Étienne de Boré

Étienne de Boré
1st Mayor of New Orleans
In office December 20, 1803 – May 26, 1804
Preceded by	Position established
Succeeded by	Cavelier Petit
Personal details
Born	(1741-12-27)December 27, 1741 Kaskaskia, Upper Louisiana, New France
Died	February 1, 1820(1820-02-01) (aged 78) New Orleans, Louisiana, United States
Spouse	Marie Marguerite d'Estrehan

Jean Étienne de Boré (27 December 1741 – 1 February 1820) was a Creole French

profitable as a commodity crop and planters began to cultivate it in quantity. He owned a large plantation upriver from New Orleans. De Boré's plantation was annexed to the city of New Orleans in 1870, and is now the site of Audubon Park, Tulane University, and Audubon Zoo.

De Boré was a prominent planter in the area when the United States made the

under the U.S. administration.

Early life and education

Jean Étienne de Boré (known as Étienne) was born to French colonists in

and very prestigious.

After a visit to Louisiana on business, he was transferred to the

and settled in the French colony.

Marriage and family

He married Marie Marguerite d'Estréhan, from one of the most prominent French families of colonial Louisiana. Her father Jean Baptiste d'Estrehan was the Royal Treasurer of French Louisiana.

Sugar granulation and New Orleans' first mayor

De Boré owned a large

.

He set up a

. Under Spanish rule, Louisiana began to generate profits.

In late 1803, after the United States acquired New Orleans in the

. In May 1804, De Boré resigned to look after his personal affairs.

He died at about eighty years old and was interred in New Orleans' Saint Louis Cemetery No. 1. One of his grandchildren, Charles Gayarré, became a noted historian of Louisiana in the late 19th century.

New Orleans has a Boré Street, in honor of the city's first Mayor.

References

External links

• "Étienne de Boré", New Orleans Public Library's transcription of a Works Progress Administration (1930s) compilation of local research on New Orleans' mayors.
• Étienne de Boré's tenure as mayor, Kendall's History of New Orleans, Chapter 4
• Étienne de Boré at Find a Grave

Political offices
Preceded by Position established	Mayor of New Orleans 1803-1804	Succeeded by Cavelier Petit