Born in Léogâne, Ouest, Haïti
Ancestors 
Daughter of Alexandre Marie Jules Faine
and Celie (Ovide) LaMothe
[sibling(s) unknown]
Wife of
François Duvalier
— married
1939 in Haiti
Mother of
Simone Duvalier and Jean-Claude Duvalier
Died
at age 84
in Paris, Île-de-France, France
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Biography
Simone (Ovide) Duvalier is Notable.
Simone (Ovide) Duvalier was born in Haiti.
Simone Ovide was born in 1913 in Haiti. Her parents were Jules Faine and Célie Ovide, a maid in the household. (Her death record lists her birth as 13 March 1914.[1]) As Célie was a maid, and Simone used Ovide as last name, it is assumed that Jules and Célie did not marry.
She spent much of her childhood in an orphanage. She trained as a nurse's aide, and later met and married physician François Duvalier in 1939. They had children Marie Denise, Nicole, Simone and Jean-Claude.
Her husband rose through the Haitian government and became president, making her first lady. After he died in 1971, the presidency went to their son Jean-Claude Duvalier. After Jean-Claude was ousted in 1986, Simone Duvalier joined her son and family in exile in France.
Simone Faine, age 83, died on 26 Dec 1997 in Saint-Cloud, Hauts-De-Seine, Paris, France.[1]
Research Note
Family Search lists a record transcription without image to verify spellings for: François Drevalier, age 29 (born about 1911), son of Derval Drevalier [Duval Duvalier?] and Lucia Alerahern [Ullysia Abraham?], and Marie Josephine Alexis, age 25 (born about 1915), daughter of Louis Alexis and Celie Ovide, on 23 April 1940 in Pétion-Ville, Port-au-Prince, Ouest, Haïti.[2]
Sources
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 "Web: France, Death Records, 1970-2018", Institut National de la Statistique et des Etudes Economiques (Insee); Paris, France; Fichier des personnes décédées; Roll #: deces-1998.txt; URL: https://www.data.gouv.fr/fr/datasets/fichier-des-personnes-decedees/, Ancestry ca Record 62201 #10037076 (accessed 15 April 2023), Simone Faine death 26 Dec 1997 (born 13 Mar 1914) in Saint-Cloud, Hauts-De-Seine, France.
- ↑ "Haiti, Civil Registration, 1794-2012", citing Page: 18; Record number: 1, FamilySearch Record: 6FRK-SBYB (accessed 15 April 2023) FamilySearch Image: 3QS7-L9L1-19W1-Y Image number 00021, Celie Ovide child marriage on 23 Apr 1940 in Pétion-Ville, Port-au-Prince, Ouest, Haïti.
See also:
- Wikipedia: Simone Duvalier
- Wikidata: Item Q3501221, en:Wikipedia
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