Eugénie
Jeanne
(Jeanne)
Devolle
Born in Courpière, Puy-de-Dôme, France
Ancestors 
Daughter of François Devolle
and Gilberte (Chardon) Devolle
[sibling(s) unknown]
Wife of
Henri Albert Chanel
— married
17 Nov 1884 in Courpière, Puy-de-Dôme, France
Mother of
Julia Berthe Chanel, Gabrielle Chanel, Adrien Alphonse Chanel, Julia Antoinette (Chanel) Fleming and Lucien Albert Chanel
Died
at age 31
in Brive-la-Gaillarde, Corrèze, Limousin, France
Profile last modified
| Created 31 Dec 2016
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Biography
Jeanne was a laundress at the charity hospice of Saumur when she gave birth to Gabrielle Chanel. She married Gabrielle's father in 1884.
Jeanne died of bronchitis at age 31.
Sources
- Marriage record: M 1884 Courpière #29, Archives du Puy-de-Dôme 6 E 2419: http://www.archivesdepartementales.puydedome.fr/ark:/72847/vtab3b5703ee2ac75c7/daogrp/0/165
- Gabrielle Chanel's birth record: N 1883 Saumur, #212, Archives du Maine-et-Loire. http://www.archinoe.fr/ark:/71821/7021f30cc410b83f388721b5d8034474
- tables de decennales de décès Archives of Corrèze, Brive-la-Gaillarde, 1893-1902, vue 84; viewed September 11, 2019
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