Lea A. Rouviere

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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Family Time Line

Josiah James Bowers
1893–1967
Lea A. Rouviere
1893–1975
Joseph Bowers
1916–
Francis Noel Bowers
1917–1990
Dorothy Bowers
1919–
Harold Bowers
1921–1996
William Bowers
1925–
Katherine Bowers
1927–

Sources (11)

  • 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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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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