New York Stock Brokers: The Bouvier Brothers

The Bouvier brothers, Michel Charles and John Vernou, were both brokers at the New York Stock Exchange during the 1898 tax period, and they both acquired their seats in 1869, making them some of the most senior members of the exchange by 1898.  

The cancels of Michel C. Bouvier come as straight line M. C. BOUVIER & CO, or as initials of the same.  They seem to be the most commonly found.  The only John Vernou Bouvier cancel I know of is shown on a sale memo below.

Memos courtesy of MSgt. David Thompson.

There were three John V. Bouviers; the one trading during the 1898 tax period was John V. Bouvier I.  John V. Bouvier III, aka "Black Jack", was the father of Jackie Kennedy.