Rouillard Family papers

George Frederic Rouillard, a minister, and Ellen Maria “Minnie” Gooch were married November 17, 1897 in Cambridge, Massachusetts. George Frederic was the son of George and Clara (Dunnells) Rouillard and Ellen Maria was the daughter of Nathan G. and Ellen Coolidge (Dana) Gooch.

Robert “Bob” Gooch Rouillard, born May 17, 1899 in Kennebunk, Maine, was the first son of George Frederic and Ellen Marie Rouillard. He attended Bowdoin from 1918-1919, leaving to be a commercial radio operator on sea-going voyages to Europe and South America. In 1929 he left the sea, became a security officer, and married Sarah “Saddie” Cowan, who died in Massachusetts.

Robert Gooch Rouillard’s brother, Clarence Dana Rouillard, was born in Bath, Maine, on July 7, 1904. He prepared for college at Stratford High School (New Hampshire), Topsham High School (Maine), and Brunswick High School (Maine), graduating “magna cum laude” from Bowdoin College in 1924. Clarence Dana Rouillard did graduate work at Harvard, from which he received an M.A. in 1925 and a Ph.D. in 1936. After teaching French at Harvard (1925-1927) and at Amherst College (1927-1937), he joined the faculty of the University of Toronto, Ontario, Canada, where he remained until his retirement in 1972. Clarence Dana Rouillard authored or edited a number of publications and received various honors, including an honorary Doctor of Letters from Bowdoin in 1964. He was married in 1928 to Harriet Page Lane, who died in 1987. Clarence Dana Rouillard died August 7, 1991 in Canada, survived by his second wife, Kay Riddell Rouillard, whom he married in 1987 in Toronto, a stepdaughter, Susan Riddell Stylianos, and a stepson, John Riddell.