When Agnes Derouen was born on 1 July 1909, in Police Jury Ward 7 Petite Anse, Iberia, Louisiana, United States, her father, Eugene Gustave DeRouen, was 48 and her mother, Odelia Broussard, was 45. She married John Mervin Marsh in February 1926, in Weeks, Iberia, Louisiana, United States. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 1 daughter. She lived in Ward Two, Vermilion, Louisiana, United States in 1920 and Police Jury Ward 1 Patoutville, Iberia, Louisiana, United States for about 5 years. She died on 4 July 1980, in Galveston, Galveston, Texas, United States, at the age of 71, and was buried in Calvary, Wood, Texas, United States.
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Some characteristic forenames: French Anatole, Marcel, Minos, Ulysse, Alphonse, Autrey, Collette, Germaine, Leonie, Mechelle.
Altered form of French Drouin , changed by folk etymology as if it meant ‘from Rouen’ (see 2 below).
In some cases possibly also French: habitational name, with fused preposition de ‘from’, for someone from Rouen.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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