Marguerite Mélanie Martin (1836)

Born 20 Nov 1836 in Chénières, Moselle, France

Wife of Johann Georg Scharrer — married 24 Nov 1873 in Metz, Bezirk Lothringen, Reichsland Elsaß-Lothringen, Deutsches Reich

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Biography

Marguerite Mélanie Martin was born in 1836 in Chénières,^[1] near Longwy in Moselle, France (when most of Moselle was annexed to the German empire after the treaty of Francfort in 1871, Chénières remained French and joined the newly created département of Meurthe-et-Moselle), the daughter of Jean Nicolas Martin, a shoemaker, and Marie Catherine Bailly. She married twice. Her first marriage was with Pierre Alexandre Poncin, who died in 1867.^[1] Her second marriage was with Jean Georges Scharrer, in 1873 in Metz^[1] (then part of the German empire, while her parents still lived in Chénières on the other side of the border).

Jean Georges Scharrer and Marguerite Mélanie Martin had four children, all born in Metz:

• Léon, born 1 Apr 1875^[2]
• Catherine, born 16 Aug 1876^[3]
• Henry, born 4 Nov 1878^[4]
• Ferdinand, born 15 Mar 1882^[5]

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1 1.2} Archives municipales de Metz, Registres d'état-civil, mariages 1873, cote 2 Mi 329, image 501/586, acte n° 485: marriage record
2. ↑ Archives municipales de Metz, Registres d'état-civil, naissances 1875, cote 2 Mi 332, image 208/792, acte n° 405: birth record of Léon Scharrer
3. ↑ Archives municipales de Metz, Registres d'état-civil, naissances 1876, cote 2 Mi 334, image 917/1570, acte n° 914: birth record of Catherine Scharrer
4. ↑ Archives municipales de Metz, Registres d'état-civil, naissances 02/07/1878-31/12/1878, cote 2 Mi 340, image 475/791, acte n° 1272: birth record of Henry Scharrer
5. ↑ Archives municipales de Metz, Registres d'état-civil, naissances 15/03/1882-06/06/1882, cote 2 Mi 350, image 4/353, acte n° 343: birth record of Ferdinand Scharrer