Leon Sylvan "Brother" Bordes

1922 - 1996  (74 years)

• Name	Leon Sylvan "Brother" Bordes  [1]
  Nickname	Brother
  Born	20 Feb 1922	New Orleans, Orleans Parish, Louisiana   [1]
  Gender	Male
  Died	29 Apr 1996	Metairie, Jefferson Parish, Louisiana   [2]
  Buried	Metairie Cemetery (Lake Lawn Metairie), New Orleans, Orleans Parish, Louisiana
  Person ID	I23286	Strong Family Tree
  Last Modified	17 Aug 2014

  
  

  Father	Leon Leonard Bordes,   b. 9 Sep 1889, New Orleans, Orleans Parish, Louisiana ,   d. 8 Jun 1973, Louisiana  (Age 83 years)
  Mother	Clothilde Marie Morlas,   b. 27 Dec 1893, New Orleans, Orleans Parish, Louisiana ,   d. 2 Oct 1938, New Orleans, Orleans Parish, Louisiana  (Age 44 years)
  Married	18 Jun 1919	New Orleans, Orleans Parish, Louisiana   [1, 3]
  	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
  Family ID	F714	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Event Map		Born - 20 Feb 1922 - New Orleans, Orleans Parish, Louisiana Died - 29 Apr 1996 - Metairie, Jefferson Parish, Louisiana Buried - - Metairie Cemetery (Lake Lawn Metairie), New Orleans, Orleans Parish, Louisiana  = Link to Google Earth
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• Photos		Morlas Cousins at the St. Alphonsus Convent in 1927 This picture was taken on the grounds of the St. Alphonsus Convent in 1927 when the nieces and nephews of Juliet Theresa Morlas (Sister Mary Cyril, R.S.M.) joined her to celebrate her third year in the order of the Sisters of Mercy. Pictured are (Top) Johnny Trapani, Sylvan "Brother" Bordes, Paul Trapani, August Trapani(Middle) Leona Bordes holding Edward Bordes, Nettie Zahn holding Patricia Trapani, Juliette Trapani holding Bennie Zahn, Amanda Zahn(Bottom) Rita Bordes, John Morlas, Carl Bishop, Lucine Zahn
  		Morlas Men, ca 1951 This photo was probably taken in the early 1950's apparently at a reunion. Back (left to right): Buddy Maumus? (ASSUMED), Carl Bishop, Grady Quinn, James ?Red? Johnson, John Morlas, Louis Morlas, Paul Morlas, Alvin "Abby" Rohli. Front (left to right): Johnny Trapani, Charles Myers holding daughter Margo, Claude Bishop, Emile ?Mitz? Martin, Leon Morlas, Edward Bordes, Leon Bordes PLEASE HELP US IDENTIFY THE UNKNOWN or UNCERTAIN PEOPLE.

  
  

  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. [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.