Brief Life History of Leonie Marie Ruth
When Leonie Marie Ruth Marchand was born on 23 December 1883, in Abbeville, Vermilion, Louisiana, United States, her father, Francois Joseph Marchand, was 25 and her mother, Marie Rose Mathilde Delahoussaye, was 25. She had at least 1 son and 2 daughters with Mathias Louis Thomas. She lived in Ward One, St. Mary, Louisiana, United States in 1910 and Ward Three, Vermilion, Louisiana, United States in 1940. She died on 19 May 1962, in Abbeville, Vermilion, Louisiana, United States, at the age of 78.
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Sources (7)
- Leonie Thomas, "United States Census, 1940"
- Leonie M. Thomas, "Find A Grave Index"
- Leonie Marchand in entry for Lester Luke Thomas, "Louisiana Deaths, 1850-1875, 1894-1960"
Spouse and Children
1881–1962 Male
1883–1962 Female
Children (3)
1908–1948 Male
1908–1951 Female
1921–2012 Female
Parents and Siblings
1858–1953 Male
1858–1943 Female
Siblings (8)
1883–1962 Female
1887– Female
1888–1955 Male
1889–1972 Female
1891– Female
+3 More Children
World Events (8)
1886
Age 3
1886 · Giving Working Men a Union
Age 3
1904
Age 21
Name Meaning
Some characteristic forenames: French Marcel, Andre, Armand, Pierre, Emile, Jacques, Lucien, Normand, Alphonse, Camille, Cecile, Colette.
French: occupational name for a buyer and seller of goods, from Old French march(e)ant, Late Latin mercatans, from Latin mercari ‘to trade’, from merx ‘commerce, exchange, merchandise’. In the Middle Ages the term was used mainly to denote a wholesale dealer. Compare Marchant and Mershon .
English (London): variant of Marchant , a cognate of 1 above.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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