Rousseau Hayner Flower1,2,3

Family Chart
ID# 14284, (1913 - 1988)
FatherFranklin Rousseau Flower4,5,6 (23 Feb 1884 - 22 Aug 1940)
MotherEthna M. Hayner7,8,6 (abt 1880 - 10 Nov 1944)

Key Events:

Birth: 21 Mar 1913, Brunswick, Rensselaer Co., New York9,10,11
Marriage: 30 Jul 1951, Bernalillo Co., New Mexico, Margaret Louise Fenker (2 Feb 1916 - 3 Mar 2000)12,13
Death: 27 Feb 1988, New Mexico14,15,16
ChartsDescendants of Hermann Hinrich Fennker
Descendants of Jobst Wilhelm Wiemann

Copyright Notice

Narrative:

     Rousseau Hayner Flower was born on 21 Mar 1913 in Brunswick, Rensselaer Co., New York.9,10,11
     He appeared on the 1915 State Census of Brunswick, Rensselaer Co., New York, in the household of his parents, Franklin Rousseau Flower and Ethna M. Hayner.4 He appeared on the 1920 Federal Census of Brunswick, Rensselaer Co., New York, in the household of his parents.5
     He appeared on the 1925 State Census of Snyder and Haryner Rd., Brunswick, Rensselaer Co., New York, in the household of his parents.17 He appeared on the 1930 Federal Census of Brunswick Twp., Rensselaer Co., New York, in the household of his parents.18
     Rousseau graduated from University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, Ohio, on 9 Jun 1939 with a Ph.D. degree.19,20,21
     He appeared on the 1940 Federal Census of Brunswick, Rensselaer Co., New York, in the household of his parents, and had lived in the same house in 1935. But both he and his brother Donald are marked as absent, as if they were temporarily elsewhere.22
     Rousseau registered for the draft for World War II on 16 Oct 1940, while reporting his home as Troy, Rensselaer Co., New York, and that he was employed by University of Cincinnati, in Cincinnati, Ohio. He actually registered in Cincinnati, but gave his New York address as his permanent home.3
     He was curator of the University of Cincinnati museum by 1942, when he was quoted in the press in an article about a mastodon tusk given the museum by 1942.23
     Rousseau returned to New York by 1945, when he was using aircraft to conduct research as assistant state paleontologist for the state of New York.24 He was a paleontologist at a museum by 1950.25
     Rousseau appeared on the 1950 Federal Census of Troy, Rensselaer Co., New York, at 11 Eaton Rd., enumerated 5 Apr 1950, as a lodger in the home of Charles J. Guenther and his wife.26
     Rousseau moved to Socorro, New Mexico, in 1951 to become a stratigraphic geologist at the State Bureau of Mines and Mineral Resources. He worked there as a paleontologist until he retired in 1978, but continued paleontological research until his death. He was an expert on cephalopods, extinct marine invertebrates related to squid and octopus, and on early Paleozoic rocks which produce oil an gas.27,28
     Rousseau married second Margaret Louise Fenker, daughter of Clement Meade Fenker and Margaret Viola Thompson, on 30 Jul 1951 in Bernalillo Co., New Mexico.12,13
     Rousseau died on 27 Feb 1988 in New Mexico at age 74.14,15,16

Children:
     There were no children with Margaret Louise Fenker

Citations

  1. [S13338] Frank R. Flower household, 1915 New York State Census, Rensselaer Co., New York, Brunswick, shows name as Rousseau H. Flower.
  2. [S13336] Frank R. Flower household, 1920 U.S. Census, Rensselaer Co., New York, shows name as Russeau H. Flower.
  3. [S13341] Rousseon Hayner Flower, WWII Draft Registration Cards for New York State, 10/16/1940 - 03/31/1947.
  4. [S13338] Frank R. Flower household, 1915 New York State Census, Rensselaer Co., New York, Brunswick.
  5. [S13336] Frank R. Flower household, 1920 U.S. Census, Rensselaer Co., New York.
  6. [S1500] "U.S., Social Security Applications and Claims Index, 1936-2007," Ancestry.com, record for Rousseau Hayner Flower, Soc. Sec. No. 525-88-0071.
  7. [S13338] Frank R. Flower household, 1915 New York State Census, Rensselaer Co., New York, Brunswick, shows him as the son of her husband.
  8. [S13336] Frank R. Flower household, 1920 U.S. Census, Rensselaer Co., New York, shows him as the son of her husband.
  9. [S13338] Frank R. Flower household, 1915 New York State Census, Rensselaer Co., New York, Brunswick, shows age 2 and country.
  10. [S13341] Rousseon Hayner Flower, WWII Draft Registration Cards for New York State, 10/16/1940 - 03/31/1947, shows date, city, as Brunswick, county, and state.
  11. [S1500] "U.S., Social Security Applications and Claims Index, 1936-2007," Ancestry.com, record for Rousseau Hayner Flower, Soc. Sec. No. 525-88-0071, shows date, city, as Center Bruns, and state.
  12. [S10454] "Bernalillo County, New Mexico, U.S., Marriage Index, 1888-2017," Ancestry.com, record for Rousseaw H. Flowers and Margaret F. Cox, shows date, county and state.
  13. [S465] Fenker letter to Marion Fenker, Sep 2002, shows as her second marriage.
  14. [S13347] Flower, Rousseau H, The RecordRousseau H, 22 Mar 1988, shows date and state.
  15. [S130] "Social Security Death Index," Rootsweb.com, record for Rousseau H Flower, Soc. Sec. No. 525-88-0071, shows date and list residence as 87801 (Socorro, Socorro, NM).
  16. [S1500] "U.S., Social Security Applications and Claims Index, 1936-2007," Ancestry.com, record for Rousseau Hayner Flower, Soc. Sec. No. 525-88-0071, shows date.
  17. [S13339] Franklin R. Flower household, 1925 New York State Census, Rensselaer Co., New York, Brunswick.
  18. [S13337] Franklin R. Flower household, 1930 U.S. Census, Rensselaer Co., New York.
  19. [S13343] "Graduates Given Degrees," The Cincinnati Enquirer, 10 Jun 1939, shows degrees issued yesterday at University of Cincinniti.
  20. [S13340] Franklin R. Flower household, 1940 U.S. Census, Rensselaer Co., New York, shows completed 4 years of college.
  21. [S13342] Charles J. Guenther household, 1950 U.S. Census, Rensselaer Co., New York, shows completed 5 years of college.
  22. [S13340] Franklin R. Flower household, 1940 U.S. Census, Rensselaer Co., New York.
  23. [S13344] "Mastadon Tusk Is Given to University Museum," The Cincinnati Enquirer, 20 Sep 1942.
  24. [S13345] "Plane Maps Limestone Belt East of Fort Ann," The Post-Star, 29 Nov 1945.
  25. [S13342] Charles J. Guenther household, 1950 U.S. Census, Rensselaer Co., New York, shows occupation as paleontologist and industry as museum.
  26. [S13342] Charles J. Guenther household, 1950 U.S. Census, Rensselaer Co., New York.
  27. [S13347] Flower, Rousseau H, The RecordRousseau H, 22 Mar 1988.
  28. [S13346] "Austrialian Joins NMIMT Faculty," The Deming Headlight, 26 Sep 1952.