Leona Pearl Bourgeois

1911 - 2005  (93 years)

• Name	Leona Pearl Bourgeois  [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6]
  Birth	22 Nov 1911	St Louis, Independent Cities, Missouri, USA   [1, 2, 3, 5]
  Gender	Female
  Census	1920	St Louis, Independent Cities, Missouri, USA   [3]
  	Marital Status: Single; Relation to Head of House: Daughter
  Census	1930	St Louis, Independent Cities, Missouri, USA   [1]
  	Marital Status: Single; Relation to Head of House: Daughter
  Census	1950	St Louis, Independent Cities, Missouri, USA   [5]
  	Relation to Head: Head; Marital Status: Widowed
  FSID	LV1B-RKH
  Death	15 Sep 2005	St Louis, Independent Cities, Missouri, USA   [2]
  Burial	Mount Olive Catholic Cemetery, Lemay, St Louis County, Missouri, USA   [2]
  Person ID	I30763	A Tree Called Smith
  Last Modified	21 Jul 2025

  
  

  Father	Leon Victor Bourgeois,   b. 10 May 1883, St Francois County, Missouri, USA d. 20 Feb 1968, Bismarck, St Francois, Missouri, USA (Age 84 years)
  Relationship	natural
  Mother	Etta Pearl Davis,   b. 1 Sep 1886, Belleview Township, Washington, Missouri, USA d. 27 Feb 1971, St Francois County, Missouri, USA (Age 84 years)
  Relationship	natural
  Marriage	14 Sep 1910
  Family ID	F10827	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 1	Norman George Aberle,   b. 17 Jun 1912, St Louis, Independent Cities, Missouri, USA d. 20 Jan 1973, Missouri, USA (Age 60 years)
  Marriage	Nov 1963	St Clair County, Missouri, USA   [6]
  Family ID	F12870	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	21 Jul 2025

  
  

  Family 2	Frederick Arthur Ruecker, Sr,   b. 8 Aug 1910, Cincinnati, Hamilton, Ohio, USA d. 16 Apr 1947, Texas City, Galveston, Texas, USA (Age 36 years)
  Marriage	Sep 1939	St Louis, Independent Cities, Missouri, USA   [4]
  Children	1. Living   2. Living
  Family ID	F12775	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	21 Jul 2025

  
  

• Event Map

  Birth - 22 Nov 1911 - St Louis, Independent Cities, Missouri, USA Census - Marital Status: Single; Relation to Head of House: Daughter - 1920 - St Louis, Independent Cities, Missouri, USA Census - Marital Status: Single; Relation to Head of House: Daughter - 1930 - St Louis, Independent Cities, Missouri, USA Marriage - Sep 1939 - St Louis, Independent Cities, Missouri, USA Census - Relation to Head: Head; Marital Status: Widowed - 1950 - St Louis, Independent Cities, Missouri, USA Marriage - Nov 1963 - St Clair County, Missouri, USA Death - 15 Sep 2005 - St Louis, Independent Cities, Missouri, USA  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• DNA Matches

  At least one living or private individual is linked to this item - Details withheld.

  
  

• Sources

  [S9776] Ancestry.com, 1930 United States Federal Census, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations Inc; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2002;), Year: 1930; Census Place: St Louis, St Louis (Independent City), Missouri; Roll: 1233; Page: 13A; Enumeration District: 0455; Image: 982.0; FHL microfilm: 2340968. 1930 United States Federal Census Year: 1930; Census Place: St Louis, St Louis (Independent City), Missouri; Roll: 1233; Page: 13A; Enumeration District: 0455; Image: 982.0; FHL microfilm: 2340968 [S3674] FamilySearch - Find a Grave. [S10231] Ancestry.com, 1920 United States Federal Census, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2010;), Year: 1920; Census Place: St Louis Ward 12, St Louis (Independent City), Missouri; Roll: T625_954; Page: 2B; Enumeration District: 227; Image: 819. 1920 United States Federal Census Year: 1920; Census Place: St Louis Ward 12, St Louis (Independent City), Missouri; Roll: T625_954; Page: 2B; Enumeration District: 227; Image: 819 [S9115] Newspapers.com: Marriage License for BOURGEOIS/RUECKER • St Louis Post-Dispatch - 7 Sep 1939, Leona Pearl Bourgeois and Frederick Arthur Ruecker - St Louis Post-Dispatch; Publication Date: 7/ Sep/ 1939; Publication Place: St Louis, Missouri. https://www.newspapers.com/image/138447371/?article=06cd3171-45f7-4350-a3e3-418f05666ad4/f79e4939-9c97-46b2-854c-2ff06436b8a3&focus=0.4819752,0.52963 [S11596] Ancestry.com, 1950 United States Federal Census, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Lehi, UT, USA; Date: 2022;), United States of America, Bureau of the Census; Washington, D.C.; Seventeenth Census of the United States, 1950; Record Group: Records of the Bureau of the Census, 1790-2007; Record Group Number: 29; Residence Date: 1950; Home in 1950: St Louis, St Louis,. 1950 United States Federal Census United States of America, Bureau of the Census; Washington, D.C.; Seventeenth Census of the United States, 1950; Record Group: Records of the Bureau of the Census, 1790-2007; Record Group Number: 29; Residence Date: 1950; Home in 1950: St Louis, St Louis, [S9118] Newspapers.com: Marriage License for RUECKER/ABERLE • St Clair Chronicle - 14 Nov 1963, Leona Pearl Bourgeois Ruecker and Norman George Aberle - St. Clair Chronicle; Publication Date: 14/ Nov/ 1963; Publication Place: St. Clair, Missouri. https://www.newspapers.com/image/134037184/?article=42829cd3-f50a-40b6-8293-8bb617d8a9e9/60513769-9895-4e6f-a343-f4cd1077cd27&focus=0.3855243,0.45299858