Hi Marilyn,
Thanks for the reply. I do have his marriage cert & death cert
plus he's on the 1901 census. He was a merchant seaman. I have posted on
every mailing list that may have a French connection. If you know of any
others outwith Rootsweb please let me know.
Thanks again
John (Dumbarton,
Scotland)
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From: new-caledonia-bounces(a)rootsweb.com
[mailto:new-caledonia-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of Watson Family
Sent: 29 March 2011 13:39
To: new-caledonia(a)rootsweb.com
Subject: Re: [New-Caledonia] BOURDOISEAU ou BOURDOISANT ou BOURDOISE ?
Hi John,
I presume you have that marriage cert?
Maybe you could try the list admin who might have an idea. This is a real
slow list and so far there appears to only 3 of us on it. Have you got his
death cert. in 1915. I wonder if he was in the war at all? That might be an
idea for the records would have to be right if so.
Good luck
Cheers Marilyn from Western Australia
At 05:27 PM 29/03/2011, you wrote:
Nous sommes les descendants dun homme (semble-t-il dorigine
française)
venu sinstaller en Ecosse, qui sest marié avec une fille écossaise en
mars
1882. Ils ont eu plusieurs enfants, dont les descendants habitent en
Ecosse,
en Angleterre, aux Etats-Unis, au Canada et en Espagne.
Le nom de cette personne, tel que cité dans les archives écossaises, est
Gustave Julien BIRDWISA.
Ce monsieur était illettré, ne sachant ni lire ni écrire. Néanmoins, des
souvenirs de famille rapportent qu'il était convaincu que lorthographe de
son nom était incorrecte. Serait-t-il possible que son nom fût BOURDOISEAU
ou BOURDOISANT ou BOURDOISE ? Un inconnu a placé son nom dans le
«International Genealogical Index», donnant pour date de naissance 1844, en
France.
Nous espérons que des Bourdoiseau, Bourdoisant ou Bourdoise vivant en
France
reconnaîtront notre ancêtre. Nous pensons que le père de Gustave
sappelait
Victor et sa mère Marie Louise ou Louise. Sa mère s'est remariée après le
décès de Victor, et a pris le nom de famille de son nouvel époux, Russell
(?
"We are descended from a
man
who settled in Scotland and married a Scottish girl in March 1882.
They had
numerous children whose descendants now live in Scotland, England, USA,
Canada and Spain. This man's name is recorded in Scottish records as
Gustave
Julien BIRDWISA, but he couldn't read or write and told his
children that
'Birdwisa' was not the right way to write his name. Could it be that his
name was really BOURDOISEAU? Someone, we don't know who, has entered him on
the International Genealogical Index as having been born in France, in
1844.
There is also a Scottish official census document that gives his
birthplace
as France. We hope that some modern day French people called Bourdoiseau
might find this group and recognise our ancestor as a member of their own
family tree. Gustave's father may have been called Victor; his mother may
have been called Marie Louise or Louise, and she may have remarried after
Victor's death to someone with a surname similar to Russell."
A long shot I know, but someone may recognise his family.
John Gibb
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