Marie-Suzanne Gaillard (aka Guyor) was born in Détroit, Ontario, Canada the daughter of Louis and Marguerite (n Salazar) Gaillard. She was baptized in the French Catholic tradition as "Marie" with the given name of Suzanne, 5 Sep 1777, in Détroit.
She married Joseph Louis Bordeau dit L'Isle Roudie, (aka Louis Burdo), 2 May 1797, at the Raisin River congregation, in the Northwest Territory of the United States (later Lenawee County, Michigan).
Family tradition speaks of many exploits and adventures during the War of 1812, including her escape pregnant with five children in tow to the safety of Fort Détroit from raiding British and their Amerind Allies, only to find it captured by British. Her son spoke of being "born a prisoner of war."
Her husband and family settled about 1815 in French settlement of Marengo, Ohio.
Louis & Susan "Burdo" had nine children, including: Mary, Francis, Peter, Frances, Isadore, Jean-Baptiste, Anthony, Jane & Angeline-Genevieve.
After the death of her husband in 1831, she lived alternatively among her children, respected and well loved throughout her life.
She "is buried in the old cemetery near Holland, Ohio, by the side of her son Peter and his wife. Her funeral services were held in the old Methodist Church at that place, the church that my mother's father helped build."
From "The History of the Bordeaux Family."
She married Joseph Louis Bordeau dit L'Isle Roudie, (aka Louis Burdo), 2 May 1797, at the Raisin River congregation, in the Northwest Territory of the United States (later Lenawee County, Michigan).
Family tradition speaks of many exploits and adventures during the War of 1812, including her escape pregnant with five children in tow to the safety of Fort Détroit from raiding British and their Amerind Allies, only to find it captured by British. Her son spoke of being "born a prisoner of war."
Her husband and family settled about 1815 in French settlement of Marengo, Ohio.
Louis & Susan "Burdo" had nine children, including: Mary, Francis, Peter, Frances, Isadore, Jean-Baptiste, Anthony, Jane & Angeline-Genevieve.
After the death of her husband in 1831, she lived alternatively among her children, respected and well loved throughout her life.
She "is buried in the old cemetery near Holland, Ohio, by the side of her son Peter and his wife. Her funeral services were held in the old Methodist Church at that place, the church that my mother's father helped build."
From "The History of the Bordeaux Family."
Marie-Suzanne Gaillard (aka Guyor) was born in Détroit, Ontario, Canada the daughter of Louis and Marguerite (n Salazar) Gaillard. She was baptized in the French Catholic tradition as "Marie" with the given name of Suzanne, 5 Sep 1777, in Détroit.
She married Joseph Louis Bordeau dit L'Isle Roudie, (aka Louis Burdo), 2 May 1797, at the Raisin River congregation, in the Northwest Territory of the United States (later Lenawee County, Michigan).
Family tradition speaks of many exploits and adventures during the War of 1812, including her escape pregnant with five children in tow to the safety of Fort Détroit from raiding British and their Amerind Allies, only to find it captured by British. Her son spoke of being "born a prisoner of war."
Her husband and family settled about 1815 in French settlement of Marengo, Ohio.
Louis & Susan "Burdo" had nine children, including: Mary, Francis, Peter, Frances, Isadore, Jean-Baptiste, Anthony, Jane & Angeline-Genevieve.
After the death of her husband in 1831, she lived alternatively among her children, respected and well loved throughout her life.
She "is buried in the old cemetery near Holland, Ohio, by the side of her son Peter and his wife. Her funeral services were held in the old Methodist Church at that place, the church that my mother's father helped build."
From "The History of the Bordeaux Family."
She married Joseph Louis Bordeau dit L'Isle Roudie, (aka Louis Burdo), 2 May 1797, at the Raisin River congregation, in the Northwest Territory of the United States (later Lenawee County, Michigan).
Family tradition speaks of many exploits and adventures during the War of 1812, including her escape pregnant with five children in tow to the safety of Fort Détroit from raiding British and their Amerind Allies, only to find it captured by British. Her son spoke of being "born a prisoner of war."
Her husband and family settled about 1815 in French settlement of Marengo, Ohio.
Louis & Susan "Burdo" had nine children, including: Mary, Francis, Peter, Frances, Isadore, Jean-Baptiste, Anthony, Jane & Angeline-Genevieve.
After the death of her husband in 1831, she lived alternatively among her children, respected and well loved throughout her life.
She "is buried in the old cemetery near Holland, Ohio, by the side of her son Peter and his wife. Her funeral services were held in the old Methodist Church at that place, the church that my mother's father helped build."
From "The History of the Bordeaux Family."
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