Bourquin - Family History & Genealogy Message Board

Re: Switzerland to Kansas

retiree07 — 2015-04-30 17:21:37Z

Researching the Bourquin family for a friend. While researching my own family in Edison, Nebraska, I came across a newspaperarticle referencing the visit of Will Bourquin and his family visiting my family in 1930's. Just thought it was interesting.

My friend's Bourquin's were mostly in the Kansas City area.

Re: situation of sonvilier

SteveWatson73 — 2013-05-15 17:19:31Z

Hi. Some of my ancestors were Bourquins from Sonvilier. I would be interested in exchanging info. My ggggrandmother was Sophie Anaise Bourquin who married a Daenger from Boujean (near Bienne) in the 1840s. They lived in Renan, the next village down the valley where their only child, Lise Anaise Daenger was born 17 January 1847.

Re: situation of sonvilier

sksk801 — 2013-05-15 17:18:30Z

My Bourquin ancestors came from the Neuchatel region. My Bourquin starting point is Mary Ann Bourquin. She was born abt 1786. She married Abraham Perret (Perry) aproximately 1814. The Perrets emigrated to Canada, then to the U.S about 1820.
I have found a great many Bourquin names for your region of Switzerland. Some appear to be related to Mary Ann Bourquin.
I have the data grouping's and would share them with you. Perhaps you may have data I also could use?
Thank you
Stephen Knight

BOURQUIN Larry 1958 1958

t42Laureland — 2013-05-15 15:13:36Z

BOURQUIN Larry 1958 1958

DaveStrickland photographed this persons tombstone in the Laureland Cemetery (Laurel Land), Dallas Co., Texas. Feel free to use this picture for your records.
This is one of 230,856 cemetery photos free for personal use at http://teafor2.com where they are listed in order by state, county, cemetery(Laureland) and Surname .
If you know more about this person please reply here instead of contacting me because this is most likely not my family .

Re: Lost Bourquin

cbrq110 — 2013-02-24 00:00:56Z

my dad was claud bourquin married to maudie horn lived in pleasent grove in dallas texas. claude jr lived in dallas but i have not talked to him but one time. jimmy is dead . the girls i have never seen.

Re: Bourquin Name and Origins!

gwendensley — 2012-03-26 20:37:32Z

Our Bourquin Family also is from Alsace Loraine. Great great grandfather {ierre married to Adele; Great grandfather Lousi Alfred married to Julie and Grandfather Louis Emile married to Marie.
Would love to hear from any family. we are planning a Bourquin reunion for 2013 in Estevan, Sask. Canada.

Re: Switzerland to Kansas

deankeen — 2011-09-25 19:06:16Z

contact Jack Bourquin, St, James Mo.- email-Bourquin@mst.edu he is related to James Emile Bourquin hope this helps you, you may tell him I gave you the info :) have a nice day :)

Switzerland to Kansas

flomuse — 2011-07-01 22:43:18Z

answer to "kellu_1" asking:

<< I am researching the Bourquin's of Swiss ancestry.... settled in Kansas. >>

The earliest Swiss Bourquin I have in KS, arrived on the ship Labrador, from Le Havre to NY, 11 Jun 1879 .

Louis Paul & Cecile Adele Bourquin, and family, who settled first in Spicer, Richardson, NE, before moving to Wendell, Thomas, KS

I have another family of Swiss in 1900 : in Mission, Brown, KS
Emile & Olive Bourquin [indexed by Ancestry as Bomquise]

both of these families were from the Canton of Berne but may not be related: Louis Paul Bourquin was a farmer, Emile was a jeweler.

then, in 1900 Hackberry, Labette, KS.
Edward Bourquin, born in OH, of Swiss father & French mother.

I have collected some info on these 3 families but I cannot dig more in my notes until September [we travel for work, and rarely have acces to the Internet.]
I will be happy to share what I have.

Henri Bourquin - Mauritius Holiday - query of authenticity

chantalj1 — 2011-04-17 21:43:04Z

I have in the past few months received contact from someone claiming to be a descendant of Henri Bourquin who is trying to organise a family gathering in Mauritius.
I find this suspicious partly due to not being able to find the said restort via google. The overall nature of the email concerns me that firstly it has been sent correctly to me as a descendant of Henri Bourquin, secondly that the emails are increasing focussed on the request for money and thirdly that they are enticing people having collected their details from a forum or the like in order to be able to select so accurately the descendants. In the past years I've written on several forums regarding my search for information on my Bourquin ancestors so am intrigued as to where they have pulled this information from. (I don't believe it's ancestry.com as the email came direct to one of my email addresses) Have any other Henri Bourquin descendants received this invitation?

Re: Henri Bourquin - Mauritius Holiday - query of authenticity

chantalj1 — 2011-04-17 21:41:04Z

Thank you for your response. I shall remove my query.

Re: Henri Bourquin - Mauritius Holiday - query of authenticity

henribourquin — 2011-04-17 18:57:18Z

Dear Chantal,
If you have read my emails well, you will understand that i only wanted to do something good. There is no obligation,you are free of your decision.I have sent these emails to all the Bourquins over the world,addresses i have gathered for some years now. I am quite disappointed that the project did not please anyone. I am sorry for inconveniences caused.
Rest assure of my entire devotion.

Henri

Bourquin-Neely Family

j9paty — 2010-12-05 19:36:45Z

I am the Grand-daughter of Dorothea Marie. I don't know how to reach you, and hope that you see this while I continue to seek you.
I am sorry to pass this news to you by internet. I had wanted to at least tell you by a phone call:
http://obits.columbian.com/obituaries/columbian/obituary.asp...
Please let me know you received this?
Thank you,
Jeanine
j9paty@aol.com

Re: Illinois and Texas Bourquins

nanaofsix192 — 2010-10-11 18:00:48Z

this is great to connect this way. There was a picture of Boots at the reunion and I think I have a copy of it. You probably have it. it was of him when he was preforming. A publicity shot. I am married to Johnny Mack and we have two grown children and 6 grandkids. We live just south of Ft. Worth. He had eight brothers and sisters. there are 6 still living. if you would like more info. my Bourquin tree is on ancestry or I can send you an invite to get into it. Talk later.

Re: Illinois and Texas Bourquins

kjbrown26 — 2010-10-11 17:50:05Z

That would be wonderful. My grandfather was Boots and I was just telling my fiancee' last night how I wished he would have got a chance to meet him. My sister happened to mention his birthday this morning for a newletter she is preparing for our unborn son and I never could remember the year and I happened to google his name and this came back and I was amazed at how recent this posting actually was updated since it origination date.

Re: Illinois and Texas Bourquins

nanaofsix192 — 2010-10-11 17:45:10Z

Sorry I am so late replying but I worked this weekend and just now getting back to ancestry. My husband's father was Earnest Edward; son of Earnest Clinton. We had a Bourquin reunion in Mesquite, Tx. this year and plan on having one each year. If you are interested let me know and we will exchange more details. Love finding cousins we did not know we had. Was your grandfather Boots or Arvad?

Re: Illinois and Texas Bourquins

kjbrown26 — 2010-10-11 15:15:52Z

I can't believe I actually came across this discussion. My grandfather was the son of Earnest Clinton and Mary as well and unfortunately I haven't gotten to really meet any of my relatives, except my grandfathers' twin brother. Its nice to know they are out there and I'm happy to know the family line will continue on.

Re: Illinois and Texas Bourquins

nanaofsix192 — 2010-04-06 22:04:22Z

I was just messing around on the internet and found this message board. Although the message is an old one, my husband is a Bourquin from Dallas also. His father was Earnest Edward who was the son of Earnest Clinton, Who was the son of Julius Ceasar Bourquin. Are we related?

Re: Charles Frederic, Louis Adolphe & Frederic Bourquin-Berne to Philadelphia

droster2 — 2010-09-18 10:39:17Z

Excellent job Flowmuse, by chance is there a link to the info from the Mormons? Thank you for your help!
Regards,
Bill

Re: Louis P. Bourquin PhIladelphia>IL.>MI

droster2 — 2010-08-17 02:42:39Z

Here is a short bio on this Bourquin family, I really think they were related to Frederick Bourquin of Philly, the printer.

Re: Louis P. Bourquin PhIladelphia>IL.>MI

droster2 — 2010-05-06 22:20:58Z

Hi,
The Phillips family from IL. is Parmenio Lyman Phillips, that is the line I'm directly related to. He went to the short lived Illinois College Medical school in Jacksonville, IL. Evalina would be Parmenio's sister. Pamenio named one of his daughters after Evalina, and one of his son's after Louis Bourquin. I just need to figure out all these Phillips.

Re: Louis P. Bourquin PhIladelphia>IL.>MI

droster2 — 2010-04-29 22:41:34Z

Info from Laurel Hill Cemetery came. It's very confusing. Louis A. (died 1845) Evalina (1878) are in plot 1, Mary Adams (who was called a bound girl) living with Evalina when she died in 1873 at the age of 17. Grace Ann, who was Louis and Evalina's daughter, and Sarah Bourquin Fox, who's daughter was Katherine Bourquin Travers.
Sarah Bourquin, in the Florida Death records, which are online, says her parents are Joesph B. Summons and Elizabeth Armstrong. How does she get the last name Bourquin? Sarah was born in 1853 so Louis can't be her father, and Evalina the mother. Her daughter, Katherine B. Travers says Grace is her aunt and Evalina her grandmother. She was born in 1881. In the 1880 census of Philly it does show Joseph Summons as the father, Elizabeth Summons the mother and Sarah Barquin the daughter living at home. I'm confused. The only children I ever found for Louis and Evalina is Louis Jr. and Grace. Louis was born in 1837, did he marry and divorce Sarah? Did Evalina have a child out of wedlock? I kind of doubt that.

Re: Louis P. Bourquin PhIladelphia>IL.>MI

droster2 — 2010-04-26 10:08:47Z

I'm sure they have Grace's age wrong, they were not so exact back then. I'm ordering a death certificate for Catherine Phillips and Evalina Bourquin, maybe that will shed more light on who there parents were.

Re: Louis P. Bourquin PhIladelphia>IL.>MI

droster2 — 2010-04-24 18:03:05Z

Hi,
I did find out they are buried in the Locust Hill Cemetery in Philliy. Louis A., the father, died April 23, 1845 and was buried in the 5th Baptist Cemetery but was moved when the church sold the property, and bought a section of lot 6 in Locust Hill. Evalina died March 16, 1878 at the age of 65. Grace Town died May 6, 1896 at the age of 50. Her husband, Gustav Town died in May 1863 in the Civil War, he was a Colonel, buried in VA. Others buried in the lot was Mary A. Adams, who died March 31, 1873 at the age of 17. This could not have been a child of Louis and Evalina. Catherine Phillips died Dec. 1891 at the age of 89. Could be Evalina's sister? Sara B Fox died June 27, 1921 at the age of 67. And last Catherine B. Travers Feb. 12, 1945 at the age of 64.
The cemetery is sending me all the info they have regarding this Bourquin lot, but it probably won't answer any questions. There were no relations, just dates.

Louis P. Bourquin PhIladelphia>IL.>MI

droster2 — 2010-04-21 13:51:43Z

Looking for relatives of Louis P. Bourquin. He was born in Philly in 1837, fathers name is unknown, mother was Evalina Phillips. He moved to Virginia, IL in the late 1850s, joined the Union for the Civil War, then ended up working for Sears in Chicago. He married Jane Mitchell, then moved to the U.P. of Michigan around 1890 where he opened a General Store. He died in 1925. I'm sure his father is somehow connected to the other Bourquin families in Philadelphia in that time period.

Re: BOURQUIN

droster2 — 2010-04-16 13:42:00Z

Hello, it's been 10 years but I found out yesterday I'm related to a lady from Philadelphia PA named Evalina Phillips who married a Bourquin from Philly. Please contact me at livinginwi2002@yahoo.com

Re: Bourquin Family Information

dkbourquin — 2009-09-25 16:38:50Z

Thank You, Would love to look at image data, is it in PDF format and could you e-mail it, if so dkbourquin@att.net
Thank You, I am one of the bourquin's rased on the farm north of castroville.

Bourquin Family Information

dkbourquin — 2009-09-17 03:26:32Z

Bourquin family settled Medina, County, Tx.
Settled in the Henry Castro Settlement, later becoming
Castroville, Texas.

Constant Bourquin

ChristineBourquin — 2010-01-23 15:18:42Z

Trying to trace Bourquin lineage of Constant Bourquin b. February 1827 in Bonchamp, France? He married a woman first name of Julia. They had five children. Louisa 1860-1893, Julia 1863-1864, Charles 1865-1953, Lewis 1868-1869 and Constance 1869-1942. My connection is with Constance. Father of Constant is Jean B. Bourquin? b. about 1790 and married to Francoise ? b. about 1786. I am interested in info about Jean B. Bourquin and his ancestors. Thanks in advance for any information you may have.
Christine Bourquin

Re: Lost Bourquin

dadbrann — 2010-03-31 01:01:05Z

Be happy to provide any information about Bourquin line. Contact direct if you wish.
dadbrann@sunflower.com

Re: Lost Bourquin

dadbrann — 2009-02-04 04:34:30Z

Margaret, my spouse is your grandfathers sister, your great aunt. Could share family info through a direct link if you would like.

Re: Lost Bourquin

dadbrann — 2009-02-02 23:03:34Z

Hi,

My wife, Margaret Brann, nee Bourquin, is the daughter of Claude Bourquin Sr. She had 2 brothers, Claud and Jimmie Ray and a sister Joyce. Mother was Alice Bourquin. Are you related to Foncene Bourquin?

Re: Illinois and Texas Bourquins

aitkengirls — 2009-02-02 21:09:59Z

No idea if it's the family that you are looking for, but my mother is a Bourquin from Dallas, Texas

Re: Lost Bourquin

aitkengirls — 2009-02-02 21:07:41Z

Hi Travis - I don't know the where abouts of Joyce, but my grandfather's name was Claude Bourquin - just wondering if it's the same - I don't know much about his family.

Re: Lost Bourquin

aitkengirls — 2009-02-03 00:18:18Z

Yes, she is my grandmother on my mother's side.

Re: Lost Bourquin

aitkengirls — 2010-03-30 15:38:53Z

Hello again! I would love to have more information if the offer is still available.

Thank you!!

Lisa

Jesse R Bourquin aka Egor (CB radio)

IDABOURQUIN57 — 2009-06-03 03:24:49Z

For any one interested ... Jesse R Bourquin passed away July 5th, 2008 in Gridley CA from natural causes. Jesse worked for Patchett Bus Lines, worked for Sunrise Chevron and went bY Egor on the CB radio.

Ida Bourquin

IDABOURQUIN@AOL.COM

Re: Bourquin Family Information

flomuse — 2009-09-21 06:15:44Z

"The Little Alsace of Texas, Castroville".

even though they are not my relatives, I have been collecting info on about all the Bourquin family I can find in the States (and a lot from Switzerland and France)

here is what I have so far [I must have more on them somewhere else]. Mostly from Census records, graves, ....

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Henri Bourquin sp Catherine

Francois Bourquin 15 APR 1821 Belfort,Alsace-Lorraine d 30 Jan 1890, Medina
sp Francoise Brodhag 12 MAR 1822 Alsace-Lorraine d 18 SEP 1865, Medina bu St Louis Cemetery

1. Edouard Bourquin 26 DEC 1843 Alsace-Lorraine d 28 MAR 1900 San Antonio, Bexar
sp Theresa Burger 1854 TX m 12 JAN 1869 Medina

2. Francois Louis Bourquin 21 Aug 1845 Alsace-Lorraine d 09 Aug 1847, Medina

3. Maria Anne Bourquin 11 MAY 1849-9 JUN 1927, Medina
sp 1 Emile Halbardier 1846 TX m 25 OCT 1869, Medina
sp 2 James A. Slaten m 16 JUN 1884, Medina d<1900

4. Albert Bourquin 17 OCT 1850-2 JUL 1926 Medina
sp Anna Haby m 5 JUL 1892 Medina

5. Eugenia Bourquin 11 FEB 1853-2 JAN 1928, Medina
sp Joseph Mann m 14 SEP 1880 , Medina M592512

6. Adeline Bourquin 29 APR 1856-21 DEC 1934, Medina
sp Phillip Carl Eugene August Wurzbach 12 Aug 1851 San Antonio d 07 SEP 1934 Medina
m 16 JAN 1880 Medina [or ? 13 JAN 1880 San Antonio]

7. Emil Bourquin 1855-3 Aug 1878 Medina NOT 29 Apr 1856

8. Henry Bourquin 9 FEB 1858-5 MAR 1937, Medina
sp Mary Sitter m 15 NOV 1898 , Medina M592512

9. Emilia Bourquin 4 SEP 1859, Medina
sp Edward Deres m 29 NOV 1884 , Medina M592512

10. Carolina Bourquin 3 FEB 1862-22 Aug 1901, Medina
sp Joseph Monier m 03 JUN 1885 , Medina,

I have them in the ensus, from

1850 "On The Medina River Above Castroville, Medina, TX"

to 1930 various towns in TX

and more that you must have like records of the Saint Louis Cemetery, Castroville
... etc ....

I have many of the census images.

Re: Bourquin Family Information

flomuse — 2009-11-03 22:38:10Z

sorry I did not reply earlier.

I have only dial-up at home & I have to wait when I go to the library.

I have collected a lot in text form (RTF) & many census images from Ancestry.

I will work at sending the main info that I have.

Re: Illinois and Texas Bourquins

flomuse — 2010-04-08 19:00:44Z

Yes, you are related.
I am not, but I have "collected" ALL I could find on Swiss, French & some German Bourquins. [over 2000 census images !!!]

I have A LOT more on the IL/TX Bourquin.

In the 1900 census, Julius said he came in 1872: not true, it was before 1870.
Mary born in 1850 in KY is a clue. [as well as son John Arnold who is in IL & Dallas too]

very good chance this is the right one:
from Le Havre to NY, ship Grahams Polly on 29 Oct 1864: Jules Bourquin 23

1870 Oakley, Macon, IL
Julius Ceasar Bourquin , 23
Mary Bourquin , 20, born KY
John Arnold Bourquin , 5m, born Dec 1869 , IL

[where are they in 1880 ? - obviously in TX, but ...]

1900 Dallas Ward 10, Dallas, TX
Julius Ceasar Bourquin , 54 , Nov 1846 , SW , baker
Mary C Bourquin , 50 , May 1850 , KY
Leo O Bourquin , 22 , Dec 1877 , TX
Earnest Clinton Bourquin , 14 , Sep 1885 , TX
Maud Bourquin , 10 , Nov 1889 , TX

1910 Lagow, Dallas, TX
Earnest Clinton Bourquin , 24 , 1886 , TX , baker
Mary Bourquin , 16 , 1894 , MO, pts SC/AR
Julian G Bourquin , 5m , 1909 , TX
---------------- next door
Julius Ceasar Bourquin , 61 , 1849 , GER , own bakery
Mary C Bourquin , 58 , 1852 , KY
Leo Bourquin , 29 , 1881 , TX , baker

1920 Justice p 1, Dallas, TX
Earnest Clinton Bourquin , 34 , 1886 , TX
Mary Bourquin , 26 , 1894 , MO
Jules Bourquin , 10 , 1910 , TX
Ernest Edward Bourquin , 8 , 1912 , TX
Oscar O Bourquin , 5 , 1915 , TX

1930 Dallas, Dallas, TX
Earnest Clinton Bourquin , 44 , 1886 , TX pts GER/KY
Mary Bourquin , 36 , 1894 , MO pts MS/AR
Jules Bourquin , 20 , 1910 , TX
Ernest Edward Bourquin , 19 , 1911 , TX
Oscar O Bourquin , 16 , 1914 , TX
Preston Bourquin , 9 , 1921 , TX
Mary L Bourquin , 5 , 1925 , TX
Orville Ray Bourquin , 3 , 1927 , TX
Arvad Lee Bourquin , 3 , 1927 , TX

WWI 1917 , Dallas, TX: Earnest Clinton Bourquin , b 25 Sep 1885 TX

Re: Louis P. Bourquin PhIladelphia>IL.>MI

flomuse — 2010-04-22 21:58:28Z

<< I'm sure his father is somehow connected to the other Bourquin families in Philadelphia in that time period. >>

Your Bourquins are French.

In 1850 Phila, you had 2 main Bourquin branches:
GERMAN: the family of John Friedrich Bourquin, they came from Bethlehem, PA
and
SWISS: the family of Charles & Frederick Bourquin, lithographers, who came from NY, to Phila & Camden, NJ.

I am not sure that any male Bourquins who came earlier were still present in Phila at this time.

Yours may just be a single Bourquin who came ca1836, married, had 2 daughters & a son, and died about 10 years later.

[Long shot: I did not look into this one: Fred Burgain, 1840 Northern Liberties Ward 2, Philadelphia]

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I may not tell you anything new, but here is what your post helped me match in my database:

Evalina is listed as Ellen in 1860 Phila.

The tip-off was in 1870 she lives with Grace Town, born ca 1844, and in 1860 with her 2 daughters (I suppose) Mary & Grace.

confirmed by the mormons:
Grace Ann Bourquin born Phila
spouse Gustavus W. Town , Marriage: 15 FEB 1863 Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA
Batch No.: M748732

I don't have a subscription to Ancestry any more, so, it's a bit tougher to discover new info.
But, I found this:

1850 Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA
Emmaline Bouquet 1813 Delaware, female
Lucy Bouquet 1838 Philadelphia
Grace Bouquet 1842 Philadelphia, female

I am ready to bet that "Lucy Bouquet" [not indexed as "female"] is your Louis.
This leaves Mary out, but she could me on the image, indexed under another name. [the URL tells me there should be at least 3 other persons in the household]

Now I know that the father, most certainly, died between 1846 & 1850.

I had the family from 1900 Marenisco, MI ; to 1930 Evansville, WI ; but I did not have the connection to Phila.
Now I do.
Thanks.

[I will have to study this more deeply when I have time, after September]

Re: Louis P. Bourquin PhIladelphia>IL.>MI

flomuse — 2010-04-25 21:07:14Z

I cannot stop - I am addicted:

Mary Adams, born in 1846 PA, was their servant in 1870
[other servant in 1870 : Mary Taylor, 21]

1870 : a neighbor is a Anna Hoskins b ca 1807 DE, alone with a servant. Was she a widowed sister ?
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I had a Lewis Bourquin in 1840 Phila who did not fit in other families. He is not in Phila 1830 [I have list of ALL people A to B]
Ages are a match, so it had to be them.

1840 Philadelphia N Ward, Philadelphia, PA

male , 30-40 , 1800-1810 = Lewis Bourquin
female , 20-30 , 1810-1820 = Evalina Bourquin
male , <5 , 1835-1840 = Louis P Bourquin

a 2nd female could be her sister: 30-40 , 1800-1810
? Catherine Phillips b ca 1802 or maybe Anna Hoskins b ca 1807 ?
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You must have these ? just in case:

1850 Spring Garden, Philadelphia, PA
Sarah Phillips, 1789, PA [see 1860]

1850 Spring Garden, Philadelphia, PA
Ann Phillips, 1796, DE
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in 1860, Evalina is at #482. Neighbors are:

#477
Gust V Town, 47
Mary A Town, 45
Gust W Town, 20
... more
Mary J Town, 49 , 1811 PA , Gentlewoman

#478
Sarah Phillips , 72 , 1788 , PA , Gentlewoman
Mary J Phillips , 40 , 1820 , PA
Susan Jones , 24
Louisa Fisher , 22 , black servant: born in DE

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Is the cemetary sure about this ?

<< Grace Town died May 6, 1896 at the age of 50. >>

born ca 1846 ?

from census, it looks more like 1843:
1842 [1850] / 1843 [1860] / 1844 [1870]
and:
her father died 23 April 1845, so she would have to have been born in January 1846. Not impossible, of course.
Just wondering.

Re: Charles Frederic, Louis Adolphe & Frederic Bourquin-Berne to Philadelphia

flomuse — 2010-09-18 23:09:58Z

batch #8832621

gives possible parents for Benedict Bourquin:

Father: David Bourquin & Mother: Madelaine Marchand

David Louis Bourquin 12 SEP 1734
Madelaine Bourquin 8 JUL 1736-15 JUN 1737
Imer Louis Bourquin 23 MAR 1738
Josue Bourquin 13 DEC 1739
Benedict Bourquin 29 OCT 1741
Jakob Bourquin 19 JAN 1744-23 APR 1745

[all born Villeret, Bern, Switzerland ]

Re: Charles Frederic, Louis Adolphe & Frederic Bourquin-Berne to Philadelphia

flomuse — 2010-09-18 16:42:05Z

<< a link to the info from the Mormons? >>

no, not a single link.
I NEVER look into "family group sheets" - too many errors.

I used their old search.
http://www.familysearch.org/Eng/Search/frameset_search.asp?P...

_ I searched for Frederic Bourquin, born 1808 Switzerland

got 4 results. made note of the parents names.

_ searched for Charles 1803-1807 [2 results].

_ Louis 1805-1809: 1 Louis Adolphe.

only parents in common were DAVID IMER BOURQUIN & SUSANNE MARCHAND.
and, batch number # 8832620

I then searched the International Genealogical Index:

http://www.familysearch.org/Eng/Search/frameset_search.asp?P...

search # 8832620 , Continental Europe, Bourquin.

It takes time, but by narrowing dates of birth (born before they left in 1817), I found the twins.
They could be more.

Then, I used similar process to find their father and his siblings.

Re: Louis P. Bourquin PhIladelphia>IL.>MI

flomuse — 2010-05-06 21:25:40Z

It looks like Louis left Philadelphia to join some Phillips relatives in IL.

Do you have this 1860 census image ? VERY interesting.

1860 Virginia, Cass, Illinois [M653 ; Roll: 160 ; Page: 76]

Lewis P Bougan, 22, 1838, PA
lives with a "Philips" family.

head: Jamima S Philips [Ancestry] or Pamenia S Philips [Heritage Quest] : 43 , 1817 , DE ; ? "Phisician"
wife Eliza R Philips, 32 , 1828 , CT
6 children born in IL (7m to 11y)

[ the hand writting is awful. First names are mostly wrong and will require some study ]

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I got the image for 1850 Philadelphia Locust ward:

No trace of a Mary Bourquin , but those Bourquet and Bouquet are definitivly your Bourquin.

#660
I was right about "Lucy" : clearly written Lewis, 12 , 1838 , Philadelphia , MALE.
Emmaline Bourquet is a dressmaker.

#664
Rachel Phillips , 63 , 1787 , Philadelphia
Clara Phillips , 22 , 1828 , Philadelphia
Evelyne Phillips , 20 , 1830 , Philadelphia

#665
Gustavus W. Town and his family

plus several neighbours are the same in 1850 & 1860.

Re: Louis P. Bourquin PhIladelphia>IL.>MI

flomuse — 2010-04-30 18:28:56Z

I don't know where this come from, I just found it in my computer:

It's the image of 2 typed lines that read:

" Louis A Bourquin d April 22, 1845 age 38 years [verse]
" Eveline wife of Louis A Bourquin died March 13, 1878 "

Maybe what you have are the burial dates and these are the dates of their death?

[it looks like I clipped these 2 lines from a longer list of names ?]
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<< The only children I ever found for Louis and Evalina is Louis Jr. and Grace. >>

who was Mary Bourquin ? she was 14 in 1860.

Even if b 1846 is correct, good chance she was a 2nd daughter, born after the death of her father.
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Sarah Bourquin:

could have be "a child out of wedlock" ...... maybe a child of Louis P Bourquin.

many possibilities:
he was young and did not want to marry right away.
Maybe Sarah's mother died and their daughter was then adopted.
Believing Louis died in the war, they did not change her last name.

That's may be why Louis did not come back to Philadelphia.

Wild guess only, but it matches with "Grace is her aunt and Evalina her grandmother".

good luck.

Charles Frederic, Louis Adolphe & Frederic Bourquin-Berne to Philadelphia

flomuse — 2010-09-18 03:57:21Z

my last offer !!!

YES, they were brothers.

I have found 5 siblings [from the mormons] - the first 3 definitively in Phila.:

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Father: DAVID IMER BOURQUIN & Mother: SUSANNE MARCHAND

_ CHARLES FREDERIC BOURQUIN
Birth: 24 JUL 1805 Villeret, Bern, Switzerland

_ LOUIS ADOLPHE BOURQUIN
Birth: 08 OCT 1806 Villeret, Bern, Switzerland

_ FREDERIC BOURQUIN
Birth: 03 JUL 1808 Villeret, Bern, Switzerland

_ MADELAINE BOURQUIN
Birth: 14 APR 1811 Villeret, Bern, Switzerland

_ VICTOR FRANCOIS BOURQUIN
Birth: 14 APR 1811 Villeret, Bern, Switzerland
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and

Father: BENEDICT BOURQUIN & Mother: LYDIE HOURIET

LYDIE BOURQUIN Pedigree
Birth: 13 MAR 1775 Villeret, Bern, Switzerland
Death: 25 AUG 1832

DAVID IMER BOURQUIN
Birth: 30 JUL 1777 Villeret, Bern, Switzerland

FREDERIC LOUIS BOURQUIN Pedigree
Birth: 06 AUG 1780 Villeret, Bern, Switzerland

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You had a very, very bad start that threw me off:

<< Northumberland 1830 (I believe that is in northern England) >>

that would make a lot more sense to be: Northumberland County in PA.

It seems to be more logical that Louis came to the States ca 1817, not <1830-1837>

let's try to follow their moves:

_ the family came to Bucks county, PA - ca 1817.

[ a David Buckhart in the 1830 Northumberland, PA census could be their father. ]

_in NY - ca 1829-30:
Gordon [Charles' son] born ca 1829
Gordon [Frederick's son] born ca 1840

they don't leave NY together:
_ Louis Adolphe went to Philadelphia first : Louis Philip born 13 Sep 1837 PA

_ Margaret [Charles'] & Catharine [Frederick's] born in PA, ca 1843

I had always been interested in these Philadelphia/Camden Bourquin, even though they cannot be related to my family [who were from the Canton of Neuchatel], and I will go on study them some more.

Re: Louis P. Bourquin PhIladelphia>IL.>MI

flomuse — 2010-09-17 22:08:56Z

<< If they are related to your Louis Adolphe, they came several years before him. >>

why I now think that they are not related.

<< Louis Adolphe Bourquin b 1807 in Switzerland >>

I just found this:

" Born in the Canton of Berne, Switzerland, during 1808, Frederick Bourquin immigrated to the United States in 1817.

He initially settled in Bucks County, Pennsylvania, but soon relocated to New York City. "

assuming this article is correct, this means that:
Frederick and Charles Bourquin [that I assumed were brothers], did not come alone at about age 10.
so, they came with at least an adult - most certainly their father.

looks unlikely that another child, Louis, about 10, stayed in Switzerland.

Of course, this is only a guess on my part.

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source of bio above:

http://micklestreet.rutgers.edu/archives/Issue%2014/features...

a project of the Walt Whitman Program in American Studies at Rutgers University in Camden.

Re: Louis P. Bourquin PhIladelphia>IL.>MI

flomuse — 2010-09-08 02:13:34Z

<< related to Frederick Bourquin of Philly, the printer. >>
not impossible.

1830: in England
1837: in NYC

Charles F Bourquin, born ~1800 in Switzerland, the brother of Frederick Bourquin, was naturalized 3 Feb 1834 in NYC.

Gordon, son of Charles, was born in NY in Aug 1829

If they are related to your Louis Adolphe, they came several years before him.

Louis Philip always claimed that is father was French, not Swiss, but this type of error is quite commun.

Re: Bourquin Family in Texas (Dallas area)

aitkengirls — 2009-02-02 21:02:53Z

Hi Carol, I don't know that you will even get this message as your post is several years old, but my mother is from the Bourquin family in Dallas.

Re: BOURQUIN. a virus ate your email address

flomuse — 2008-12-10 22:59:45Z

and the forum ate my post from yesteday ? ? ?

Posted: 9 Dec 2008 10:58PM GMT

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I have received an email from a forum member, and a virus ate it before I could answer. No trace left.

I remember being asked if I was still looking for Bourquins in Montgomery co.: the answer is YES, please, I am.

I just hope this will post OK.