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Marie (Retif) Rousseau (abt. 1644 - 1682)

Marie Rousseau formerly Retif aka Rossar, Retief
Born about in Mer of Menars-la-Ville Frankrykmap
Daughter of [father unknown] and [mother unknown]
[sibling(s) unknown]
Wife of — married 1665 in , , , Francemap
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Died at about age 38 in de Caep de Goede Hoopmap
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Table Bay, South Africa (1762)
Marie (Retif) Rousseau was part of the settlement of the Dutch Cape Colony.
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Biography

Daniel Rousseau was a Huguenot.
She found refuge in the Dutch Cape Colony.

Marie Retif was born about 1644. Place: France, she died in 1682

"Those with vineyards included Daniel Rousseau and Marie Retif at Suevres, perhaps the parents of Pierre, who was born about the year 1666. Marie Retif died in 1682. It is worthy of note that Philippe Foucher stood godfather to Marthe, daughter of Daniel Rousseau and his wife, in July 1671. [1]

Sources

  1. Cape Settlers Chapter 5, p.117, https://uir.unisa.ac.za/bitstream/handle/10500/19477/Boucher__M__086981222X__Section4.pdf?sequence=6&isAllowed=y




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posted by Louis Heyman
Hi, could one of the active managers also add the project profile [email address removed] to the trusted list of this profile [Privacy Tab] and then also activate it as active manager to this profile, please? And send me a notice, thanks! (we are having this profile Project Profile Protected) until such time that the LNAB and other facts can be validated with more valid sources. Philip (project research coordinator)
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