Dr. Lewis Rousseau Scudder, Jr.

1905 - 1975  (69 years)

• Name	Lewis Rousseau Scudder
  Prefix	Dr.
  Suffix	Jr.
  Birth	4 Nov 1905	Ranipet, Madras, Tamil Nadu, India   [1]
  Gender	Male
  Death	3 Apr 1975	Kuwait
  Person ID	I1301	Scudder
  Last Modified	26 Dec 2005

  
  

  Father	Dr. Lewis Rousseau Scudder,   b. 22 Dec 1861, Vellore, Tamil Nadu, India d. 18 Apr 1935, Ranipet, Madras, Tamil Nadu, India (Age 73 years)
  Mother	Ethel Talcott Fisher,   b. 4 Mar 1866, Rahway, Union, New Jersey d. 9 Apr 1936, Ranipet, Madras, Tamil Nadu, India (Age 70 years)
  Marriage	7 Aug 1888	Oakland, California   [2]
  Notes	They were married in the Oakland Congregational Church.
  Family ID	F530	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Dorothy Bridger,   b. 4 Nov 1911, Clare, DeKalb, Illinois d. 14 Jul 1991, DeKalb, DeKalb, Illinois (Age 79 years)
  Marriage	10 Jul 1937	Sycamore, DeKalb, Illinois   [2]
  Children	1. Dr. Marilyn Jean Scudder,   b. 12 Mar 1939, Amarah, Iraq d. 16 May 2005, Salaam, Tanzania (Age 66 years)   2. L.R. Scudder, III   3. P.B. Scudder   4. T.M. Scudder
  Family ID	F545	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	3 Mar 2024

  
  

• Notes

  Lewis and his wife served in Basra and Amarah, Iraq, and for most of their 35 years overseas, in Kuwait. At one time , he was the only family doctor and surgeon in Kuwait.

  
  

• Sources

  [S84] Family Group Record for Lewis Rousseau Scudder and Ethel Fisher. [S64] A Thousand Years in Thy Sight, the Story of the Scudder Missionaries of India, p. xii.