FRAD034-185_Denis ROUVIER, soldat mais toujours fermier

Denis ROUVIER is the maternal grandfather of contributor Geneviève DE ROCQ. He was born in November 1879, and was one of seven siblings: 5 boys and 2 girls. The whole family works together and lives in the same village. All his life, he was a farmer-cultivator in L'Hospitalet-du-Larzac in Aveyron. The land he works does not belong to him, he rents it. While he goes to war, a 5-year-old older broth…