Leon Leonard Bordes

1889 - 1973  (83 years)

• Name	Leon Leonard Bordes  [1, 2, 3]
  Birth	9 Sep 1889	New Orleans, Orleans Parish, Louisiana   [1, 3]
  Gender	Male
  Death	8 Jun 1973	Louisiana   [1, 3]
  Burial	Metairie Cemetery (Lake Lawn Metairie), New Orleans, Orleans Parish, Louisiana
  Notes	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.
  Person ID	I23284	Strong Family Tree
  Last Modified	17 Aug 2014

  
  

  Family	Clothilde Marie Morlas,   b. 27 Dec 1893, New Orleans, Orleans Parish, Louisiana d. 2 Oct 1938, New Orleans, Orleans Parish, Louisiana (Age 44 years)
  Marriage	18 Jun 1919	New Orleans, Orleans Parish, Louisiana   [1, 4]
  	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
  Children	1. Living   2. Leon Sylvan "Brother" Bordes,   b. 20 Feb 1922, New Orleans, Orleans Parish, Louisiana d. 29 Apr 1996, Metairie, Jefferson Parish, Louisiana (Age 74 years)   3. Rita Clothilde Bordes,   b. 28 Apr 1924, New Orleans, Orleans Parish, Louisiana d. 15 Sep 2012, Baton Rouge, East Baton Rouge Parish, Louisiana (Age 88 years)   4. Edward Morlas Bordes,   b. 29 May 1926, New Orleans, Orleans Parish, Louisiana d. 25 Jun 2008, Knoxville, Knox County, Tennessee (Age 82 years)   5. Living
  Family ID	F714	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	25 Jul 2010

  
  

• Event Map		Birth - 9 Sep 1889 - New Orleans, Orleans Parish, Louisiana Marriage - 18 Jun 1919 - New Orleans, Orleans Parish, Louisiana Death - 8 Jun 1973 - Louisiana Burial - - Metairie Cemetery (Lake Lawn Metairie), New Orleans, Orleans Parish, Louisiana  = Link to Google Earth
  Pin Legend	: Address       : Location       : City/Town       : County/Shire       : State/Province       : Country       : Not Set

  
  

• Headstones

  Morlas Mausoleum, Metairie Cemetery, New Orleans This mausoleum was erected in the Metairie Cemetery in New Orleans at the death of John Dominic Morlas in 1923. It also became the final resting place of his wife, Lucine Roquevert, and their children: John Louis & wife Antoinette (Trapani) Morlas, Clothilde & husband Leon Bordes, Estelle & husband August Trapani, Louis & wife Lenora (Christoffer) Morlas, Leopold "Paul" & wife Olie (Roberts) Morlas, Vivian & husband Eugene Schoenfeld; as well as the resting place of several of John Dominic's grandsons; John Louis (I) Morlas Jr., Bertrand C. Morlas, John Louis (II) Morlas Jr., Sylvan "Brother" Bordes and Eugene "Jim" Schoenfeld, Jr. More so than any city this side of Paris, New Orleans is renowned for its historically significant and ornate necropolises. One of the parish's most unique "Cities of the Dead" is the eerily beautiful and diverse Metairie Cemetery. Built over the old Metairie Race Course, the cemetery was founded by Charles T. Howard. According to legend, when Howard was not allowed to join the country club that owned the track, he vowed it would become a cemetery. Many other famous Louisianans are interred here, in structures ranging from Gothic crypts to Romanesque mausoleums to Egyptian pyramids

  
  

• Sources

  [S479] Zahn, Bennie Jay--The Families Pene Roquevert Morlas (Privately Published; New Orleans, LA 1992) , updates and corrections issued periodically. [S881] Ancestry.com - New Orleans, Louisiana Birth Records Index, 1790-1899. [S333] Ancestry.com - U.S., Social Security Death Index, 1935-Current [database online], (Ancestry.com. Social Security Death Index [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2011. Original data: Social Security Administration. Social Security Death Index, Master File. Social Security Administration. The Social Security Administration Death Master File contains information on millions of deceased individuals with United States social security numbers whose deaths were reported to the Social Security Administration. Birth years for the individuals listed range from 1875 to last year. Information in these records includes name, birth date, death date, and last known residence.). [S879] Ancestry.com - New Orleans, Louisiana Marriage Records Index, 1831-1925.