Bordes family

The Bordes family is a French family, which comes from Armagnac, Gascony, and has established in Chile, Bordeaux and Paris.

 History 
Antoine Dominique Bordes (born in 1815, son of Barthélémy, a physician, and Geneviève Bordes) married Victoire Moser-Pelecier on July 19, 1857 in Besançon. Then three generations of shipowners had been continuing the company he founded.  Henri Bordes also created a steamship company and his son Antoine was notably member of the Board of directors of the Compagnie Générale Maritime.

Barthélémy Bordes (1766-1840) came from an old and well-known family from Agenais, including royal officers since the 17th century.

 Genealogy 
Pierre de Bordes, consul of Puymirol:

 Jean Raymond de Bordes (1670-1735), surgeon at Céran:
 Margueritte Bordes (1703-)
 Marie Anne Bordes (1715-)
 Jean Blaise Bordes (1706-), surgeon at Fleurance:
 Marie
 Jean (1746-1806), surgeon at Flamarens:
 Antoine Dominique (1773-1816), pharmacist, including posterity.
 Barthélémy (1766-1840), physician, deputy mayor of Gimbrède:
 Antoine Aimé Dominique (1800-1850), trader in Bordeaux:
 Henri Bonaventure (1842-1911), member of the Academy of Bordeaux, shipowner, deputy director of Armement Bordes:
 Antoine Pierre Jean (1870-1951), French Navy officer, regional director of the Compagnie Générale Transatlantique, including posterity.
 Jean Henri (1879-1957), cavalry officer, member of the Bordeaux port commission.
 Antoine Dominique Apollinaire (1815-1883), shipowner, manager of the Compagnie Générale Maritime:
 Charles Casimir Adolphe (1858-1918), chief executive of Armement Bordes, who married Marthe Lesca.
 Marie Blanche Henriette (1859-1938) Prom.
 Alexandre Louis Barthélemy (1860-1943), secretary of State for the Navy, who married Madeleine Bertera-Wappers, granddaughter of Gustaf Wappers.
 François Joseph Antonin (1863-1940), deputy director of Armement Bordes, who married Louise Charpin.
 Caroline Élise Alexandrine (1865-1924) Lataillade.
 Valentine Irène Marie Thérèse (1869-1921) de Secondat de Montesquieu de Roquefort.

 Coat of arms 
Picture coat of arms100px Bordes family :
Gules, a border Or charged with eight pomegranates Vert.

As described on the grant of arms to King's prosecutor Pierre de Bordes, at the registration of d'Hozier in 1696.Charles-René d'Hozier, Armorial général de France. Guienne, vol.13 page 679,(read online)

 Tributes 

 Rue Louise Bordes, Villefranche-sur-Mer.
 National Museum of the Cape Horners, Saint-Malo.

 References 

 Bibliography 









Category:Families
Category:French people