Mary Vivian Bourgeois

Female 1918 - 1995  (77 years)


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Generation: 1

  1. 1.  Mary Vivian Bourgeois was born 11 Mar 1918, Church Point, Acadia Parish, Louisiana, USA (daughter of Simon Albert Bourgeois, Sr. and Mary Virginia Miller); died 22 Aug 1995, Orange, Orange County, Texas, USA; was buried , Evergreen Cemetery - Orange, Texas, USA.

    Mary married Roy Arten Carr 19 Jun 1941, Orange, Orange County, Texas, USA. Roy was born 14 Jul 1913, Gulfport, Harrison County, Mississippi, USA; died 6 May 2000, Orange, Orange County, Texas, USA; was buried 8 May 2000, Evergreen Cemetery - Orange, Texas, USA. [Group Sheet]


Generation: 2

  1. 2.  Simon Albert Bourgeois, Sr. was born 3 May 1895, Church Point, Acadia Parish, Louisiana, USA; died 28 Apr 1976, Groves, Jefferson County, Texas, USA; was buried 1 May 1976, Our Lady of the Sacred Heart Cemetery #01 - Church Point, Louisiana, USA.

    Notes:

    Obituary:

    CHURCH POINT, La. - Funeral services will be held at the Our Lady Sacred Heart Catholic Church at 10 a.m. May 1 for Simon A. Bourgeois, 80, who died at 11:55 p.m., April 28, in Orange, Texas after an illness of three years. Burial will be in the Church Point Mausoleum. A rosary will be recited at 8 p.m. tonight.

    Survivors include his wife, Mrs. Lula Bourgeois of New Orleans, two sons, Herman Bourgeois and Simon Bourgeois, both of Orange, Texas; four daughters, Mrs. Vivian Carr of Houston, Texas, Mrs. Nora Lee Sanders of Port Neches, Tex., Mrs. DeWilda Bennett of Jasper, Tex., Mrs. Jennette Calhoun of Beaumont, Tex.; one brother, Steven Bourgeois of Church Point and one sister, Mrs. L.C. Franques of Church Point.

    Guidry Funeral Home in Church Point is in charge of arrangements.

    (Published in The Crowley Post Signal on April 30, 1976)

    Simon married Mary Virginia Miller 24 Nov 1916, Church Point, Acadia Parish, Louisiana, USA. Mary (daughter of Ignace Miller and Lela McBride) was born 11 Feb 1902, Church Point, Acadia Parish, Louisiana, USA; died 5 May 1932, Orange, Orange County, Texas, USA; was buried , Our Lady of the Sacred Heart Cemetery #01 - Church Point, Louisiana, USA. [Group Sheet]


  2. 3.  Mary Virginia Miller was born 11 Feb 1902, Church Point, Acadia Parish, Louisiana, USA (daughter of Ignace Miller and Lela McBride); died 5 May 1932, Orange, Orange County, Texas, USA; was buried , Our Lady of the Sacred Heart Cemetery #01 - Church Point, Louisiana, USA.
    Children:
    1. 1. Mary Vivian Bourgeois was born 11 Mar 1918, Church Point, Acadia Parish, Louisiana, USA; died 22 Aug 1995, Orange, Orange County, Texas, USA; was buried , Evergreen Cemetery - Orange, Texas, USA.
    2. Herman Ray Bourgeois was born 13 Apr 1919, Church Point, Acadia Parish, Louisiana, USA; died 12 Jun 1986, Orange, Orange County, Texas, USA; was buried , St. Mary's Cemetery - Orange, Texas, USA.
    3. Nora Lee Bourgeois was born 12 Nov 1925, Orange, Orange County, Texas, USA; died 20 May 2013, Conroe, Montgomery County, Texas, USA; was buried 22 May 2013, St. Mary's Cemetery - Orange, Texas, USA.
    4. Simon Albert Bourgeois, Jr. was born 25 Oct 1927, Orange, Orange County, Texas, USA; died 30 Apr 2009, Longview, Gregg County, Texas, USA; was buried , St. Mary's Cemetery - Orange, Texas, USA.


Generation: 3

  1. 6.  Ignace Miller was born 7 Aug 1877, Church Point, Acadia Parish, Louisiana, USA; died 14 Feb 1915, Church Point, Acadia Parish, Louisiana, USA; was buried , Our Lady of the Sacred Heart Cemetery #01 - Church Point, Louisiana, USA.

    Ignace married Lela McBride 18 Feb 1897, Church Point, Acadia Parish, Louisiana, USA. Lela (daughter of Edwin Rouvin McBride and Anastasie Clement) was born 26 Jul 1880, Church Point, Acadia Parish, Louisiana, USA; died 20 Apr 1949, Opelousas, St. Landry Parish, Louisiana, USA; was buried 22 Apr 1949, Our Lady of the Sacred Heart Cemetery #01 - Church Point, Louisiana, USA. [Group Sheet]


  2. 7.  Lela McBride was born 26 Jul 1880, Church Point, Acadia Parish, Louisiana, USA (daughter of Edwin Rouvin McBride and Anastasie Clement); died 20 Apr 1949, Opelousas, St. Landry Parish, Louisiana, USA; was buried 22 Apr 1949, Our Lady of the Sacred Heart Cemetery #01 - Church Point, Louisiana, USA.

    Notes:

    Obituary:

    Mrs. Lila Cummings Of Church Point Succumbs Wednesday

    Mrs. Lila Cummings, 68, of Church Point, died at 7:40 p.m. April 20 at the St. Landry Hospital following an illness of five days.

    Funeral services will be held at 3 o'clock Friday afternoon, April 22, at Sacred Heart Catholic Church in Church Point with the Rt. Rev. Msgr. Clay Bienvenu officiating.

    Born Lila McBride on July 24, 1880, Mrs. Cummings was a native of Church Point and had lived her entire life in that community.

    Survivors include her 98 year old father, Ed McBride of Church Point; her husband, Louis Cummings, of Church Point; four sons, Ebenezer Miller of Lewisburg, John M. Miller of Baton Rouge, Edwin R. Cummings and Alec B. Cummings of Opelousas; two daughters, Mrs. Lawrence Gautreaux of Lewisburg and Mrs. Elmer Guillory of Church Point, 14 grandchildren and one great-grandchild.

    The First National Funeral Home of Opelousas is in charge of arrangements.

    (Published in The Crowley Daily Signal on April 21, 1949)

    Children:
    1. Walter Miller was born May 1898, Church Point, Acadia Parish, Louisiana, USA; died 13 May 1899, Church Point, Acadia Parish, Louisiana, USA.
    2. 3. Mary Virginia Miller was born 11 Feb 1902, Church Point, Acadia Parish, Louisiana, USA; died 5 May 1932, Orange, Orange County, Texas, USA; was buried , Our Lady of the Sacred Heart Cemetery #01 - Church Point, Louisiana, USA.
    3. Isabelle Miller was born 5 Oct 1903, Church Point, Acadia Parish, Louisiana, USA; died 31 Jan 1984, Opelousas, St. Landry Parish, Louisiana, USA; was buried 1 Feb 1984, Bellevue Memorial Park - Opelousas, Louisiana, USA.
    4. Joseph Ebenezer Miller was born 8 Jun 1907, Church Point, Acadia Parish, Louisiana, USA; died 18 Nov 1998, Opelousas, St. Landry Parish, Louisiana, USA; was buried 20 Nov 1998, Bellevue Memorial Park - Opelousas, Louisiana, USA.
    5. John Montgomery Miller, Sr. was born 9 Mar 1912, Church Point, Acadia Parish, Louisiana, USA; died 17 Feb 1972, Baton Rouge, East Baton Rouge Parish, Louisiana, USA; was buried 18 Feb 1972, Greenoaks Memorial Park - Baton Rouge, Louisiana, USA.


Generation: 4

  1. 14.  Edwin Rouvin McBride was born 1 Oct 1855, Church Point, Acadia Parish, Louisiana, USA; died 28 Jul 1950, Church Point, Acadia Parish, Louisiana, USA; was buried 30 Jul 1950, Our Lady of the Sacred Heart Cemetery #01 - Church Point, Louisiana, USA.

    Notes:

    Obituary:

    ACADIA PIONEER DIES AT HOME IN CHURCH POINT

    Ed McBride, 95, Will Be Buried In Rites In Church Point Sunday

    Church Point - (Spl) - Ed McBride, 95 year old member of one of Acadia's first families, died at his home three miles east of Church Point at 8 p.m. Friday following an extended illness.

    Funeral services will be held at 930 a.m. Sunday at Our Lady of the Sacred Heart Catholic church in Church Point. The Rt. Rev. Msgr. C.A. Bienvenu will conduct the services.

    Mr. McBride was born October 1855, in Church Point, in one of the earliest pioneer homes in that community. Four generations of descendants survive him as well as a member of his own generation, Mrs. Jerry Wimberly, his 99-year old sister.

    Survivors include three sons, Wallace of Crowley, Noah of Vinton, Jacob of Lake Charles; four daughters, Mrs. Charles Guidry of Vinton, Mrs. Monroe Higginbotham of Orange, Texas, Mrs. Ollie Marshall of Church Point and Mrs. Leo Guidry of Vinton; 27 grandchildren and several great grandchildren and great, great grandchildren.

    The First National Funeral home of Opelousas had charge of arrangements.

    (Published in The Crowley Daily Signal on July 29, 1950)

    Edwin married Anastasie Clement 2 Apr 1877, Church Point, Acadia Parish, Louisiana, USA. Anastasie (daughter of Don Louis Clement and Calisse Zelonise LeBlanc) was born 28 Nov 1861, Grand Coteau, St. Landry Parish, Louisiana, USA; died 24 Jun 1881, Church Point, Acadia Parish, Louisiana, USA; was buried , Our Lady of the Sacred Heart Cemetery #01 - Church Point, Louisiana, USA. [Group Sheet]


  2. 15.  Anastasie Clement was born 28 Nov 1861, Grand Coteau, St. Landry Parish, Louisiana, USA (daughter of Don Louis Clement and Calisse Zelonise LeBlanc); died 24 Jun 1881, Church Point, Acadia Parish, Louisiana, USA; was buried , Our Lady of the Sacred Heart Cemetery #01 - Church Point, Louisiana, USA.
    Children:
    1. Marie Cinderella McBride was born 22 Jun 1878, Church Point, Acadia Parish, Louisiana, USA; died 24 Jun 1881, Church Point, Acadia Parish, Louisiana, USA; was buried , Our Lady of the Sacred Heart Cemetery #01 - Church Point, Louisiana, USA.
    2. 7. Lela McBride was born 26 Jul 1880, Church Point, Acadia Parish, Louisiana, USA; died 20 Apr 1949, Opelousas, St. Landry Parish, Louisiana, USA; was buried 22 Apr 1949, Our Lady of the Sacred Heart Cemetery #01 - Church Point, Louisiana, USA.