Joe used Bourgeois most of his life and vital records.
He was a son and eldest child of Thomas Boss/Bourgeois and Elizabeth Levick.
Variations of his parents' names are:
Abram Thomas Boss
Abram Thomas Bourgeois
Abraham Thomas Boss and Bourgeois
Tom Boss
Abram Boss
Eliza Levick
Elizabeth Levick Boss and Bourgeois
Elise Levesque
Often the records that were recorded by the Catholic Church were the ones like marriages and births and deaths, and are the French versions of their names. Then the English version of surnames were used for things like Censuses and property taxes and the like.
Their children used the surname they were most comfortable with.
Siblings:
Gilbert Henri Boss
Elizabeth Boss Rodier
Bernice Boss St. Germain
Anna Alice Boss Gaboury
Joe married Lena D. Gifford, daughter of George Gifford and Marie Dubois, on April 12, 1909 in Ware, MA. For most of their lives, they made their home in East Longmeadow, MA.
Joe worked at a feed and grain store for over 30 years. His nephew, Bill, describes Joe as "the nicest man you could ever meet."
1900 Swanton, VT Census:
Thomas Boss, b Feb, 1861, VT, 39, Fireman, Lime kiln [parents b Can]
Eliza, wife, b May, 1862, Can, 38, Emig. 1870. [Dad b Scot, Mom b Can]
Joseph, son, b May, 1886, VT, 14, at school
Gilbert, son, b April, 1886, VT, 13, at school
Lizzie, dau, b Nov, 1888, VT, 11, at school
Bernice, dau, b June, 1892, VT, 7
Annie, dau, b Nov, 1894, VT, 5
Joe used Bourgeois most of his life and vital records.
He was a son and eldest child of Thomas Boss/Bourgeois and Elizabeth Levick.
Variations of his parents' names are:
Abram Thomas Boss
Abram Thomas Bourgeois
Abraham Thomas Boss and Bourgeois
Tom Boss
Abram Boss
Eliza Levick
Elizabeth Levick Boss and Bourgeois
Elise Levesque
Often the records that were recorded by the Catholic Church were the ones like marriages and births and deaths, and are the French versions of their names. Then the English version of surnames were used for things like Censuses and property taxes and the like.
Their children used the surname they were most comfortable with.
Siblings:
Gilbert Henri Boss
Elizabeth Boss Rodier
Bernice Boss St. Germain
Anna Alice Boss Gaboury
Joe married Lena D. Gifford, daughter of George Gifford and Marie Dubois, on April 12, 1909 in Ware, MA. For most of their lives, they made their home in East Longmeadow, MA.
Joe worked at a feed and grain store for over 30 years. His nephew, Bill, describes Joe as "the nicest man you could ever meet."
1900 Swanton, VT Census:
Thomas Boss, b Feb, 1861, VT, 39, Fireman, Lime kiln [parents b Can]
Eliza, wife, b May, 1862, Can, 38, Emig. 1870. [Dad b Scot, Mom b Can]
Joseph, son, b May, 1886, VT, 14, at school
Gilbert, son, b April, 1886, VT, 13, at school
Lizzie, dau, b Nov, 1888, VT, 11, at school
Bernice, dau, b June, 1892, VT, 7
Annie, dau, b Nov, 1894, VT, 5
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Mary Pressey is listed on the same gravestone.
She was Joseph's wife's sister.
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