The
Roux gun
manufacturers
History and genealogy
Jacques François Roux ° 20/08/1793 in Geneva
† 27/05/1876 in Liège
mentioned
as "arms dealer" on a certificate from the police of Liège dated 12/03/1839
husband of Marie Hélène Spirlet
° 29/06/1798 in Cornesse (Pépinster)
† 28/06/1875 in Liège
The
couple has 9 children, including:
Edouard Jacques Joseph Roux ° 10/10/1835 in Liège
†
02 or 03/1902 in Liège
"Manufacturer of weapons" on postcard of Congo dated 26/10/1899.
"Guns
manufacturer"
on a postcard of 19/01/1901 of a Russian officer asking for a "fair price" for a
rocking pistol "with and without hammer".
He evokes
an invention: the "Fermeture Roux" (Roux closure).
Letter
and envelope dated 18/03/1902 from a Brazilian buyer: Eduardo Martins & Edmundo
"complete assortment of weapons and hunting supplies".
Alexandre
Jacques Joseph Roux
°
23/07/1839 in Liège
† 18/05/1927 in Liège
"Ancien
fabricant d’armes" (Former arms manufacturer) on mortuary announcement of
18/05/1927.
A
daughter of the couple, Joséphine Hélène Hubertine Roux, married my
great-grandfather, Albert Carl Otto Beuthe, on 18/11/1865. He was hired by the
S.A. of St Léonard, faubourg St Léonard in Liège, in September 1854, on the
recommendation of his future father-in-law.
Etienne Beuthe