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Leon Bourassa

1798 — 1863

Born
9 October 1798
Died
before 1863

Biography

Leon Bourassa traded and held land in the region now occupied by Forest Park, Illinois. Its historical society records his acquisition of land in 1839 and describes Leon and his Potawatomi wife, Mnetoqua, caring for ancestral burial places there. The property was sold in 1851.

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Family records

Daniel Bourassa I → Leon Bourassa · Ste. Anne de Michilimackinac baptism transcription — Leon Bourassa, 1799

Marguerite Bertrand → Leon Bourassa · Ste. Anne de Michilimackinac baptism transcription — Leon Bourassa, 1799