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Hancock Co. in 1873 and 1877. His headstone in St. Mary's Cemetery said he died on July 25, 1923. Mary's headstone says she was bom on September 14,
1853 and died on July 10, 1888. Her father, Peter was supposedly a native of Germany. According to Daisy Bordages they had the following children:
A.	Peter Bordages - married Eloise Tierney and resided in Lakeshore, MS. Our Lady of the Gulf Baptismal record says his full name was Peter Elmer Richard Bordages and that he was bom on August 7, 1882. They had:
1.	Chester Bordages - drowned age 18 in Lakeshore, MS.
2.	Ruth Bordages - married (name unknown) and resided in New Orleans.
B.	John Joseph Bertrand Bordages - married Mary Yarborough and resided in Lakeshore, MS. Our Lady of the Gulf Baptismal record says that he was born on November 6, 1875. John drowned in Lakeshore during the 1947 hurricane. Information about their following children was told to us by Isabella Peterson and Lambert Bordages:
1.	Willie "W.J." Bordages - married Helen Arnold and resided in Lakeshore. They had: John, Patricia, Peggy, and Susan.
2.	Lionel Thomas Bordages - bom August 28, 1921 and died in February 1976. He married Grace Ann Ladner and resided in Lakeshore. Grace Ann is the daughter of Garfield Ladner and Lottie Bourgeois. See Lucien Bourgeois History for their children.
3.	John Sharp William Bordages - bom on June 22, 1907 and died in December 1978. He married Ruble Smithon and resided in Lakeshore. They had: Harold, Johnny, and Betty.
4.	Lambert Aloysius Bordages - married Christine Bemus and resided in Lakeshore, MS. He was born on March 18, 1906 and had no children.
5.	Nellie Mary V. Bordages - bom on September 23, 1897, according to Our Lady of the Gulf Baptismal records. She died as an infant, according to her sister, Gladys. No other records on her.
6.	Joseph Roy Jefferson Bordages - bom on October 4, 1899, according to Our Lady of the Gulf Baptismal records. He died as an infant, according to his sister, Gladys.
7.	Wilford A. Bordages - bom on February 4, 1915 and died on October 31, 2005. He married Grace Horton and resided in Lakeshore, MS.
They divorced and had no children.
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