Family Group Sheet Subject: Jules Simon BOURGEOIS Birth: circa __ ___ 1791 Romans, Drome, Rhone-Alpes, France.1 Marriage: before __ ___ 1820 1 Immigratn: 30 Dec 1843 Galveston, Galveston County, Texas; departing Antwerp 25 Oct 1843 on the "Jean Key."2 Document: 1 Sep 1844 Bexar County, Texas; appointed by Sam Houston, President of the Republic of Texas, to Justice of the Peace.3 Document: 12 Sep 1844 Castroville, Medina County, Texas; signer of the document that named and founded the town.4 Census: __ ___ 1850 Jules C BOURGEOIS (circa 1820- ); Medina County, Texas; household # 15 Vandenburg.5 Grant: __ ___ 1851 File 949 for 640 acres.6 Death: circa __ ___ 1858 Medina County, Texas.1 Burial: __ ___ ____ St Louis Catholic Cemetery, Castroville, Medina County.7 Father: Mother: 
Document signed by Sam Houston appointing Jules Simon Bourgeois to be the first Justice of the Peace in the Republic of Texas.7 __________________________________________________________________________ Spouse: Gertrude THERRES Father: Mother: __________________________________________________________________________ Three Known Children __________________________________________________________________________ F Josephine Rose BOURGEOIS Birth: __ ___ ____ Romans, Drome, Rhone-Alpes, France.1 __________________________________________________________________________ M Jules C BOURGEOIS Birth: circa __ ___ 1820 Romans, Drome, Rhone-Alpes, France.5 Immigratn: before __ ___ 1850 5 Census: __ ___ 1850 Jules Simon BOURGEOIS (circa 1791-circa 1858); Medina County, Texas; household # 15 Vandenburg.5 __________________________________________________________________________ M John F BOURGEOIS Birth: __ ___ 1834 Paris, Ile-de-France, France.8 Census: __ ___ 1850 (w); Jules Simon BOURGEOIS and Jules C BOURGEOIS; Medina County, Texas; household # 15 Vandenburg.5 Marriage: 22 Nov 1855 Marie Magdalene ZINSMEYER (8 Jul 1835-12 Jul 1927), daughter of Etienne (Stephen) ZINSMEYER and Catherine BALZER; St Louis Catholic Church, Castroville, Medina County.9 Daughter: 31 Jan 1858 Julia Virginia BOURGEOIS; Castroville, Medina County, Texas.10 Death: __ ___ 1883 Bexar County, Texas.8 __________________________________________________________________________ Endnotes 1. Castro Colonies Heritage Association, compiler, The History of Medina County, Texas (Castroville, Texas: Castro Colonies Heritage Association). Hereinafter cited as Hist Medina Co. 2. Lyons, Louis Phillipe, Jean Key and Heinrich, Ship Passenger Lists, 1843 departures, Texas State Library and Archives Commission, Austin, Travis County, Texas. 3. David Bourgeois, "Jules Simon Bourgeois Document," e-mail message from davidshairco@earthlink.net to Paul Adams, 24 Sep 2002. Hereinafter cited as "Bourgeois Document." 4. A J Sowell, compiler, Early Settlers and Indian Fighters of Southwest Texas (n.p.: n.pub., 1900). Hereinafter cited as Early Settlers. 5. Family Quest, 1850 Census of Medina and Other Counties in Texas., CD-ROM (n.p.: Family Quest), Medina County. Hereinafter cited as 1850 Census. 6. Texas General Land Office Land Grant Search, online http://wwwdb.glo.state.tx.us/central/LandGrants/LandGrantsWorklist.cfm. Hereinafter cited as TX GLO. 7. Archives for Medina County, TXGenWeb, online http://www.rootsweb.com/~usgenweb/tx/medina/medintoc.htm. Hereinafter cited as TXGenWeb Medina Archives. 8. Descendants of Joannes Zinsmeyer, online www.familytreemaker.com/users/s/p/e/Heather-Speulda. Hereinafter cited as Zinsmeyer. 9. LDS Microfilm, compiler, St Louis Catholic Church, Castroville, Medina County, Texas (n.p.: GEDCOM by an unknown person). Hereinafter cited as St Louis Church Gedcom. 10. Family Search - Labs, online http://search.labs.familysearch.org/recordsearch/#p=0. Hereinafter cited as Family Search - Labs. | 
