When Fred Prue was born on 9 December 1877, in Ontario, Canada, his father, Henry Prue, was 32 and his mother, Cordelia Veneulle, was 22. He married Jessie Blanche Baxter on 8 April 1903, in Athens Township, Leeds and Grenville, Ontario, Canada. He lived in Brockville, Leeds and Grenville, Ontario, Canada in 1901 and Augusta Township, Leeds and Grenville, Ontario, Canada in 1931. He died in 1952, at the age of 75, and was buried in Elizabethtown-Kitley Township, Leeds and Grenville, Ontario, Canada.
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English (Warwickshire): nickname from Middle English prou, preu(e), prue ‘brave, valiant, proud’ (Old French pro, pr(o)u, preu). Compare Prowse .
Americanized form of French Prou (see Proulx ).
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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