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Rousse Family Crest
Rousse Family Crest
Rousse

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Where did the French Rousse family come from? What is the French Rousse family crest and coat of arms? When did the Rousse family first arrive in the United States? Where did the various branches of the family go? What is the Rousse family history?

It is thought that Rousse is a surname that was taken on from a nickname for a person with a rosy complexion.

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History has changed the spelling of most surnames. During the early development of the French language in the Middle Ages, a person gave his version of his name, phonetically, to a scribe, a priest, or a recorder. Some variables were adopted by different branches of the family name. Hence, there spelling variations of the name Rousse, some of which include Larose, Laroses, Larause, La Rose, La Rause, Rosse, De Rose, De Rosse and many more.

First found in Limousin, where this illustrious family has held a family seat since ancient times.


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This web page shows only a small excerpt of our Rousse research. Another 141 words(10 lines of text) covering the years 1257 and 1789 are included under the topic Early Rousse History in all our PDF Extended History products.

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In 1643, 109 years after the first landings by Cartier, there were only about 300 people in Quebec. Migration was slow. The fur trade attracted migrants, both noble and commoner. By 1675, there were 7000 French in Quebec. By the same year the French Acadian presence in the Maritimes had reached 500. The French founded Lower Canada, thus becoming one of the two great founding nations of Canada. The family name Rousse has made many distinguished contributions in France and New France to the world of science, culture, religion, and education. Amongst the settlers in North America with this distinguished name Rousse were Philip Larose, aged 45; who settled in Louisiana with his wife, Claudine, in 1719.

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The Rousse Family Crest was acquired from the Houseofnames.com archives. The Rousse Family Crest was drawn according to heraldic standards based on published blazons. We generally include the oldest published family crest once associated with each surname.

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