Bordes family
Antoine-Dominique Bordes, born on July 21, 1815  in Gimbrède, son of Barthélemy, doctor of medicine, deputy mayor of this commune, and Louise Thérèse Geneviève Bordes, married Victoire Möser on July 19, 1857 in Besançon. From this marriage came three generations of shipowners who have continued the company he founded, with the motto Union et Persévérance  . Henri Bordes, his nephew, also ran a Bordeaux steamship company, and his son Antoine was director of the Compagnie Générale Maritime.