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Here is a translation of the first page you posted:

"Rochefort, 5th January 1968

My dear cousin,
Like every year since the death of poor Aunt Alice, it is with intense pleasure that I take up my pen to have a little chat with you. And of course, firstly to ask you if the year 1967 was a good one for you and next to send you our best wishes for the new year especially for your good health.  Then may this new  year bring you calm and happiness among those around you who demonstrate their affection for you.  We imagine that you weren't alone for the festive season and are sure  someone came to fetch you to share the joy of being together as a family.
As for us, we were expecting....."

I can do some more if the letters aren't too long and if you aren't in too much of a hurry.

Judith

Oh dear!  What I took for the godmother's surname was just "aussi"!  Sorry.

Pierre Siméon MOREL is aged 56 years and six months.

Hi Ros

If I may take advantage of your kind offer, I would love to have the probate details regarding my uncle:

- Frank Noel DICKINSON
- died 01/05/1967
- probate granted 11/03/1968
- Item number Series 4-646628

Needless to say, there is absolutely no hurry.

Many thanks in advance.

Judith

As I've said before elsewhere, one of my better tricks is sending posts before they are finished though I don't know which key is responsible!  My dreadful typing certainly is. Anyway, as I was about to say, the year of birth of Jeanne Marie Anne is year 9 of the French Republic.  It's the Republican calendar which began on 22 September 1792 and was abolished by Napoleon on 1 January 1806.  Year 9 corresponds to 23 September 1800 to 22 September 1801.

Judith