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Research in Other Countries => Europe => Topic started by: michaelcharles on Tuesday 13 November 18 16:30 GMT (UK)
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A relative of mine, Frank Crompton, died 12th. January, 1928 at 158 Boulevard Diderot, Paris, having previously lived at 108 Avenue Ledru-Rollin, Paris. I would love to know why he was living in Paris at that time and what he was doing.
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http://archives.paris.fr/arkotheque/visionneuse/visionneuse.php?arko=YTo2OntzOjQ6ImRhdGUiO3M6MTA6IjIwMTgtMTEtMTMiO3M6MTA6InR5cGVfZm9uZHMiO3M6MTE6ImFya29fc2VyaWVsIjtzOjQ6InJlZjEiO2k6NDtzOjQ6InJlZjIiO2k6Mjc4MzEwO3M6MTY6InZpc2lvbm5ldXNlX2h0bWwiO2I6MTtzOjIxOiJ2aXNpb25uZXVzZV9odG1sX21vZGUiO3M6NDoicHJvZCI7fQ==#uielem_move=-1949%2C-562&uielem_islocked=0&uielem_zoom=191&uielem_brightness=0&uielem_contrast=0&uielem_isinverted=0&uielem_rotate=F
Frame 20 - number 233
His death record says that he was a dealer. He died at the first address you gave but the record doesn't mention the other one. He was residing at Widnes.
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Merci beaucoup, davidqueneherve! Thank you very much for the information. I know Frank trained as a teacher before WW1, so now I wonder how he became a dealer (trader?) and in what?
The more answers we get, the more questions arise!
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wholesale dealer or trader. The word used is "négociant".
On Findmypast
Crompton Fred — — 1901-06 Britain, Trade Union Membership Registers Widnes, Lancashire, England
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https://www.geni.com/people/Frank-Crompton/6000000002733052197
May be you could contact the owner of the tree.
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Probate record - incase you haven't seen it.
Sandra
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Thank you all. 'davidqueneherve', the Fred Crompton you mentioned is the brother of Frank. Fred died at Arras, 1917.
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Frank lived rue Ledru Rollin, but died 158 Boulevard Diderot. May be he was at work there or visiting somebody.
In 1925 at this address , we find a building permit for the "Consortium des marbres" (marble consortium), ground floor:
https://arnaudl.github.io/parisenconstruction/data/lettre-d-de-rue-descartes-rue.html
The architect being (Gaston) Bouzy , rue du bouloi, Paris
https://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/bpt6k97805095/f266.image (page 210)
I don't know if there were more floors in the building.
A way to find the names of the people living or staying 158 Bvd Diderot is to read the 1926 Paris Census (not on line yet).
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Hey, the french death certificate says : died 152 Bvd Diderot.
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I asked for a look-up at the Paris archives ( 1926 census , in order to see who lived at these addresses, may be he was already in Paris in 1926). I'l have an answer in a week or so.
I'l let you know.
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Hello,
Paris Census 1926 gives Frank Crompton (42), Mabel (his wife, 44 ) and a daughter Mary, 25 years'old living at 108 rue Ledru Rollin, he is said to be an "administrateur de sociétés", company director .
There was no nb 158 , number 152 is followed by number 160 in the street (in the 1926 census ).
He died at 152 bvd Diderot , as said in the Parisian death certificate .
In 1926 , at nb 152 Boulevard Diderot lived :
The Revault d'Allones family , Gabriel , the father , a psychiatrist, with his wife and 5 children.(https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gabriel_Revault_d%27Allonnes), Marie Jaffrin , their governess and Yvonne Bollier ( I'm not sure of the name) their maid .
I'll have to ask for help to decipher the occupations of the other inhabitants, because the picture sent is not easy to read.
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Hello, Joger.
Merci (thank you) Joger. Interesting but confusing information! Frank and Mabel seem to be about ten years older than they should be! ! have a note of a daughter being born in 1925, but no name and no trace of her since. This Mary could not have been a 25 years old daughter in 1926 as Frank and Mabel would still have been children in 1901!
Again, thank you for all your work.
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My apologies , I did not understand correctly the meaning of the numbers .
They are for the 2 last numbers of the birth year :Frank born 1892,Mabel 1894, Mary 1925, or 1929
At nb 152 Bvd Diderot , where Franck died in 1928, all the persons living there in 1926 are doctors or nurses.He must have been either a patient or a friend staying for the night (the precise time of his death is 7 , meaning 7 AM in France.
Or , if the nb is not correct , he could have been staying at the hospital Saint-Antoine , 55 Bvd Diderot.
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No apology necessary! I believe Frank died in a nursing home, so that would account for all the doctors and nurses. The hunt will continue for the missing Mary! Cheers.