctor and died of old age, as he was taking his afternoon nap. He lacked but a few months of being one hundred years old and had a full set of teeth and never knew what it was to suffer with pain from them. His son, Edward Bourdette, was born on the old family homestead near Fort Lee, New Jersey and after growing up became a manufacturer of oils and glue, being at one time a partner of Peter Cooper, who started in business with his father. When they dissolved partnership Mr. Bourdette took Brooklyn, New York and Long Island. He built the first house on Tilley Street and there had a factory until the increase in population caused him to move to Middle Village. There he bought a farm and erected a factor when our subject was about five years old.
Edward Bourdette married Miss Mary Thomas while living in Brooklyn and after her death he followed traveling through the West for some time and passed his last days in Montana.
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