Life History

Notes

• The Derrusseaux familyname is found spelled several ways in early records.  Among those we find Derousseaux, Deruisseaux, Derrisseau.
  
  Arkansas Marriages to 1850
  Lewis Derrusseaux
  Spouse Name Elizabeth L Pertuis
  Marriage 22 May 1850 Arkansas County
  
  More complete information occurs in a transcription of the original record found in a discussion on this famly, courtesy of researcher Delore Lay.
  
  "Pertuis, Elizabeth L., age 24, of Arkansas County, to Lewis Derrusseaux, age 30, of St. Louis, Mo. Married on 22 May 1850. Married by William Maxwell, Justice of the Peace. Recorded Marriage Record Book B, Arkansas County, AR (1839-1859), page 46."
  --  Delore Lay, RootsWeb, http://archiver.rootsweb.ancestry.com/th/read/ARARKANS/2001-01/0979281607
  
  1850 Federal Census, Arkansas County, Arkansas, 11 October, Arkansas Township, p 4A, Hse/Fam #59
  Mary Pertuis 55 F   Born Unknown [born abt 1795]
  Peter Pertuis 22 M Farmer $2700 Real Estate b Arkansas [born abt 1828]
  John Pertuis 16 M Student b Arkansas [born abt 1834]
  Anastasia Pertuis 8 F b Arkansas [born abt 1842]
  F K Derrisseau 26 M Farmer $120 Real Estate b Arkansas [born abt 1824]
  - page 4B -
  Elizabeth Derrisseau [dau of Mary] 20 F b Arkansas [born abt 1842]
  Eugenie Dumas 3 F b Arkansas [born abt 1842]
  Joseph Derrisseau 41 M No Occup b Arkansas [born abt 1842]
  
  Before 1952, Louis and Elizabeth moved north to Missouri, and were enumerated in the 1860 census in St Louis County.
  
  1860 Federal Census, St Loiuis County, Missouri, 3 August, St Ferdinand Township, P O Florissant, page 119 (Scan 1149), Hse #769, Fam #754
  L Desruisseaeux 40 M Farmer $25,000 Real Estate $10,000 Personal born Ark
  Elizabeth Desruisseaeux 34 F born Ark
  Emanuel Desruisseaeux 8 M born Missouri
  Emma Desruisseaeux 7 F born Missouri
  Anna Desruisseaeux 4 F born Missouri
  Victoria Desruisseaeux 2 M Farm Missouri
  Clay Harris 20 M Farm Hand b Tenn
  
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  Louis Desruisseaux
  Birth Oct. 19, 1819 Arkansas
  Death Oct. 10, 1887 Fayette County, Illinois
  
  Parents:
  Jean Baptiste Desruisseaux 1765 - 1825
  Mary Louise Bogy 1788 - 1852
  
  Siblings:6
  Clemence Desruisseaux 1807 - 1857
  Audille Catherine Desruisseaux 1808 - 1876
  Mathilda Desruisseaux 1809 -
  Jean Baptiste Desruisseaux 1812 - 1895
  Mary Desruisseaux1817 - 1891
  Ignace Desruisseaux1818 - 1851
  Paul Hypolite Desruisseaux1821 - 1871
  
  Children:
  Emanuel P Desruisseaux 1851 -
  Marie Emile Desruisseaux 1853 - 1939
  Anastasia Desruisseaux 1856 - 1939
  Victoria L Desruisseaux 1858 - 1934
  James Lucas Desruisseaux 1861 - 1929
  Louis Desruisseaux 1865 - 1946 (Grave has 1862 - 1946)
  
  Burial Magassi Cemetery, Fayette County, Illinois
  
  Maintained by Anna Schultz, Originally Created by ruth cook Mar 24, 2010
  --  Find A Grave Memorial #50158310, http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=50158310
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Sources

• 1. 1850 Federal Census, Arkansas County, Arkansas
  • 11 October, Arkansas Township, p 4A-B, Hse/Fam #59
• 2. RootsWeb Email Archives
• 3. 1860 Federal Census, St Loiuis County, Missouri
  • 3 August, St Ferdinand Township, P O Florissant, page 119 (Scan 1149), Hse #769, Fam #754
• 4. Find a Grave Memorial Registry
• 5. Arkansas Marriages to 1850