Monument list for Passy Cemetery

Monument list

no.	family surname	full name	birth year	age	burial year	image name	GPR ref.	view no.	request no.	notes

201	Samary	Louis Jacques Samary	1815	80	1895	no image	272830	181	1	Cellist
		Blanche Marchmont	1883	30	1913					Daughter of Jeanne Samary
		Fran�oise Ali�	1915	94	2009
		Ren� Ali�	1902	90	1992
		Paul Broussan			1909
		Paul Jean Broussan	1920	31	1951
		Andr�e Lagarde	1882	1	1883
		Paul Lagarde	1851	52	1903
		Madeleine Samary-Lagarde	1886	82	1968
		Jeanne Lagarde	1857	33	1890					Actress at the Com�die-Fran�aise and one of the preferred models of the artist Renoir; notably for 'The Swing'; one of the first acknowledged Impressionist paintings. She was also the author of a book for children.
		Elisa Samary	1828	63	1891					Musician; niece and daughter of actresses at the Com�die-Fran�aise

202	Sandoz	Jacques Gustave Sandoz	1836	55	1891	no image	272804	94	1	Jeweller and watch-maker who rose to prominence at the end of the 19th century; born to a French mother and Swiss father.
		G�rard Sandoz	1902	93	1995
		Juliette Sandoz	1897	38	1935					Wife of G�rard Sandoz
		Martine Sandoz	1871	88	1959					Wife of Roger Sandoz
		Berthe Simon	1865	18	1883
		Ang�le Sandoz	1840	68	1908

203	Santis	Ang�lique Aim�e Santis	1829	54	1883	no image	272648	80	1
		Ernestine D�sir�e Santis	1832	81	1913
		Francois Santis		65						d 188? not valid?
		Louis Fran�ois Santis	1802	82	1884					Former diplomat and Consul-General
		Marie Caroline Santis	1841	79	1920

204	Savin	Pierre Edouard Savin	1818	77	1895	no image	272817	98	1	Army officer
		M Zilliox			1890
		Barbe Savin	1836	70	1906

205	Schapiro	Isaac Schapiro			1942	no image	272811	77	1	Died in deportation
		Aline Schapiro			1942					Died in deportation
		Anna Schapiro			1942					Died in deportation
		Manfred Schapiro	1922	81	2003					Served with the Free French Forces under Charles de Gaulle

206	Schatz	Elise Schatz	1811	73	1884	no image	272644	229	1
		Caroline Fournier	1844	86	1930
		Paul Alex Fournier	1840	70	1910
		L�once Mayeur	1881	5	1886
		Alphonse Quenaud	1842	72	1914
		Augustine Adeline(?) Quenaud	1846	46	1892
		Blanche Quenaud	1868	74	1942
		Jules Quenaud
		Paul Quenaud			1904
		Alfred Roche	1886	59	1945
		Alice Roche	1889	65	1954
		Gaston Roussin	1890	25	1915					Killed in action at Les Eparges in Lorraine; with the 9th Engineers regt
		Gustave Roussin	1885	20	1905

207	Scheurich	Eleonore Berthe Scheurich	1871	1	1872	no image	272789	332	1
		Patrick Bartlett	1955	42	1997
		Ren�e J Bartlett	1896	89	1985					Wife of Willard Bartlett (ancestry.com)
		Willard Bartlett	1892	92	1984					Stockbroker; born in London; son of Clifford Allen Herreshoff Bartlett (lawyer) of Uxbridge; Mass. USA and nephew of Willard Bartlett; Chief Justice of the NYC Court of Appeal and Congressman Franklin Bartlett. (ancestry.com)
		Jean Roland d'Arbatiague	1895	21	1916					Killed in action
		Louise Maud d'Arbatiague	1867	63	1930
		Julia Elisabeth Jaworska	1842	60	1902					First husband: Henri Scheurich; 2nd husband: Count Jaworski
		Albert Perret	1879	63	1942					d 1942 ?
		Louise ? Perret	1895	97	1992
		Henri Joseph Scheurich	1825	68	1893
		Albert Tessier	1863	60	1923					Judge at the Commercial Court
		Georgina Julia Tessier	1869	61	1930

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208	Shakespear	John Talbot Shakespear	1821	62	1883	no image	272821	171	1	Distant relations of the great plawyright; the London Shakespears had a strong history of service in the East India Company; and John Talbot followed in this tradition. His uncle; of the same name; married the aunt of William Makepeace Thackeray; and the author of the same name grew up with his Shakespear cousins. This grave is directly opposite that of Sir Theophilus Metcalfe who also served in the British service in India and died in Paris in the same year; and was married to a Shakespear-Thackeray cousin.
		Talbot Waterfield Low Shakespear								Commemoration of their infant son who died in India.
		William Waterfield			1857					Commemoration of of William Waterfield; who was killed at the beginning of the Indian Mutiny.
		Emma Shakespear								Daughter of Major William H.Waterfield of the British army in Bombay.

209	Sharon	Henry William Sharon	1885	2	1887	no image	272837	208	1	Harry Sharon was the son of Florence Trevis (daughter of Lloyd Trevis; who was one of the main developers of the Central Pacific Railroad; and later chairman of the Wells Fargo Bank ) and her second husband; Frederick William Sharon; son of William Sharon; Senator of Nevada USA (1875-1882). Frederick's sister Florence Sharon married Sir Thomas Fermor-Hesketh Bt and was the mother of the 1st Lord Hesketh; who married his first cousin; the half-sister of Harry Sharon by Florence Trevis' first marriage.
		John Cabell Breckinridge	1879	35	1914					John was the second son of Florence Trevis and her first husband; John Witherspoon Breckinridge; who was a member of the California State Assembly (1884-1885) and son of General John Cabell Breckinridge; Vice-President of the USA from 1857-1861; and Secretray of War for the Confederate States in 1865. John Jnr; who is buried in this grave; fell ill on his honeymoon in Paris; and was confined to a mental assylum for the rest of his life. He is believed to have died c.1914. His sister married her first cousin; the 1st Lord Hesketh; and his son; of the same name; was the flamboyant actor Bunny Breckinridge.
		Deerasse Arch			1898

210	Smadja	Clara Smadja	1878	78	1956	no image	272656	59	1
		Alain Smadja	1950	22	1972
		Doroth�e Smadja	1911	96	2007
		George Smadja
		Henri Smadja	1897	77	1974
		Lucien Smadja	1906	68	1974
		Mich�le Smadja	1939	2	1941
		Moise Smadja	1857	60	1917
		Raymond Smadja			1918
		Ren� Smadja	1901	80	1981

211	Smith	Fran�ois Emeric Edouard Smith	1819	67	1886	no image	272629	192	1
		Georges Couriot	1913	74	1987
		Florian Gonet	1911	72	1983					Born in Lausanne
		Paule Gonet	1916	74	1990
		Yuang-tong Mathias Tong	1932	77	2009					Born in Shanghai
		Anne Gabrielle Smith	1829	60	1889					First husband: Antoine Alexandre Moullin de la Blanch�re

212	Spitzer	Friederich Samuel Spitzer	1814	76	1890	no image	272823	106	1	Spitzer was a rags-to-riches art collector born in Presburg as the son of a grave-digger. He moved penniless to Vienna; and became one of the great collectors and art-dealers of the 19th century. His collections; which he sold on at various dates; were purchased by the Rothschilds; Sir Richard Wallace; and after his death; the British Royal Family.
		Marguerite Jeanne Rey de Villette	1874	63	1937
		Caroline Feist	1819	79	1898
		Augustin Rey de Villette	1864	70	1934					Architect who specialised in buildings for the Protestant community
		Marie Victoria Spitzer	1848	62	1910

213	Stalin	W H Stalin	1841	42	1883	no image	272612	75	1	Born in Vermenton in Burgundy
		Emile Bejannin	1864	68	1932
		Jean Bejannin	1895	82	1977
		Marguerite Bejannin	1873	32	1905
		Marguerite Bejannin	1899	92	1991
		(widow) Stalin	1841	59	1900					Born in Vermenton in Burgundy

214	Stern	Aim�e G�raldine Stern			1927	no image	272675	251	1	Wife of the 1st Lord Michelham; an immensly wealthy banker; she was one of the instigators of the death-bed plot against her husband to marry off her eldest son in favour of her younger son. The scandal caused a sensation in the early 1920s
		Herbert Stern	1900	84	1984					His mother plotted with the the famous Candian-English industrialist; Arthur 'Boy' Capel (lover of Coco Chanel); to marry Capel's sister to Herbert in return for a settlement for life on Capel's sister and the assurance she would never have children with Herbert; leaving the way open for Jack Stern to inherit the estate and the title. The 1st Lord Michelham was forced to sign a document agreeing to settle a fortune on his future daughter-in-law when he was on his death-bed. The scandal was exposed in the early 1920s. Lord Michelham subsequently remarried and the last name on the gravestone refers to his surviving widow.
		Jack Stern	1903	72	1975					The younger and preferred son of his mother; his mother tried to orchestrate the inheritance of the title and the estate by the younger son; who nonetheless died before his elder brother.

215	Tarn	John Tarn	1846	40	1886	no image	272676	209	1	Son of William Tarn of Homewood; Chislehurst in Kent; England.
		Pauline Mary Tarn	1877	32	1909					Daughter of a wealthy English father and an American mother; she was educated in Paris and London before choosing to live in Paris. She was a successful Symbolist and Sapphic poet under the pen name of Ren�e Vivien. Amongst her lovers was Nathalie Clifford Barney who is also buried in this cemetery. Her grave is constantly tended by her admirers. For her full biography see http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ren%C3%A9e_Vivien

216	Tarnier	Marguerite Tarnier	1860	22	1882	no image	272627	60	1
		Jean Tarnier	1827	75	1902					Squadron commander of the Gendarmerie
		Laure Tarnier	1833	69	1902

217	Tcheptchougoff	Nathalie Tcheptchougoff			1885	no image	272672	41	1

218	Thomas	Sidney Gilchrist Thomas	1850	35	1885	no image	272677	50	1	Born in Canonbury; London and educated at Dulwich College; he studied chemistry at Birkbeck Institute London whilst working as a police court clerk. He solved the problem of separating phosphorus from pig iron in the Bessemer converter. He later refined his invention which he patented and which had widespread success. He died in Paris after a trip to Egypt to retore his health. He left his fortune for philanthropic work. See http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sidney_Gilchrist_Thomas

219	Thuy	Nguyen Phuc Vinh Thuy	1913	84	1997	no image	272836	61	1	He ruled under the name of Bao Dai from 1926-1945; during the French protectorate and during WW2 in a Japanese puppet state; and as head of the South Vietnamese state from 1949-1955. He then lived in exile in France. He was the thirteenth and last emperor of the Nguyen dynasty of Vietnam.

220	Trautman	Christine Trautman	1818	60	1878	no image	272798	53	1
		Marie Ja�ll	1846	79	1925					Pianist; composer and music-teacher who studied under Saint-Saens; C�sar Franck and Liszt. Both Liszt and Saint-Saens dedicated works to her; and Liszt introduced her to Brahms and Arthur Rubinstein. Her own pupils included Albert Schweitzer.
		Alfred Ja�ll	1832	50	1882					Austrian pianist born in Trieste; who studied under Czerny and possibly with Chopin and Liszt. He had a successful international career in the USA (he was considered the finest pianist ever to have visited; and introduced the opera signer Adeline Patti to the American public ) and Europe; and was court pianist to the king of Hanover. His pupils included Samuel Sanford and Benjamin Johnson Lang.

221	Van Ryck Van Rietwyck	Willem Jacob Hendrik Van Ryck Van Rietwyck	1827	71	1898	no image	272651	60	1
		Marie Elisabeth Melanie de Pourtal�s	1886	31	1917					Wife of Comte Arthur de Pourtal�s
		Melanie Van Ryck			1881
		Clara Van Ryck Van Rietwyck	1848	84	1932
		William Hubert Paul Van Ryck Van Rietwyck	1887	94	1981

no.	family surname	full name	birth year	age	burial year	image name	GPR ref.	view no.	request no.	notes

222	Vanparys	Jacques Vanparys	1919	25	1944	no image	272640	45	1	Killed in action with the Leclerc division of the Free French forces
		F�lix Vanparys	1894	80	1974
		L�o Vanparys	1920	25	1945					Killed in action with the Free French forces of General de Gaulle. Participated in the Toulon landings in southern France.
		Maryse Vanparys	1942	57	1999
		Suzanne Vanparys	1896	89	1985

223	Verneur	Jacques Thomas Verneur	1777	77	1854	no image	272707	154	1	Departmental director at the Prefecture of the Seine
		Fran�ois G�rome Victor Borneque	1828	42	1870					Artillery officer; died of wounds sustained at the 1st battle of Sedan in the Franco-Prussian War.
		Elisabeth Louise Marguerite Joliat	1815	43	1858
		Jean Baptiste Louis De Gonzague Fran�ois Xavier Joliat	1805	70	1875					Died in Enghien; director of the Phenix insurance company in Colmar
		Joseph Jacques Jules Joliat	1835	40	1875
		Thomas Joseph Edouard Joliat	1838	35	1873					Died in Cannes

224	Volterra	Georges Antoine Volterra	1889	29	1918	no image	272762	131	1	Killed in action
		Lucie Grimberg	1883	86	1969					Theatrical impresario who helped to launch Maurice Chevalier and Mistinguett when he directed amongst other theatres; the Casino de Paris; the Lido; and the Folies-Berg�res. He also ran two amusement parks in Paris between the wars. He was also Mayor of St Tropez from 1935-1941.
		Catherine Volterra	1867	77	1944					Wife of L�on Amed�e Volterra
		L�on Volterra	1888	61	1949
		L�on Amed�e Volterra	1867	56	1923
		L�on Charles Volterra	1907	24	1931
		Suzy Volterra	1912	94	2006					Wife of L�on Volterra

225	Wessbecher	Andr� Wessbecher	1898	20	1918	no image	272643	544	1	Member of the 269th Artillery regt; seconded to Air Squadron 279; killed in action June 1918.
		Henry Wessbecher	1893	25	1918					Killed in action at Juvigny September 1918 with the 60th Artillery regt
		Emile Bernard Wessbecher	1850	78	1928					Industrialist; born in Lautersbourg; Alsace
		Alice Marie Ad�le Wessbecher	1866	75	1941
		Christian Boiron-Ebeling	1898	76	1974
		Edith Ebeling	1909	86	1995
		Albert Wessbecher	1885	56	1941
		Yvonne Wessbecher	1890	93	1983					Wife of Albert Wessbecher

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