Alphonsine Delaroche
Alphonsine-Jeanne-Pernette Delaroche later Dumeril (born October 29, 1778 in Geneva , † March 14, 1852 in Paris ) was the daughter of Daniel Delaroche (1743-1812) and Marie Castanet († 1821). Daniel de La Roche married Marie Castanet in 1774 and had three children with her: Michel de La Roche (1775-1852), Alphonsine de La Roche (1778-1852) and François Étienne de La Roche (1781-1813).
Life
A. Delaroche was first married in 1797 to Jean Honoré dit Horace Say (1771-1799). He was a professor at the Ecole Polytechnique , Commandant du génie. Horace Say participated in the Egyptian expedition of Napoleon Bonaparte part 1798-1801. After just a few weeks, Horace was Chief of Staff of General Louis Marie Maximilian Caffarelli du Falga (1756–1799) Chef d'état major du général Caffarelli . He died of an injury during the siege of Akko in 1799. A. Delaroche became a widow at the age of 21.
André Marie Constant Duméril and Alphonsine de La Roche married in 1806. They had five children, but three died prematurely. Only two boys survived, Daniel Louis Constant Dumeril (1808-1888), employed in the trade, but initially under the direction of his uncle Michel Delaroche, and Auguste Dumeril, who followed in his father's footsteps and made a career in science. The two brothers married their cousins, Félicité Duméril (1835) and Eugénie Duméril (1843), daughters of the brother of Auguste André Marie Constant Duméril.
Alphonsine's letters give valuable insights and testimony into this time, and also into the career of her husband who accompanied her. She developed a very active network of families in Paris and Geneva.
Individual evidence
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| SURNAME | Delaroche, Alphonsine |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Dumeril, alphonsine; Roche, Alphonsine de La; Delaroche, Alphonsine-Jeanne-Pernette |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Activist, wife of André Marie Constant Duméril |
| DATE OF BIRTH | October 29, 1778 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Geneva |
| DATE OF DEATH | March 14, 1852 |
| Place of death | Paris |