Brief Life History of Lea A.
When Lea A. Rouviere was born on 7 February 1893, in Osage, Kansas, United States, her father, Pierre Auguste Rouvière, was 49 and her mother, Adelaide Rosalie Collin, was 41. She had at least 4 sons and 2 daughters with Josiah James Bowers. She lived in United States in 1949 and Mission, Mission, Johnson, Kansas, United States in 1950. She died on 2 July 1975, in Shawnee Mission, Roeland Park, Johnson, Kansas, United States, at the age of 82, and was buried in Osage City, Osage, Kansas, United States.
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- Leah A Bowers, "United States 1950 Census"
- Lea A Rouviere Bowers, "Find A Grave Index"
- Leah A Rouviere in entry for Harold V Bowers, "United States, Social Security Numerical Identification Files (NUMIDENT), 1936-2007"
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World Events (8)
1896 · Plessy vs. Ferguson
A landmark decision of the U.S. Supreme Court upholding the constitutionality of racial segregation laws for public facilities if the segregated facilities were equal in quality. It's widely regarded as one of the worst decisions in U.S. Supreme Court history.
1898 · War with the Spanish
After the explosion of the USS Maine in the Havana Harbor in Cuba, the United States engaged the Spanish in war. The war was fought on two fronts, one in Cuba, which helped gain their independence, and in the Philippines, which helped the US gain another territory for a time.
1916 · The First woman elected into the US Congress
Jeannette Pickering Rankin became the first woman to hold a federal office position in the House of Representatives, and remains the only woman elected to Congress by Montana.
Name Meaning
Some characteristic forenames: French Anatole, Andre, Antoine, Desire, Monique, Ulysse.
French (Louvière): perhaps a topographic name for someone who lived by a wolf's lair, Old French loviere, or in a place frequented by wolfs; or a habitational name from Louvières, the name of several places in various parts of France, named with this word. This surname is very rare in France. Compare Louvier .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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