Yvonne Blanche Rousseau

Brief Life History of Yvonne Blanche

When Yvonne Blanche Rousseau was born on 6 June 1909, her father, Henri H Rousseau, was 27 and her mother, Marie Louise Roseanna Mailloux, was 27. She had at least 1 son and 2 daughters with Arthur Rioux. She lived in Quincy, Norfolk, Massachusetts, United States in 1935 and Newton, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States in 1940. She died on 25 October 1982, in Norwood, Norfolk, Massachusetts, United States, at the age of 73.

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Family Time Line

Arthur Rioux
1909–1980
Yvonne Blanche Rousseau
1909–1982
Marie Georgette Rioux Pelissier
1933–1999
Jeanne Rioux, Marquis
–2019
Henry Rioux
1937–1992

Sources (9)

  • Evon Rousseau in household of Henry Rousseau, "United States Census, 1910"
  • Blanche Y Rousseau, "Massachusetts Births, 1841-1915"
  • Yvonne Rioux, "United States Social Security Death Index"

World Events (8)

1910 · The BSA is Made

Being modeled after the Boy Scout Association in England, The Boy Scouts of America is a program for young teens to learn traits, life and social skills, and many other things to remind the public about the general act of service and kindness to others.

1910 · The Mann Act

This Act makes engaging in transport of any woman for any immoral purpose, prostitution, illegal. Its primary intent was to address prostitution, immorality, and human trafficking, particularly where trafficking was for the purposes of prostitution.

1929

13 million people become unemployed after the Wall Street stock market crash of 1929 triggers what becomes known as the Great Depression. President Herbert Hoover rejects direct federal relief.

Name Meaning

Some characteristic forenames: French Lucien, Pierre, Emile, Marcel, Armand, Andre, Jacques, Michel, Normand, Gilles, Philippe, Adrien.

French and Walloon: nickname for a red-haired man, from a diminutive of Old French ro(u)s ‘red’ (see Roux and Leroux ). This surname is also found in the Flemish part of Belgium, in Haiti, and in South Africa. Compare Rosseau and Russeau .

History: This surname is listed in the (US) National Huguenot Society's register of qualified Huguenot ancestors. The Huguenot ancestor was Théodore de Rousseau, who arrived with his son Hillaire at Manakin, VA, in the early 1700s. — The South African bearers of the surname Rousseau trace their origin to Pierre Rousseau from Mer, France, who arrived in the Dutch Cape Colony in 1688. He is recognized as a French Huguenot ancestor by the Huguenot Society of South Africa. However, his descendants mainly bear the altered form of the name, Rossouw.

Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.

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