Emilie Vincent

Brief Life History of Emilie

When Emilie Vincent was born on 26 September 1903, in Kaplan, Vermilion, Louisiana, United States, her father, Euphemon William Vincent, was 19 and her mother, Selonia Suire, was 18. She married Otis P. Meaux on 9 July 1921. They were the parents of at least 3 sons and 3 daughters. She lived in Ward Six, Vermilion, Louisiana, United States in 1910 and Ward Nine, Vermilion, Louisiana, United States in 1940. She died on 8 June 1996, in Vermilion, Louisiana, United States, at the age of 92, and was buried in Cossinade Cemetery, Kaplan, Vermilion, Louisiana, United States.

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Family Time Line

Otis P. Meaux
1899–1998
Emilie Vincent
1903–1996
Marriage: 9 July 1921
SFC John Alvin Meaux
1927–1985
Annette Meaux
Sedonia Meaux
Joseph Otis Meaux
1931–1986
Paul Clifford Meaux
1933–2008
Rita Meaux
1935–1946

Sources (7)

  • Amelie Vincent in household of Euphemon Vincent, "United States Census, 1910"
  • Emelie V Meaux, "United States Social Security Death Index"
  • Emilite Vincent in entry for Rita Meaux, "Louisiana Deaths Index, 1850-1875, 1894-1959"

World Events (8)

1904

St. Louis, Missouri, United States hosts Summer Olympic Games.

1906 · Saving Food Labels

The first of many consumer protection laws which ban foreign and interstate traffic in mislabeled food and drugs. It requires that ingredients be placed on the label.

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

English, French, West Indian (mainly Haiti), and Spanish: from the personal name Vincent, Latin Vincentius, a derivative of vincens, genitive vincentis, present participle of vincere ‘to conquer’. The name was borne by a 3rd-century Spanish martyr widely venerated in the Middle Ages and by a 5th-century monk and writer of Lérins, as well as various other early Christian saints.

Irish: the English surname (see 1 above) has been established in the south of Ireland since the 17th century, and has also been adopted as an English equivalent of Gaelic Mac Dhuibhinse ‘son of the dark man of the island’.

History: The surname Vincent of French origin (see 1 above) is listed in the register of Huguenot ancestors recognized by the Huguenot Society of America and also in the similar register of the Huguenot Society of South Carolina.

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

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