Bourgeois, Clement, Jr. (1913-2006). Genealogical Records, 1600s-1999, n.d.
Scope and Contents
The Genealogical Indexes and Series A-D were previously organized and retain their original arrangement. The Genealogical Indexes are the product of Bourgeois’s many years of research. Each volume is arranged by family surname and includes a unique “tab” filing system which displays one family group on each page. Series E was created from two boxes of unsorted materials; these were collected and then sorted by type and year. This series contains correspondence and materials relating to Bourgeois’s non-genealogical interests and his career as a postmaster. The Genealogical Indexes and Series A-D include genealogy charts, news clippings, photographs, correspondence, and vital records.
Included in the collection are account books from an unidentified mercantile store in Erath (dates ranging from 1909 through 1927). One letter in the collection suggests this may have been Trahan and Viator’s General Merchandise Store where Clement Bourgeois Sr. worked as a young man. Also included are money order books from the Erath post office (dates ranging from 1911 through 1935) under Postmaster Clement Bourgeois Sr.
Carl James Doumit primarily donated the collection, with additional materials from Philip Nunez.
Dates
- 1600s-1999, n.d.
Creator
Biographical / Historical
This collection contains the genealogical research of amateur genealogist Clement Bourgeois, Jr., a native of Erath, Vermilion Parish. Bourgeois was a veteran of World War II, the postmaster of Erath (1953-1977), a photographer, and an amateur radio operator under the call sign N5ADK. Bourgeois’s primary focus in his research was tracing his Bourgeois ancestors’ lineage back to France. However, he also aided family members and friends in their genealogical research.
Extent
10.041667 Linear Feet (10 feet and 0.5 inches of materials contained in 20 boxes and 1 microfilm reel)
Language of Materials
English
- Phonebooks (Abbeville, Erath 1964-67, 1969, 1971-74, 1977-78, 1980-81; St. Martinville 1965; Delcambre 1978; Vermilion Parish 1987, 1989); Our Lady of Lourdes, 50 Years of Christian Community, 1928-1978; St. Mary Magdalen’s Church of Abbeville, October 1955
- Title
- Clement Bourgeois, Jr. Genealogical Records
- Status
- Completed
- Author
- Zack Stein
- Date
- 07/26/2022
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- Undetermined
- Script of description
- Code for undetermined script
- Language of description note
- English
Repository Details
Part of the University Archives and Acadiana Manuscripts Collection Repository
Edith Garland Dupré Library
University of Louisiana at Lafayette
400 East St. Mary Blvd.
Lafayette LA 70503 United States
337-482-6031
speccoll@louisiana.edu