Nancy Leigh Bordes

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BORDES, EDWARD MORLAS - age 82, passed away June 25, 2008. Born on May 29, 1926 in New Orleans, Louisiana, he served in the U.S. Navy during World War II. Preceded in death by: daughter, Nancy; brother, Leon Bordes; and parents, Leon and Clothilde M. Bordes. He is survived by his wife of 58 years, Elnora Myers Bordes, and family: Rebecca, David, Alison, and Dava Toppins, of Clinton; Stephanie, Kenny, Tucker, and Kyle Phelps, of Kernersville, North Carolina; Melinda Bordes, Chlotia Bordes, and Diana Gossett, of Knoxville. He also leaves brother and sisters, Rita Myers of Baton Rouge, Louisiana, Lee Perino of New Orleans, Louisiana, and Leonard Bordes of Chattanooga, Tennessee, and several nieces and nephews. An active member of Wallace Memorial Baptist Church, Ed served in the past as a Church Deacon and Sunday School Superintendent. He continued to help with the Sunday School Program up until the time of his recent illness. He was an avid coin collector and a member of the Smoky Mountain Coin Club. In his younger, healthier days, Ed loved to play golf and was a longtime member of Beaver Brook Country Club. The family will receive visitors at Lynnhurst-Greenwood Chapel, 11am - 2pm Saturday, followed by a graveside service at Lynnhurst Cemetery, with Pastors Dr. James McClusky and Rev. Kent Williams officiating. Arrangements entrusted to Lynnhurst-Greenwood Chapel of Berry Funeral Home, 2300 W. Adair Dr. 865-689-8888.

Published in the Knoxville News Sentinel from 6/27/2008 - 6/28/2008.
knoxnews.com

http://www.legacy.com/knoxnews/Obituaries.asp?Page=LifeStory&PersonID=112323991

Edward married Elnora Jane Myers on 6 May 1951 in Knoxville, Knox County, Tennessee. Elnora was born on 20 Oct 1928 in Tennessee; died on 27 Feb 2011; was buried in Lynnhurst Cemetery, Knox County, Tennessee. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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She was born in Cades Cove, Tennessee.

Bordes, Elnora Jane Myers, born October 20, 1928 in Cades Cove, TN, passed away on Saturday February 27, 2011. Elnora was a graduate of Ft. Sanders School of Nursing. She worked as a R.N. in the newborn nursery at St. Mary's Hospital for over thirty years, and was an active and faithful supporter of Wallace Memorial Baptist Church for more than fifty years. She was preceded in death by: husband Edward Bordes; daughter Nancy Bordes; parents, George and Nancy Myers; brothers, Chester and Hoyle Myers; and sisters, Gladys and Norma Myers. Survivors include: daughters: Rebecca and husband David Toppins, Stephanie and husband Kenny Phelps, Melinda Bordes, Chlotia Bordes, and Diana Gossett; grandchildren: Alison Toppins, Dava Toppins, Tucker Phelps, and Kyle Phelps; Brother Otis and wife Jean Myers; sisters-in-law: Betty Myers, Lee Perino, and Rita Myers; brother-in-law Lenny Bordes; along with many nieces, nephews, and special friends. The family wishes to express their gratitude to the dedicated staff at Brakebill Nursing Home for their loving care and concern, especially during the last month. The family will receive friends on Monday from 5:30-7:30 at Lynnhurst-Greenwood Chapel. Family and friends will meet on Tuesday at 12:45 at Lynnhurst Cemetery for a graveside service to begin at 1:00 PM with Rev. Jim McClusky and Rev. Mike Segers officiating. Condolences may be offered and additional information is available at www.lynnhurstchapel.com.

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Bennie Zahn shows him as the son of Savain BORDES and Josephine LaBURRE, and instead has his date of birth as 12 Sept 1890. She shows he was a Dairyman.

This is his listing on Ancestry.com - New Orleans, Louisiana Birth Records Index, 1790-1899.

Given: Leon
Surname: Bordes
Father: Savin
Mother: Josephine Labure
Sex: M
Color: W
Birth Date: 09 Sep 1889
Volume: 117
Page: 1189

And this is his listing on the SSDI:

LEON BORDES 09 Sep 1889 Jun 1973 70001 (Metairie, Jefferson, LA) (none specified) 438-28-3834 Louisiana. Noted that the DOB is different than that reported by Bennie Zahn of 12 Sept 1890.

Leon married Clothilde Marie Morlas on 18 Jun 1919 in New Orleans, Orleans Parish, Louisiana. Clothilde (daughter of John Dominic Morlas and Lucine Roquevert) was born on 27 Dec 1893 in New Orleans, Orleans Parish, Louisiana; died on 2 Oct 1938 in New Orleans, Orleans Parish, Louisiana; was buried in Metairie Cemetery (Lake Lawn Metairie), New Orleans, Orleans Parish, Louisiana. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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BORDES-At the residence, 6326 South Tonti street, on Sunday, October 2, 1938, at 4 o'clock p.m., CLOTHILDE MORLAS, beloved wife of Leon BORDES, daughter of Lucine ROQUEVERT and the late John MORLAS, mother of Leontine, Rita, Leon, Edward and Leonard BORDES, sister of Mrs. E.G. ZAHN, Mrs. A.G. TRAPANI, Mrs. J.G. QUINN of Sturgis, Miss., Mrs. C.D. BISHOP, Sister Mary Cyril, R.S.M., Mrs. K.D. McGuire of Camargo, Ok., Mrs. E.N. Schoenfeld, Mrs. A. ROHLI, and John, Louis, Leon and Paul MORLAS. Relatives and friends of the family are invited to attend the funeral, which will take place from the home of Tharp-Sontheimer-Tharp, Inc., 4127 South Claiborne avenue, near Milan street, on Tuesday morning, October 4, 1938, at 10 o'clock, followed by requiem mass at St. Rita's church Broad Place at Pine Street.

(Obituary courtesy of Keith McGuire)

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Married:
New Orleans, Louisiana Marriage Records Index, 1831-1925

Name: Marie Clotilda Morlas
Spouse: Leon Bordes
Age: 26
Age: 31
Gender: F
Marriage Date: 18 Jun 1919
Volume: 42
Page: 595

Notes:

Owner of La Bella Creole Dairy. Bennie Zahn wrote, in the January 9, 2000 issue of THE TIMES-PICAYUNE (Living, Section E, page 7), that "The property was originally acquired in the late 1800s by John Morlas who made the purchase with silver dollar coins collected from wealthy customers on his milk route. The family legend is, that whenever he was given a silver dollar in payment for milk and cream, he tossed it onto the top of the armoire in his bedroom. When this property which adjoined the Tulane (University) tract was put on the market, he gathered all of the silver coins, counted them and found that he had $8,000, enough to buy the property. After his death in 1923, his wife, Lucine Roquevert Morlas, sold part of the tract, about 3,800 feet long with a depth varying from 100 to 140 feet, for $100,000 for the then proposed St. Vincent Infant Asylum. Within a year, the property was resold for $165,000 to men who had successful experience in local developement and who started immediately to beautify the ground. Today the property is called Versailles Boulevard and extends from Claiborne Avenue to Fontainebleau Drive."

John married Lucine Roquevert on 28 May 1888 in St. Stephen's Church, New Orleans, Orleans Parish, Louisiana. Lucine (daughter of Jean Louis Roquevert and Blazine Pene) was born on 28 Jan 1869 in New Orleans, Orleans Parish, Louisiana; died on 16 Feb 1946 in New Orleans, Orleans Parish, Louisiana; was buried in Metairie Cemetery (Lake Lawn Metairie), New Orleans, Orleans Parish, Louisiana. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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(Research):An mtDNA sample supplied a direct female descendant of Lucine (a child of Pat McGuire, the daughter of Josephine Morlas), was analyzed by FamilyTreeDNA in Houston. Their analysis showed the following Haplogroup assignment, along with the following differences from the Cambridge Reference Sequence.

HVR1 Haplogroup
K
HVR1 differences
from ?u?CRS?/u?
16224C
16519C

The mitochondrial super-haplogroup U encompasses haplogroups U1-U7 and haplogroup K. Haplogroup K is found through Europe, and contains multiple closely related lineages indicating a recent population expansion. The origin of haplogroup K dates to approximately 16,000 years ago, and it has been suggested that individuals with this haplogroup took part in the pre-Neolithic expansion following the Last Glacial Maximum. William Hurst, on his Haplogroup K Website, writes that "Katrine," the founding mother of mitochondrial DNA haplogroup K, was one of the "Seven Daughters of Eve" as listed in the 2001 book of that title by Bryan Sykes. A lot of happened since 2001, but the book is still valuable.

Katrine lived about 16,000 years ago. Perhaps the oldest known K descendant was Oetzi the Iceman whose frozen body was discovered in the Alps in 1991. Estimated at 5000 years old, the Iceman proved to have the basic mutations for a K: 16224C and 16320C. Every K is a cousin of Oetzi.