The rideau Surname

rideau Name Meaning and History

French (Normandy): topographic name for someone who lived on ridged terrain, from an agent derivative of Old French rider ‘to fold’.

Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4

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rideau Family Facts

Distribution of rideau Families in the US in 1920

Number of rideau families

20-37

7-19

1-6

Compiled by Ancestry.co.uk from the 1920 US Federal Census records

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Threads: 20 - Messages: 109

Thread	Author	Replies
Zenon Rideau	Tina Gauthier	17
frank rideau	christine guillion	9
Cecilia Vincent Frilot Rideau/Chrisotoval	Sister Eva Regina Martin, SSF	4
William Preston Rideaux	amazalie	2
Looking For Info on Antonio (Antoine) Rideau & his wife Isbella	MarcelDiallo	1
Pierre Rideau of Plaisance, La. Reunion	riqarchie	2
Anyone have a Louisa Rideau ( Riddle) in their family	rayandsue173	0
Euphemie Rideau and Jean-Pierre Sam	rqs79	0
Walter Lee Rideau	aubswife1	18
Preval Rideau and Felicia Godeau	hrideaux	30

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