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The Official Website of the Surname French
marafrench@mindspring.com. This page updated Friday, March 2, 2012
Our French Family
           
1.
Samuel Gibbs French,
was born 22 Nov 1818, and an officer in the U.S. Army, wealthy plantation
owner, author, and a major general iin the Confederate Army during the
American Civil War.
2.
Sarah French, Fox 61
News Team and anchor/reporter. She competed in the Miss Teen USA and Miss
America pageants, winning Miss Arkansas Teen USA in 2003.
3.
William
French, Dartmouth National scholarship winner, 2008, of Plymouth,
Minnesota, majoring in Asian and Middle Eastern languages.
4.
Nora
May French, born in 1881, was a talented, free-spirited poet caught
between the suffocating strictures of the Victorian era and insecurities and
confusions of the evolving modern age.
5.
John B.
French, born in 1857, died in 1931, FFA Chart #14,
was a politician, activist, singer, and business owner. He was the first
African American to be appointed to the Industrial Commission of Illinois.
The appointment came from Governor Len Small in 1922.
6.
Judge
Richard French, b. 23 Jun 1792, d. 1 May 1854, FFA Chart #14,
US Congressman. Elected to represent Kentucky's 9th and 11th Districts in the
United States House of representatives, serving from 1835-1847, 1843-1845 and
1847-1849. Also served as a member of the Kentucky State Legislature.
7.
Robert
Bruce French, a native Kentuckian, received his Bachelor of Music degree
in organ from the University of Louisville. He then attended the George
Peabody College for Teachers of Vanderbilt University where he studied
composition under the American composer, Roy Harris and received his Master
of Music degree in 1951. In 1954 he co-founded the Louisville Academy of
Music. French also co-founded the Louisville Youth Orchestra in 1958 and
served as its manager until 1960. His highest honor came in 1999 when he was
presented the Milner Award for "Highest Contribution to the Arts"
by the Governor of Kentucky. He was b. 1924, the son of Robert D. French (b.
1892 in KY) and Thelma French (b. 1899). They now live in Louisville,
Jefferson Co., KY. Robert D. FrenchÕs father was Robert A. French, b. 1864 in
Big Spring, Meade Co., KY, m. Mattie L. b. 1866 in KY. His father was Austin
French, b. 1817 and Martha French, b. 1828. Most likely FFA
Chart #137.
8.
Michael French,
British actor who played wide boy David Wicks on the BBC drama ÒEastEndersÓ
in the early 1990s. He was born on 17 Sep 1962 in East London, England.
9.
James
C. French, b. ca. 1828 in Maine, invented an improvement in vault lights
in 1871 at the age of about 43 in Chicago and New York, where the witness was
R. R. French (his son Richard R. French, b. 1852). Thus started the J. C.
& Sons Company.
10.Rosella French
Porterfield of Elsmere, KY, granddaughter of a slave, was in the Hall of
Fame in 2007.
11.Mara French,
Originator of the French Family Association Website. Chart #6.
12.Field
Marshal John Denton Pinkstone French, 1st Earl of Ypres, KP, GCB, OM,
GCVO, KCMG, PC (28 Sep 1852 – 22 May 1925) was a British Field Marshal,
the first commander of the British Expeditionary Force in WWI. Also see ÒThe
Tragedy of Sir John FrenchÓ written by George H. Cassar, and ÒGuns of
AugustÓ by Tuchman, awarded the Pulitzer Prize in 1962.
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