Ancestry of
Beyoncé

Singer and Movie Actress

Agnès DeRouen

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• • Grandmother of Beyoncé — 3rd Generation
  • Ahnentafel No:
  • 7 
  • Father:
  • Eugène-Gustave DeRouen 
  • Mother:
  • Odelia Broussard   
  • Birth Date:
  • 1 Jul 1909 
  • Birth Location:
  • Louisiana 
  • Christening Date:
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  • Christening Location:
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  • Death Date:
  • 4 Jul 1980 
  • Death Location:
  • Galveston, Galveston Co., Texas 
  • Burial Date:
  • 8 Jul 1980 
  • Burial Location:
  • Calvary Cemetery, Galveston, Galveston Co., Texas 
  • Spouse Name:
  • Lumis Albert Buyince
  • Marriage Date:
  • BEF 1940 
  • Marriage Location:
  •  
  • Child:

  Celestine Ann "Tina" Beyonce (Ahnentafel No:3 )

  • Notes: 

  • Agnès DeRouen's given name is also seen as Agnez.

• Additional marriages for Agnès DeRouen

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  • Spouse:
  • Mervin Marsh
  • Marriage Date:
  • ABT 1926

• Sources for Agnès DeRouen

  • ¹ Federal Census, LA, Iberia Parish, 1940, Ward 1, E.D. 23-1, Sheet 10B, Image 20 of 62.
  • ² Federal Census, LA, Iberia Parish, 1910, Petite Anse Canal, E.D. 21, Sheet 6B, Image 12 of 24.
  • ³ Federal Census, TX, Galveston County, 1930, Galveston, E.D. 17, Sheet 4B, Image 8 of 47.
  • ⁴ Federal Census, LA, Vermilion Parish, 1920, Precinct 1, Jury Ward 2, E.D. 104, Sheet 9A, Image 17 of 22.
  • ⁵ Gravestone image at FindAGrave.com, (accessed 05/06/2014).
  • ⁶ Texas, U.S., Birth Certificates, 1903-1932, Birth certificate for son Mervin Raymond Marsh.
  • ⁷ Texas, U.S., Birth Index, 1903-1997, Birth record for daughter Celestine Ann Beyonce.
  • ⁸ Texas, U.S., Death Certificates, 1903-1982, Death certificate for Agnes Derouen Buyince.
  • ⁹ The Advocate (Baton Rouge, Louisiana), 06 FEB 2013, p. 13.
  • ¹⁰ The Daily News (Galveston County, Texas), 02 FEB 2012, Obituary for John Mervin "Slack" Marsh Jr.
  • ¹¹ Arenofsky, Janice, Beyoncé Knowles: A Biography, Westport, Connecticut: Greenwood Press (2009), 2.
  • ¹² Noël, Jacques, La Diaspora Québécoise, Québec, Canada: Les Éditions GID (2016), 139, 141, 143.
  • ¹³ Roberts, Gary Boyd, The Royal Descents of 900 Immigrants to the American Colonies, Quebec, or the United States (2 vols.), Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Company (2018), 990.
  • ¹⁴ Wikipedia, "Tina Knowles", (accessed 05/06/2014).

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