born ~1857 · Louisiana · died 1936 · Liberty County TX · line: LEBLANC_CANDIDATE
Existence: found (RECORD (named as mother on Uranie Arceneaux 1879 baptism))
| Link | Person | How sure | Why |
|---|---|---|---|
| parent of | Uranie "Winie/Eurine" Arceneaux (candidate mother of Mary LeBlanc Handy) 1879 | found (RECORD (1879 Carencro baptism HSRJ-R43Z names mother Josephine Boutrisse)) | added 2026-11-04 leblanc-junction |
| spouse of | Zenon Arceneaux Sr 1832 | found (RECORD) | added 2026-11-04 leblanc-junction |
| About | What the record says | How sure | Record |
|---|---|---|---|
| death | 10 Jan 1936 Liberty TX (Ames), cert 3816, widow of Zeno Arceneaux, colored, b. about 1860 "France"; parents unknown to informant (son Bienvenu Arceneaux): father Dont Know / France, mother Dont Know / France. Surname spelled in children's records: Boutrisse (1879), Boulice (1926), Burisie, Bulwis, Bulwiese, Bueris, Bodrice, Burice (Texas deaths / NUMIDENT) | found (RECORD (certificate image read)) | Texas, Deaths, 1890-1977: Josephine Arceneaux, d. 10 Jan 1936 Liberty TX (res. Ames), cert |
| mother candidate | Hebert SWLR 1877 marriage entry reads BOURLISSE, Marie Josephine (Marie) - in Hebert format the parentheses hold the parents, so a single name means only the mother, MARIE [Bourlisse], is named and the father is not (a natural child). This conflicts with the FamilySearch tree mother Uranie Boulerisse (L58Z-FBD, tree only, no record). Must be read off Carencro Ch. v.1 p.74 itself. | maybe (MEDIUM (interpretation of a published abstract quoted on WikiTree; original not seen)) | WikiTree profile Arceneaux-619: Zenon Arceneaux (b.1831 Lafayette Parish) - quotes Hebert |
| fan lead family | Josephine is a candidate member of the BOULRIS / BOULERISSE free-of-color family of the Attakapas: Jean-Baptiste BOULRIS (b.~1790 Mobile AL, metis, mother an Indian) m. 11 Sep 1809 Celeste/Marie NEUVILLE; children incl. Jean Balthazar BOULERISSE (born free 10 Sep 1810, cattle brand 1826, d. 28 Oct 1875 age 67), Jean Clairville (b.1814, sponsor Ursin FRILOT), Madeline Clarisse (b.1819 St. Martinville). The surname is rare and spelled exactly BOULERISSE in both places, but no record yet ties Josephine (b.1857, mother Marie) to them. | maybe (HYPOTHESIS medium-low (surname/geography FAN lead, not proven kin)) | Cattle Brands Registered to Free People of Color, Attakapas / St. Martin Parish (mylhcv.co |
| surname variants | BOURLISSE (1877 marriage, Hebert), BOUTRISSE (1879 baptism of Uranie), BOURLIS (1899 marriage of Uranie: Zenon & Jean[ne?] BOURLIS), BOULERISSE (FS/WikiTree tree, Find a Grave), BURISIE (1951 TX death cert of son Adam). All are spellings of the Attakapas free-of-color surname BOULRIS / BOULERISSE. | found (RECORD (published abstracts + indexes quoted on WikiTree)) | WikiTree profile Arceneaux-673: Uranie Arceneaux b.1879 - quotes Hebert SWLR: ARCENEAUX, U |
| fan family origin | The BOULRIS family of St. Martin Parish is a Native + free-of-color line: Jean Baptiste Boulris of Mobile, son of Nicolas Boulris and Marie Magdeleine Sabourdin (sauvagesse = Native woman), married 11 Sep 1809 at St. Martinville MARIE, a free quarteronne, minor daughter of CELESTE, free mulatresse of La Pointe (Breaux Bridge); a Levi Boulerise "an Indian" m. 1860 at Charenton (Chitimacha); Mary Bouleries d. 1890 (Levi & a Chetimacha Indian). Josephine (b. Jan 1857, mother Marie per Hebert) is a candidate granddaughter/great-granddaughter - no document yet ties her in | maybe (HYPOTHESIS (surname + region + a recurring mother named Marie; link unproven)) | thecajuns.com "Indians" page - transcriptions of Hebert, Southwest Louisiana Records abstr |
| father candidate | Jean/John BALTHAZAR BOULERISSE (b. free 10 Sep 1810, FPC cattle brand 1826, d. 28 Oct 1875; 1870 census New Iberia "Balthazer Bouleris" b.1811), son of Jean-Baptiste Boulris (metif of Mobile) and Marie Neuville (free quarteronne, dau. of Balthasar-Neuville de Clouet & Celeste Guillaume Fuselier, free mulatresse). Posters give his wife as "Therese Marie" or Adele Phine Chacata (Chitimacha). Hebert names Josephine's mother only as MARIE (claim #1159) - consistent with Therese Marie. Children known: Levy (Chitimacha line), Delphine. Josephine b. Jan 1857 would be a late child (he was ~46). | maybe (HYPOTHESIS (medium: surname + mother-name match + rare FPC family; no record names Josephine as his daughter)) | Ancestry.com Message Boards, surname Bulris, thread "Castagne/bulrise/boulries/bulris" (20 |
| mother candidate france | THERESE (Marie) BOULERIS, b.~1825 in FRANCE, wife of Balthazar Bouleris in the 1870 New Iberia household (source #992). CONVERGENCE: Josephine's 1936 Texas death certificate (source #976, image read) gives her birthplace and both parents' birthplace as "France" - the informant was carrying the mother's French birth; Hebert names her mother only as "Marie" (claim #1159); the Bulris board gives Balthazar's wife as "Therese Marie" (source #991). Josephine (b. Jan 1857) is NOT in the 1870 household (age 13), which still needs explaining. | maybe (HYPOTHESIS (strong - three independent sources converge on a French-born mother named Therese Marie; no record yet names Josephine as their daughter)) | 1870 U.S. Census, New Iberia, Iberia Parish LA, p.16 hh 119: Balthazer Bouleris 59 (b.~181 |
| ancestral land carencro 1782 | Her candidate great-grandfather Nicolas Boulris held a Vermilion-bank tract "au quartier du Carencro" 1782-1802 (donation from Sam, mulatre libre; sold to Charles Calderon; witness Louis Arceneaux) - the same Carencro where she married Zenon Arceneaux in 1877 and where Uranie was born in 1879 | found (RECORD (acts) / HYPOTHESIS (her descent from Nicolas)) | Louisiana Claim Records 1811-1815 (Western District land-claim file for Charles Calderon, |
| Result | What was searched | Open next |
|---|---|---|
| found | The Carencro-Vermilion free-of-color neighbourhood 1782-1806: Sam (mulatre libre), LISETTE MASSE (negresse libre, son CUPIDON), Nicolas Boulris, witnesses Louis Arceneaux, Nezat, Royer - a free Black settlement on the Vermilion a generation before the Charlot/Simien/Chretien marriages | Hebert SWLR + Conrad St. Martin: Masse (Lisette, Cupidon, Magdelaine), Boulris, Nezat, Royer 1780-1820; Opelousas/Attakapas 1777 and 1785 censuses of free people of color; then test the cluster against the Charlot (1766 Guinea-born Jacques Charlot freed in St. Landry) and Simien/Chretien households |
| maybe | Josephine Boutrisse/Boulerisse #418 belongs to the BOULRIS free-of-color family of New Iberia: Jean Balthazar Boulris (1810-1875) x Marie Therese (b.~1825-28 FRANCE) - the "France" on her 1936 Texas certificate is explained |
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