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name of “Jean,” then Cadet would be an appropriate name for this child at that time.
Also, the next child, Jean Francois Bourdages (1825), most often went by “Jean” (or John in America) giving additional cause for the first child to be referred to as Francois or Cadet to keep these two children from being confused. No further information could be found on this child.
JEAN FRANCOIS “JOHN” BOURDAGES
He was bom on June 28, 1825 in Aulon, France as found on his Baptismal record. According to Clem's Paper, he was the son of Bertrand Bordages and Bemade Amilhat. According to the 1850 census of Harrison Co., John was bom in France in the year 1824, and his wife, Marie, age 24, was bom in MS. In the 1860 census of same county, he was bom in the year 1829, was a merchant, his wife's first initial was “M”, 31 years of age, and she was bom in MS. The children, all bom in Mississippi are as follows: “A”, age 12 female; “J”, age 10 male; "B", age 4 male; "C”, age 7/12 of a year, female. Also living in the household is a 28-year-old female with the initial “A” who was also born in France. Our Lady of the Gulf Catholic Church records in Bay St. Louis show John Bordages marrying Marie Saucier on June 14, 1848. The marriage of their daughter, Andrezine Mathilde Bordages, gives her full name was “Marie Anne Saucier.”
Daisy Bordages, granddaughter of the above John Bordages told us in March 1973 that her grandfather came from France and first settled in Pass Christian, MS. He came here because of a request from a French priest that John knew in Pass Christian. Daisy described her grandfather as a well-educated man and a person of distinguished character. She also said that her grandfather made several trips back to France after he settled in Pass Christian. It was through John's stories of life in America that soon attracted at least one of his brothers and his sister, Andrezine, to this country. Daisy also remembers hearing how her grandfather caught the boat in Bordeaux, France, to New York, then made his journey back to New Orleans. According to Daisy, Jean Francois “John” and Marie Saucier Bordages raised four children: Andrezine, Joseph John, Bertrand, and Francois “Clem” (her father) Bordages.
According to Clem’s Paper, Daisy's grandfather, John died on April 22, 1878.
This date was confirmed by an Estate settlement in Hancock Co. Courthouse Case #152. The settlement names his wife as "Mary Bordages” and lists four children: J.J., Mathilde Andrezine Seube, F.C., and Bertrand.
According to Daisy Bordages, John is buried in St. Mary's Cemetery in Bay St. Louis directly beneath his granddaughter, Clara Bordages Scherrer. John lived in Pass Christian, MS until after all his children were bom, then moved to Bay St. Louis where he owned and operated a grocery and bar on the Beach where Merchants Bank once stood. John's wife, Marie, was living in Bay St. Louis when she died on January 31,
1909, at age 92, according to the Sea Coast Echo newspaper published on February 6, 1909. This death date is also recorded in the Our Lady of the Gulf Church’s death register. The newspaper article also states that she was a “native of Spain” and that she is survived by her brother, David Saucier of Scranton, MS (today Pascagoula), and her four children, Mrs. Favre, Joseph J. Bordages, the Hon. Frank Clermont Bordages, Tax Accessor of Hancock Co., and Bertrand Bordages with whom she lived on Good
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