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Rouse History Etymology Early Origins Early History Spelling Variations Early Notables Ranking

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Rouse History, Family Crest & Coats of Arms

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Etymology of Rouse

What does the name Rouse mean?

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

Early Origins of the Rouse family

The surname Rouse was first found in Limousin, where this illustrious family has held a family seat since ancient times.

Throughout the centuries, the family branched, prospered, and expanded to various provinces. Many members participated in the events of the times and were honored with lands, titles and letters patent confirming their nobility. As well, the Larose's formed several alliances with other noble families and in this way, titles and lands were exchanged according to the contracts. Distinctive members of this ancient family attended the Assembly of Notables at Bordeaux in 1789.

Blaise Larose, born in 1650, son of François and Marguerite (née Crevier), settled in New France in the 17th century. After his arrival in Quebec he married Hélène Cailly, born in 1656, daughter of Pierre and Marie (née Sosse), on 25th September 1673. 1

Early History of the Rouse family

This web page shows only a small excerpt of our Rouse research. Another 30 words (2 lines of text) covering the years 1257, 1611 and 1701 are included under the topic Early Rouse History in all our PDF Extended History products and printed products wherever possible.

Rouse Spelling Variations

Throughout the course of history most surnames have undergone changes for many reasons. During the early development of the French language, a son and father may not have chosen to spell their name the same way. Many are simple spelling changes by a person who gave his name, phonetically, to a scribe, priest, or recorder. Many names held prefixes or suffixes which became optional as they passed through the centuries, or were adopted by different branches to signify either a political or religious adherence. Hence, we have many spelling variations of this name, Rouse some of which are Larose, Laroses, Larause, La Rose, La Rause, Rosse, De Rose, De Rosse and many more.

Early Notables of the Rouse family

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Rouse Ranking

In the United States, the name Rouse is the 1,002^nd most popular surname with an estimated 29,844 people with that name. 2 However, in New Zealand, the name Rouse is ranked the 990^th most popular surname with an estimated 760 people with that name. 3

Rouse migration to the United States +

Migration from France to New France or Quebec as it was now more popularly called, continued from France until it fell in 1759. By 1675, there were 7000 French in Quebec. By the same year the Acadian presence in Nova Scotia, New Brunswick and Prince Edward Island had reached 500. In the treaty of Utrecht, the Acadians were ceded by France to Britain in 1713. In 1755, 10,000 French Acadians refused to take an oath of allegiance to England and were deported. They found refuge in Louisiana. In 1793, the remaining French in these provinces came under British rule. Meanwhile, in Quebec, the French race flourished, founding in Lower Canada, one of the two great solitudes which became Canada. Many of this distinguished family name Rouse were prominent in social, cultural, religious and political affairs in France and New France. Amongst the settlers in North America with this distinguished name Rouse were

Rouse Settlers in United States in the 17th Century

Thomas Rouse, who settled in Virginia in 1638
Faithful Rouse, who arrived in Massachusetts in 1644 4
Walter Rouse, who landed in Virginia in 1652 4
William Rouse, who arrived in Virginia in 1653 4
James Rouse, who arrived in Virginia in 1653 4
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Rouse Settlers in United States in the 18th Century

Margaret Rouse, who arrived in Virginia in 1706 4
Henry Rouse, who landed in Virginia in 1716 4
Jacob Rouse, who arrived in Pennsylvania in 1732 4
Clara Rouse, who landed in Pennsylvania in 1732 4
Edward Rouse, who landed in Virginia in 1735 4
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Rouse Settlers in United States in the 19th Century

Philip Rouse, who landed in New York in 1831 4

Rouse migration to Canada +

Some of the first settlers of this family name were:

Rouse Settlers in Canada in the 18th Century

Joseph Rouse, who arrived in Nova Scotia in 1750
Mr. David Rouse U.E. who settled in Saint John, New Brunswick c. 1784 5
Mr. George Rouse U.E. who settled in Canada c. 1784 5

Rouse migration to Australia +

Emigration to Australia followed the First Fleets of convicts, tradespeople and early settlers. Early immigrants include:

Rouse Settlers in Australia in the 19th Century

Edward Rouse, English convict from Middlesex, who was transported aboard the "Ann" on August 1809, settling in New South Wales, Australia 6
Charles Rouse, who arrived in Adelaide, Australia aboard the ship "Platina" in 1839 7
Mr. George Rouse, English convict who was convicted in Lincolnshire (Kesteven), England for life, transported aboard the "Duncan" on 10th December 1840, arriving in Tasmania (Van Diemen's Land) 8
Mr. Michael Rouse, (b. 1821), aged 23, Irish farm labourer who was convicted in Sligo, Ireland for 7 years for assault, transported aboard the "Cadet" on 9th April 1844, arriving in Tasmania (Van Diemen's Land), he died in 1847 9
Miss Catherine Rouse, English convict who was convicted in Newcastle-under-Lyme, Staffordshire, England for 10 years, transported aboard the "Elizabeth and Henry" on 14th September 1846, arriving in Tasmania (Van Diemen's Land) 10
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Rouse migration to New Zealand +

Emigration to New Zealand followed in the footsteps of the European explorers, such as Captain Cook (1769-70): first came sealers, whalers, missionaries, and traders. By 1838, the British New Zealand Company had begun buying land from the Maori tribes, and selling it to settlers, and, after the Treaty of Waitangi in 1840, many British families set out on the arduous six month journey from Britain to Aotearoa to start a new life. Early immigrants include:

Rouse Settlers in New Zealand in the 19th Century

Rev. William Rouse, British settler travelling from Gravesend aboard the ship "Kingston" arriving in Auckland, New Zealand on 29th December 1858 11
Mr. John Rouse, (b. 1824), aged 33, British labourer travelling from London aboard the ship "Roehampton" arriving in Lyttlelton, Christchurch, South Island, New Zealand on 7th March 1858 12
Mrs. Ann Rouse, (b. 1828), aged 29, British settler travelling from London aboard the ship "Roehampton" arriving in Lyttlelton, Christchurch, South Island, New Zealand on 7th March 1858 12
Ms. Rouse, British settler travelling from London, UK aboard the ship "Bahia" arriving in Lyttelton, South Island, New Zealand on 7th December 1863 11
Miss Eliza Rouse, (b. 1843), aged 22, British miliner travelling from London aboard the ship 'Mermaid' arriving in Lyttelton, Christchurch, South Island, New Zealand on 1st January 1866 11
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Rouse migration to West Indies +

The British first settled the British West Indies around 1604. They made many attempts but failed in some to establish settlements on the Islands including Saint Lucia and Grenada. By 1627 they had managed to establish settlements on St. Kitts (St. Christopher) and Barbados, but by 1641 the Spanish had moved in and destroyed some of these including those at Providence Island. The British continued to expand the settlements including setting the First Federation in the British West Indies by 1674; some of the islands include Barbados, Bermuda, Cayman Island, Turks and Caicos, Jamaica and Belize then known as British Honduras. By the 1960's many of the islands became independent after the West Indies Federation which existed from 1958 to 1962 failed due to internal political conflicts. After this a number of Eastern Caribbean islands formed a free association. 13

Rouse Settlers in West Indies in the 18th Century

Peter Rouse, who arrived in Jamaica in 1749 4

Contemporary Notables of the name Rouse (post 1700) +

James Wilson Rouse (1914-1996), American activist and philanthropist and recipient of the Presidential Medal of Freedom
Cecilia Elena Rouse (b. 1963), American economist and dean of the Princeton School of Public and International Affairs at Princeton University, Chair of the Council of Economic Advisers Nominee
Curtis Lamar Rouse (1960-2013), American NFL football player
Jeffrey Norman "Jeff" Rouse (b. 1970), American Olympic Gold Medalist and former World Record swimmer
Russell Rouse (1913-1987), Academy Award-winning American screenwriter, director, and producer
Mikel Rouse (b. 1957), American composer
Josh Rouse (b. 1972), American singer-songwriter
Irving Rouse, American anthropologist
Christopher Russell Rouse (b. 1958), Academy Award-winning American film editor
Christopher Rouse (b. 1949), American composer
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Historic Events for the Rouse family +

HMS Royal Oak

Peter Rouse (1923-1939), British Boy 1st Class with the Royal Navy aboard the HMS Royal Oak (1939) when she was torpedoed by U-47 and sunk; he died in the sinking 14

Prince of Wales colliery

Mr. John Rouse (b. 1836), Welsh coal miner who was working at the Prince of Wales colliery in Abercarn, Wales on the 11th September 1878 when there was a coal mine explosion; he died 15

RMS Titanic

Mr. Richard Henry Rouse (d. 1912), aged 50, English Third Class passenger from Sittingbourne, Kent who sailed aboard the RMS Titanic and died in the sinking 16

Citations +

Olivier, Reginald L. Your Ancient Canadian Family Ties. Logan: The Everton Publishers, Inc., P.O. Box 368, 1972. Print
"What are the 5,000 Most Common Last Names in the U.S.?". NameCensus.com, https://namecensus.com/last-names/
"Most Common Last Names in New Zealand." Forebears, https://forebears.io/new-zealand/surnames
Filby, P. William, Meyer, Mary K., Passenger and immigration lists index : a guide to published arrival records of about 500,000 passengers who came to the United States and Canada in the seventeenth, eighteenth, and nineteenth centuries. 1982-1985 Cumulated Supplements in Four Volumes Detroit, Mich. : Gale Research Co., 1985, Print (ISBN 0-8103-1795-8)
Rubincam, Milton. The Old United Empire Loyalists List. Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc, 1976. (Originally published as; United Empire Loyalists. The Centennial of the Settlement of Upper Canada. Rose Publishing Company, 1885.) ISBN 0-8063-0331-X
State Library of Queensland. (Retrieved 2016, October 27) Ann voyage to New South Wales, Australia in 1809 with 200 passengers. Retrieved from http://www.convictrecords.com.au/ships/ann/1809
State Records of South Australia. (Retrieved 2010, November 5) PLATINA 1839. Retrieved from http://www.slsa.sa.gov.au/BSA/1839Platina.htm
Convict Records Voyages to Australia (Retrieved 11th August 2021). Retrieved from https://convictrecords.com.au/ships/duncan
Convict Records Voyages to Australia (Retrieved 17th November 2020). Retrieved from https://convictrecords.com.au/ships/cadet/
Convict Records Voyages to Australia (Retrieved 13th March 2022). Retrieved from https://convictrecords.com.au/ships/elizabeth-and-henry
New Zealand Yesteryears Passenger Lists 1800 to 1900 (Retrieved 17th October 2018). Retrieved from http://www.yesteryears.co.nz/shipping/passlist.html
New Zealand Yesteryears Passenger Lists 1800 to 1900 (Retrieved 26th March 2019). Retrieved from http://www.yesteryears.co.nz/shipping/passlist.html
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/British_West_Indies
Ships hit by U-boats crew list HMS Royal Oak (08) - (Retrieved 2018 February, 9th) - retrieved from https://uboat.net/allies/merchants/crews/ship68.html
Entombed in flood and flame (retrieved 3rd August 2021). Retrieved from https://web.archive.org/web/20120603025705/http://www.crosskeys.me.uk/history/prince.htm
Titanic Passenger List - Titanic Facts. (Retrieved 2016, July 13) . Retrieved from http://www.titanicfacts.net/titanic-passenger-list.html