When Emiel Rougeux was born in September 1837, in Frenchville, Covington Township, Clearfield, Pennsylvania, United States, his father, Jean Baptiste III Rougeux, was 32 and his mother, Margaret Ann Moret, was 36. He married Mary Barr on 28 June 1864, in Frenchville, Covington Township, Clearfield, Pennsylvania, United States. They were the parents of at least 5 sons and 1 daughter. He lived in Girard Township, Clearfield, Pennsylvania, United States for about 50 years. He died in 1920, in Frenchville, Covington Township, Clearfield, Pennsylvania, United States, at the age of 83, and was buried in Frenchville, Covington Township, Clearfield, Pennsylvania, United States.