Rous Family History
Rous Name Meaning
Americanized spelling of German Raus.French: old southern form of Roux, also found in Germany as a Huguenot name.
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Name Distribution of Rous Families
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United States
England & Wales
Scotland
Number of Rous families
 12 - 22  5 - 11 |
 1 - 4  |
from the 1920 US Federal Census Data
Number of Rous families
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43 - 84 15 - 42 |
1 - 14 |
from the 1891 England and Wales Census Data
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from the 1891 Scotland Census Data
Rous census records
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Rous Family Origin
Rous Immigration Information
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from the New York Passenger Lists
Average Life Expectancy for Rous
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from the Social Security Death Index (SSDI)
Rous Family Occupations
from 1880 Federal Census Data
Rous census records
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Rous Civil War Service Records
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