Sophie Mousseau

Brief Life History of Sophie

When Sophie Mousseau was born in 1859, in Pine Ridge, Shannon, South Dakota, United States, her father, Alexis Magloire Mousseau Sr, was 29 and her mother, Ellen Yellow Woman, was 27. She married John Posey Ryan about 1875. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 3 daughters. She lived in Pine Ridge Reservation, Shannon, Dakota Territory, United States in 1910 and Bennett, South Dakota, United States in 1920. She died on 15 October 1936, in Martin, Bennett, South Dakota, United States, at the age of 77, and was buried in Patricia, Bennett, South Dakota, United States.

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Family Time Line

John Long Time Sleep Monroe
1870–1943
Sophie Mousseau
1859–1936
Marriage: 1893
Alloysius John Monroe
1894–
Mary or Lottie Monroe
1896–
Zoe Monroe
1899–1954
William David Monroe
1900–1981
Lena Monroe
1902–
John Monroe Jr.
1903–
Julia Monroe
1906–

Sources (8)

  • Sofie Mousseau in household of Maglene Mousseau, "United States Census, 1870"
  • Sophia Mouosseau in entry for Aloysius Monroe, "United States, Social Security Numerical Identification Files (NUMIDENT), 1936-2007"
  • Sophia Monroe in household of John Monroe, "United States Census, 1920"

World Events (8)

1863

Abraham Lincoln issues Emancipation Proclamation, declaring slaves in Confederate states to be free.

1867

Historical Boundaries - 1867: Laramie, Dakota Territory, United States; 1868: Laramie, Wyoming Territory, United States; 1890: Laramie, Wyoming, United States

1881 · The Assassination of James Garfield

Garfield was shot twice by Charles J. Guitea at Railroad Station in Washington, D.C. on July 2, 1881. After eleven weeks of intensive and other care Garfield died in Elberon, New Jersey, the second of four presidents to be assassinated, following Abraham Lincoln.

Name Meaning

Some characteristic forenames: French Adelard, Aime, Gaetan, Jacques, Marcel, Michel, Ovila.

French: topographic name from a diminutive of mousse ‘moss’, for someone living by a mossy or marshy place; or a habitational name from (Le) Mousseau, the name of several places mainly in the northern part of France. Compare Mossow , Mousaw , and Mussaw .

History: Jacques Mousseau dit Laviolette from Azay-le-Rideau in Indre-et-Loire, France, married Marguerite Sauviot in QC in 1658. His descendants also bear altered forms of the surname, such as Mossow, Mousaw, and Mussaw, and also the surname Desilets .

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

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