Rita (Girouard) Rochon (1886 - 1953)

Born 1886 in Saint Martinville, St. Martin, Louisiana, United States

Ancestors

Wife of Albert Rochon — married 23 Jan 1905 in Youngsville, Lafayette, Louisiana, United States

Died 19 Jan 1953 at about age 67 in Saint Martinville, St. Martin, Louisiana, United States

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Biography

Rita (Girouard) Rochon is a part of US Black heritage.

Rita Girouard, daughter of Norbert Girouard and Marie Boudreau, was born about 1886 in St. Martin Parish, Louisiana. Her parents were married during the brief period after the Civil War when interracial marriage was legal.

She married Albert Rochon around 1905 and the couple had at least 6 children. ^[1] They lived most of their married life in southwest Louisiana. However, in 1930 they were living in Los Angeles, California. By 1940, she had returned with Albert to St. Martin Parish by 1940 to live our their final years.

She died in 1953.^[2]

Census

Residence (1910) Police Jury Ward 5, Lafayette, Louisiana

Marital Status Married

Albert Rochon 24

Rita Rochan 24

Harry Rochan 4

Matthew Rochan 2

Robert Rochan 0

Francis Bernard 20

Residence (1920) Police Jury Ward 1, St Martin, Louisiana

Marital Status Married

Albert Rochen 36

Rita Rochen 35

Harry Rochen 15

Mathews Rochen 12

Robert Rochen 10

Willmon Rochen 6

Sidney Rochen 3 9/12

Residence (1930) Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California

Marital Status Married

Albert Rochon 46

Rita Rochon 42

Harry Rochon 25

Mathew Rochon 21

Robert Rochon 18

Wilmer Rochon 16

Sidney Rochon 12

Residence (1940) Lafayette, Louisiana

Residence (1935) Same Place

Marital Status Married

Albert Rachon 52

Rita Rachon 50

Sources

1. ↑ Family tree maintained by RHatch 1900; https://www.ancestry.com/family-tree/person/tree/66195523/person/36227427569/facts
2. ↑ "Louisiana Deaths, 1850-1875, 1894-1960," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F3MW-NBP : 12 December 2014), Rita Girouard Rackon, 19 Jan 1953; citing St Martinville, St. Martin, Louisiana, certificate number 327, State Archives, Baton Rouge; FHL microfilm 1,573,928.

• "United States Census, 1910," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MPYQ-JVH : accessed 24 December 2021), Rita Rochan in household of Albert Rochan, Police Jury Ward 5, Lafayette, Louisiana, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 72, sheet 5A, family 85, NARA microfilm publication T624 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1982), roll 516; FHL microfilm 1,374,529.
• "United States Census, 1920", database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MVWQ-DHH : 1 February 2021), Rita Rochen in entry for Albert Rochen, 1920.
• "United States Census, 1930," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XCVN-GGD : accessed 24 December 2021), Rita Rochon in household of Albert Rochon, Los Angeles (Districts 0251-0500), Los Angeles, California, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 319, sheet 20A, line 42, family 412, NARA microfilm publication T626 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2002), roll 145; FHL microfilm 2,339,880.
• Year: 1940; Census Place: Lafayette, Louisiana; Roll: T627_1409; Page: 67B;