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Joseph Abram Bourgeois

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Joseph Abram Bourgeois

Birth
Swanton, Franklin County, Vermont, USA
Death
28 Nov 1966 (aged 80)
East Longmeadow, Hampden County, Massachusetts, USA
Burial
Ware, Hampshire County, Massachusetts, USA Add to Map
Plot
Section 5 Row N Lot 10
Memorial ID
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Variation of family name of Boss.
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
Variation of family name of Boss.
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

Inscription

Mary Pressey is listed on the same gravestone.
She was Joseph's wife's sister.



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  • Created by: Homeboss Relative Great-niece/nephew
  • Added: Dec 27, 2015
  • Find a Grave Memorial ID:
  • Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/156429202/joseph_abram-bourgeois: accessed ), memorial page for Joseph Abram Bourgeois (8 Mar 1886–28 Nov 1966), Find a Grave Memorial ID 156429202, citing Old Saint William Cemetery, Ware, Hampshire County, Massachusetts, USA; Maintained by Homeboss (contributor 48489796).