French Notable ?? [closed]

Question

If you go to the FAG of this profile, someone who has posted flowers to his FAG, and in the flower notes, it says his father was the mayor of Paris. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jean_Sylvain_Bailly

I cannot find any source that links them as father and son, however I am not a France expert.

This potential father has quite the bio and would be connected to the global tree if he is the father.

Answer 1

Hi,

Nantes is a big city, with many parishes.

The profile of Louis BAILEY doesn't state in which one he was born.

I quickly checked. There is no Louis Martin BAILLY in this index.

https://www.archinoe.fr/v2/ark:/42067/cf87e2b343d710d607884fb8feea9fdc

Maybe with another spelling

Is it sure that he was a native of Nantes ?

Comments

I can't find any evidence that Jean Sylvain Bailly had children...

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His death record (linked in the profile) reads:

64. / Nov 7 [1864] / Louis M. Bailey / married / [aged] 76 y 4 m 24 d / suicide by hanging / [place of death] Duxbury / tobaconnist / [place of birth] Nantes, France / [parents] Louis & Emma

So the father seems to be a Louis Bailey/Bailly, not Jean Sylvain. And if the age is exact, date of birth is rather 14 Jun 1788 than 16 Jul 1788.

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Agreed, should I close this question.

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Thank-you to both of you for taking the time to look at this.