Yves Marie Prigent (1833 - 1937)

Born 11 Dec 1833 in Ploudalmézeau, Finistère, France

Husband of Marie Jeanne Julie Salou — married 8 Jul 1863 in Ploudalmézeau, Finistère, France

Died 18 May 1937 at age 103 in Ploudalmézeau, Finistère, France

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Biography

Yves Prigent was a centenarian, living to age 103.

Yves Prigent (11-12-1833 / alive in 1938, he was 104 years old): he lived in the region of Penmarch (Brittany) and was one of the last veterans of the Crimean Campaign (he participated in the Siege of Sevastopol in 1855). In March 1937, when he received the Military Medal, he was the oldest of the French seamen (103 years old).

• French Sailor
• Last Veterans of the Crimean War^[1]

According to an article published in La Dépêche de Brest on 28 Jul 1936, Yves Prigent was born on 11 December 1833 in Ploudalmézeau, Finistère. He started to go fishing on his uncle's boat at age 11. His father had died when he was 7; his mother would reach the age of 90. He married at age 29 and had 7 children. He remained a fisherman until he was 70. In 1936 he was still living in his house overlooking to port of Portsall in Ploudalmézeau. The article relates a visit of his nephew, Eugène Salou, on the occasion of Mr. Prigent's 103rd birthday. Contains notes about his service in Crimea.^[2]

Yves Prigent, then in his 104th year, received the Médaille Militaire on 29 March 1937 at his home in Portsall, Ploudalmézeau.^[3]

Yves Marie Prigent, born 11 December 1833 in Stréjou in the municipality of Ploudalmézeau, son of François Prigent, farmer, and Marie Anne Perhirin. He was named after his uncle, Yves Marie Prigent, farmer, 25.^[4]

Yves Marie Prigent, marin au cabotage, né le 30 (sic) décembre 1833 à Ploudalmézeau, domicilié au Stréjou, commune de Ploudalmézeau, fils de François Prigent, décédé, et de Marie Anne Perhirin, a épousé Marie Jeanne Julie Salou, cultivatrice, le 8 juillet 1863 à Ploudalmézeau^[5].

Sources

1. ↑ Wikipedia: Crimean War, accessed 24 June 2016
2. ↑ Une visite du patron Salou à son oncle Yves Prigent dont les 103 ans vont bientôt sonner, La Dépêche de Brest, 28 juillet 1936. Article cité par: retro29.fr, Fenêtres sur le passé. Contributeur: Guy Korfer. Patrick Milan, 2018
3. ↑ Le doyen des français a reçu la médaille militaire, Journal des Débats, mardi 30 mars 1937, page 2 https://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/bpt6k508726b/f2.item.zoom (Gallica)
4. ↑ Acte de naissance: Acte 97, Naissances 1833 Ploudalmézeau, Archives du Finistère cote 3 E 218/16 1833-1842 vue 27 https://recherche.archives.finistere.fr/viewer/series/medias/collections/E/03E/3E218/3E218_0016?img=FRAD029_1MIEC218_14_0583.jpg
5. ↑ Acte de mariage: Acte 12, Mariages 1863 Ploudalmézeau, Archives du Finistère (vue 481) via Filae.com [08:42, 20 April 2023 (UTC) Pas trouvé ce registre numérisé aux Archives du Finistère en ligne, lacune de 1849 à 1873]

• http://derniersveterans.free.fr/crimee.html
• Death date and location per wikipedia:fr:Ploudalmézeau#L'Entre-deux-guerres