Background
Rouquette, Francois Dominique was born on January 2, 1810 in Bayou Lacombe, New Orleans. Son of Dominique and Louise (Cousin) Rouquette.
Rouquette, Francois Dominique was born on January 2, 1810 in Bayou Lacombe, New Orleans. Son of Dominique and Louise (Cousin) Rouquette.
Graduate Royal College of Nantes, Brittany, France, 1828.
Opened boys school, New Orleans, operated until 1849. Opened another school, Fort Smith, Arkansas, failed opened school, Bonfouca, Louisiana, 1852. Author (volunteer of poems) Meschaeebeenes, Paris, France, (an immediate success) 1839.
Flerus d’Amerique, 1856.
Translator The Arkansas (J.B. Bossu), (his only work in English), 1850. Contributor poems and articles to L’Abeille, also Le Propagatuer Catholique.
Married Laura Verret, 1846, 2 children.