Monument list for Pere Lachaise (Pt2) Cemetery

Pere Lachaise (Pt2) Cemetery, Paris, France

Monument list

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26FrévilleJoseph Ernest Fréville1811191830id: PPLFréville32967511761According to the inscription: wounded the 29th July; died 8th August. Fréville was therefore wounded during the July Revolution which overthrew the last Bourbon King; Charles X
Claire Dupierrieu1857611918 Wife of Pierre Duperrieu.
Pierre Dupierrieu1817891906 Born in Libourne; died in Courcelles.
Adèle Fréville1806761882 Born in Dunkerque; died in St Mandé.
Amélie Fréville1819751894 Born in Senlis. Wife of Eugène Fréville.
Eugène Fréville1809791888
Jean Baptiste Joseph Fréville Levingt1777831860 Died in Sèvres.
Marie Augustine Fréville Levingt1788881876 Died in Sèvres.

27GémondFrançois Gémond1768751843id: PPLGémond1
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32966911771Born in Grenoble
Cornélie Gémond1796261822
Horace Camille Gémond1801181819
Catherine Gémond1765621827

28GilchristJohn Gilchrist1760811841id: PPLJohnGilchrist32971811211John Borthwick Gilchrist was born in Edinburgh; and trained at George Heriot's Hospital. He joined the Royal Navy as a surgeon's mate; and then the East India Company Medical Service; arriving in Bombay in 1782. He studied Hindustani (Urdu) and wrote the first dictionary in 1790; and an Urdu grammar in 1796. In 1801 he was appointed the first principal of Fort William College and professor of Persian and Hindustani. In 1804 he returned to Edinburgh; and began a career as a linen merchant; and later was briefly Professor of Persian at the EIC college in Hertford (Haileybury) in 1806. He then returned to Edinburgh and founded a banking firm; and joined several learned societies including the Royal Society of Edinburgh. After the failure of his business; he moved to London in 1817 and helped to found University College London (as the first Professor of Hindustani); the future Birkbeck College; and the London Oriental Institution. In his will he created the Gilchrist Educational Trust.

29GillespieLeonard Gillespie1759831842id: PPLLenGillespie32971711641Gillespie was born in Armagh to a family of Scottish descent; and trained in Dublin and later Edinburgh. He joined the Royal Navy as a surgeon in 1781 and travelled extensively; and in 1805 he was officially attached to HMS Victory but was ashore suffering from gout on the day of the battle of Trafalgar. He was also inspector of Naval Hospitals in Malta; Sicily; Gibraltar and Naples. He retired from the navy in 1819; and settled in Paris. He was the author of two books on tropical diseases.

30GobertJacques Nicolas Gobert1760481808id: PPLGobert1
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32972811261Born in Guadeloupe; he came to France in 1780 and was commissioned in 1782. In 1792-93 he served in northern France and was promoted to adjutant general in 1793. He resisted Lafayette's attempts to march on Paris; and the betrayal of General Dumourez; but was himself betrayed for reasons unknown by Hoche. After serving in italy; he was sent back to Guadeloupe to quell the slave revolt and took command; and which led to his appointment as a full general. In 1806 he returned to Europe to fight in Germany; before moving to the Spanish front where he died in combat Guarroman in 1808. His name is inscribed on the west side of the Arc de Triomphe.

31GodoyManuel Godoy1767841851id: PPLManGodoy32973411581Napoléon described Godoy as a man of genius. Manuel Godoy y Alvarez de Faria was born to a poor family but rose to become the favourite of king Charles IV of Spain and especially of his wife; Marie-Louise of Parma who became his lover. He was largely responsible for the pro-French stance of Spain and he aligned the Spanish fleet with the French at the battle of Trafalgar in 1805. Godoy personally benefited from the Treaty of Fontainebleau in 1807 when the south of Portugal was awarded to Godoy and his family. Whenn Charles IV was overthrown in 1808 and Napoléon installed his own brother as king of Spain. Godoy went into exile in France; dying in comparative poverty in Paris; living on a pension from King Louis-Philippe of France. His full biography can be found on the following link: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Manuel_Godoy

32GotGaspard Auguste Got1765731838id: PPLGaspGot32967011711Member of the French Parliament; Judge and President of the Paris Commercial Court; official at the Bank of France
Marie Catherine Elisabeth Got1807421849 Wife of Emile Got
Emile Got1795731868 Former mayor of 8th arrondissement of Paris
Augustine Charlotte Henriette Got1774831857 Wife of Gaspard Got

33GourgaudGaspard Gourgaud1783691852id: PPLGourgaud32973211801Napoléon described Gourgaud as; my creation; my child. Son of a musician at the court chapel of Louis XVI; he was a pupil of the élite Ecole Polytechique in 1799; and commissioned in 1802. He distinguished himself by his bravery in Austria; Germany and Spain; participating in many of the great Napleonic victories; before his appointment to Napoléon's personal staff in 1811. He participated in the Russsian campaign; and saved Napoléon from an assasination attempt in Moscow in 1812; and was named baron as a result. He distinguished himself by his bravery once again in Germany and France from 1813-1814; and he quickly rallied to Napoléon during 'the Hundred Days'. He was one of the group of generals who surrounded Napoléon at the end of the battle of Waterloo; and accompanied him to Paris. Napoléon chose him to carry his request for exile to the Prince Regent in England; and when Gourgaud was refused a passage; Napoléon chose Gourgaud to accompany him into exile on St Helena. He wrote a journal of his time on St Helena which is now considered one of the most important sources on Napoléon. In 1840 was chosen to escort Napoléon's remains from St Helena to Paris. He married Françoise-Marthe Roederer; the daughter of Pierre-Louis Roederer who is also buried in Père Lachaise cemetery. His full biography can be found on the following link: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gaspard_Gourgaud

34GrenonM Lise Grenon1784711855id: PPLGrenonDuru32966112141
Emilie Maria Danlos1865641929 Wife of Raoul Danlos
Raoul Danlos1859831942
Armande Duru1810771887 Wife of Marc Hippolyte Duru
Marc Hippolyte Duru1804801884
Gustave Grenon1820771897
Gustave Emile Grenon186111862 age 21 months
Léontine Grenon1834631897 Wife of Gustave Grenon
Marie Antoinette Grenon185641860
Jean Portemer1911871998
Madeleine Portemer1917791996 Wife of Jean Portemer
Marie Marthe Portemer1888471935 Wife of René Portemer

35GuesnierFrançois Guesnier1859id: PPLGuesnier32966611551age 1 day - Born and died 15th February
Marie Guesnier1828921920
Narcisse Victor Guesnier1817841901

36HayThomas Hay1791371828id: PPLTomHay32969511501English. Served in the 43rd Regiment.

37JamesEmma James1834111845id: PPLEmmaJames32969011591Daughter of William James of Wilcroft; Herefordshire.

38KennedyAlice Maude Kennedy185061856id: PPLAliceKennedy1
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32971212571
Alice Emily Margaretta Kennedy1831251856 Alice was the daughter of Colonel Chichester Cruickshank; and the first wife of Lt.Col.Robert Blair Kennedy (1824-1886) of the Public Works Department in Madras; son of William Kennedy the deputy military auditor-general of Bengal and Charlotte Blair.

39KeppelWilliam Keppel1752821834id: PPLKeppelWill32970811731Keppel joined the British army in the 1770s; and was colonel of the 3rd West India regt from 1795-1806. He was promoted to Lt.General in 1803; and was Governor of Martinique from 1796-1802. From 1806-1811 he was colonel of the King's Royal Rifle Corps; and from 1811-1828 he was colonel of the 67th Regt of Foot. In 1815 he was appointed Knight Grand Cross of the Order of the Bath; and in 1827 he was appointed to the Privy Council and also as the last Governor of Guernsey. From 1828-1834 he was colonel of the 2nd (Queen's Royal) Regiment of Foot. He was a Groom of the Bedchamber and Equerry to king George IV.

40KwiatowskiJozef Kwiatowski1822491871id: PPLJoKwiatowski32973511191Born in Warsaw.

41Le CerfJean Baptiste Luc François Le Cerf1762551817id: PPLJBLeCerf32969112561Born in Guise
Marie Louise Josephine Desprez1781821863 First husband: Jean Baptiste Le Cerf. Second husband: A.L.F.Desprez
Louis Eugène Le Cerf1812521864
Louise Euphemie Le Cerf1802681870
Luc Alfred Le Cerf1805811886 Regional councillor for the Northern Coastal region. Died in Mûr-de-Bretagne.

42Le MassonLouis Le Masson1743861829id: PPLLemasson1
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32972412091Le Masson was an engineer and architect; who tutored the nephews of Louis XVI (the sons of the future Louis XVIII). From 1791-93 he was chief architect of the département that included Versailles; and he received several commissions from Louis XVI. In 1793 he was obliged to flee the revolutionaries but in 1795 he was appointed chief architect to the Lower Seine département. He worked in Rouen from 1802-11; and officially retired in 1813. However shortly afterwards his old mentor; the new King Louis XVIII; recalled him and appointed him as assistant commander of the château of Rambouillet until 1821. The king also raised him to aristocratic rank.
Marie Louise Charlotte Sénéchal1792601852
Louis Marie Victor de Boismare1811561867 Son of Victorine Lemasson; the elder daughter of Louis Lemasson; and her first husband Jean Baptiste Boismare.
André d'Arras1894931987
François d'Arras1921231944 Died in an extermination camp in Germany
Henry d'Arras1924211945 Died for France
Marie-alex d'Arras1898721970 Wife of André d'Arras
Caroline Amélie Louise Stéphanie de Boismare1819461865 Probably the granddaughter in law of Louis Lemasson
Henriette Caroline Gabrielle de Boismare184631849
Henriette Marie Gabrielle de Boismare1841 age 2 months
Jean Nicolas Sénéchal1788641852 Sénéchal was an engineer and architect who married Louise Lemasson; the youngest daughter of Louis Lemasson.
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43Le RoyMarie Le Roy1843731916id: PPLBonnalRoy32966412661
Reipisme Bonnal1824461870 Born in Smyrna; died in Cannes
Honorine Escher1870291899
Jean Escher-Desrivières1896731969

44LecarpentierJean Baptiste Lecarpentier1833731906id: PPLLecarpFlam1
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Angélique Bertrand1835511886 age 51?
Elisabeth Flamant1811751886
Xavier François Flamant1808551863
Jean Baptiste Lecarpentier1803661869
Marie Lecarpentier1798861884
Héloïse Malaval1818811899
Louise Anna Lecarpentier1837681905

45LefebvreCharles Stanislas Lefebvre1770791849id: PPLChStLefeb32972912041Born in Hirson in the Aisne region; Lefebvre came from a family of magistrates. He was commissioned in 1792 and sent to Pondichery; and was captured in 1793 by the British during the siege. When he was released; he was allowed to join his uncle who was Bishop of Adran and prime minister of the king of Cochinchine; and served as 'war mandarin' and commander of the engineers. Reclaimed by the British as a prisoner-of-war and destined for internment in England; he escaped after the capture of his prison ship and regained France; where he was appointed ADC to the new French commander in India; Decaen. He returned to India from 1803-1810; and escaped with the Decaen from the the siege of Mauritius; and continued to serve with Decaen in Spain in 1811-1813. In 1814 he was appointed general and head of the 2nd army of reservists in Paris. In January 1815 he was sent to Nimes; but he rallied to Napoléon during 'the Hundred Days'. He was charged with negociating with the Duc d'Angouleme; son of Louis XVIII; and subsequently survived an assasination attempt in Montpellier. He lived for several years on Mauritius after his retirement; and was the author of a Persian and Urdu dictionary and grammar. He was granted the honorary title of marshal in 1823.
Marie Louise Stanislas Lefebvre1810701880 Wife of Armand Lefebvre. Born in Ile de France (Mauritius)

46LeloirLouis Leloir1860491909id: PPLLeloirThuil32967111681Actor; member of the company of the Comédie Française.
Louise Leloir1859771936

47LemenantRené Lemenant1817651882id: PPLLemenant32968711891
Marie Anne Lemenant1815821897

48LévyBrunette Lévy1867311898id: PPLLévyRaoul32968211641
Raoul Lévy1898 age 11 months

49LévyEmelie Lévy1853581911id: PPLCahenLévy32968411801Wife of Joseph Lévy.
Lucienne Cahen1914681982 Wife of Robert Cahen.
Robert Cahen1902421944 Died in deportation.
Martine Lévy1885931978 Wife of Paul Lévy.
Paul Lévy1879501929

50LewisHarriet Lewis1763551818id: PPLHarrietLewis1
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32970111431Harriet Richards was the daughter of Deacon Guy Richards of the First Church of Christ; New London Conneticut; and the granddaughter of Elizabeth Richards. She married James Lewis in 1806 and died of consumption (T.B.) in Paris.

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