Magdalena Rousseau
1695 – 1780
Names
- Given
- Magdalena
- Surname
- Rousseau
The formal baptismal name and the name a person was actually called are both kept, and neither is derived from the other. Spelling drift between records is evidence, not noise.
Immediate family
- Children
- Martha du Plessis
A life in the record
- 1695 born Born
- 1780 died Died
What we don't know
- Neither parent is recorded, so this person is not attached to the tree above them.
- No dated record ties this person to a specific piece of ground.
A sourced gap beats an unsourced fill. These are the open questions on this person, stated rather than papered over.
Research notes
Mother of Martha du PlessisH (PER-000750). The chart gives her parents as PIERRE ROUSSEAU (1666-1719) and ANNE RETIF (1667-1710); neither is given a row here, under the 9a bound on the head of a trail.
[FS] Added 23 Aug 2026 from a FamilySearch fan chart of Jan Louis VenterL supplied by Frans. Thin record; no place imported.
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