Name: Meltine Marie Bourdon
Born: Date March 25, 1817 Place Lavaltrie, Quebec, Canada
Father: Marc Bourdon b. Jan. 19, 1778 d. Sept. 24, 1841
Mother: Therese Delorme b. Jan. 19, 1781 d. unknown
NAME BORN DIED
Brothers Marc Antoine Bourdon Mar. 29, 1801 Feb. 4, 1875
Francois Bourdon Nov. 9, 1802 Mar. 12, 1877
Ignace Bourdon Jan. 15, 1804
Pierre Bourdon Jun. 30, 1807
Charles Bourdon Nov. 11, 1811 Jan. 27, 1878
Joseph Bourdon Nov. 1, 1819
Prosper Bourdon Sep. 27, 1820
Benoni Bourdon Aug. 11, 1824
Sisters: Therese Bourdon Mar. 31, 1800
Sophie Bourdon Oct. 1, 1805
Louise Bourdon Nov. 7, 1809
Genevieve Bourdon 1818
Euphrosine Bourdon 1821
School:
Married: Jean-Baptiste Desrosiers
Date: September 28, 1845
Place: Henryville, Quebec, Canada
***this 1845 marriage is a renewal of vows by Jean-Baptiste and Marie
Bourdon because questions about the proper or legal publications of
their marriage. The orginal marriage is estimated to have been around
1838 in Quebec.
NAME BORN DIED
Children: Fabea Desrosiers 1839
Josephine Desrosiers June 5, 1841
Solomie Desrosiers 1842
Marie Ismael Desrosiers June 1844
****these four births were before the 1845 marriage. Fabea could be
Fabain who fought and died in the Civil War. He listed his residence as
Burlington, Vt. Josephine married Nicholas Lahue in 1864 in Swanton, Vt.
Solomie is Sally in the 1851 Canadian Census and could be the wife of a
Napolean Bourdreau. The godparents for Marie were Charles Bourdon, brother
to Marie and his wife Merente Goyette. All four of these children were
baptized at Saint Georges-de-Henryville Catholic Church in Henryvill, Que.
The parents Jean-Baptiste Desrosiers and Marie Bourdon listed their
residence as Missisquoi Bay (Philipsburg), Quebec.
Alfred Desrosiers March 16, 1846
Edouard Desrosiers January 5, 1848 August 14, 1848
Damas Desrosiers September 20, 1849 September 26, 1904
Nazaire Desrosiers February 27, 1851
Gaspars Desrosiers November 29, 1852
Ursula Desrosiers December 19, 1854
Alphonse Desrosiers June 21, 1856
Marie Felaneize Desrosiers March 21, 1858
Joseph Desrosiers February 10, 1860 September 8, 1862
Cleophas Desrosiers March 4, 1862
***All 10 of these children were baptized in the Parish of
Notre Dame-de-L'Assomption Catholic Church in the Villiage of
Notre Dame-de-Stanbridge, Quebc. The residence listed on each of the
Baptisams is Missisquoi Bay (Philipsburg), Quebec. The name Damas in
English is Thomas.
Lived: According to the 1851 Canadian Census She lived with her husband
Jean-Baptiste Desrosiers in Missisquoi Bay (Philipsburg). Quebec, Canada
Worked:
Died: Unknown
Buried: Unknown
Birth Certificate: Need
Baptism Certificate: Need
Marriage Certificate: Need
Death Certificate: Need
****Meltine Bourdon was known as Amelia, Emelie, Emelda, Domithilde, and Marie. She was
documented on the birth and Marriage records of her children by all five of these names
over the years.