Georgette Jeanne Grosholts

Female29 December 1905–10 June 1987

Brief Life History of Georgette Jeanne

When Georgette Jeanne Grosholts was born on 29 December 1905, in Tarbes, Hautes-Pyrénées, Midi-Pyrénées, France, her father, Emile Louis Grosholts, was 23 and her mother, Marie Charlotte Zoe Bertranne, was 21. She married Pierre Alphonse Dubarry on 2 May 1925, in Tarbes, Hautes-Pyrénées, Midi-Pyrénées, France. They were the parents of at least 1 daughter. She died on 10 June 1987, in Orange, Orange, California, United States, at the age of 81.

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Family Time Line

Pierre Alphonse Dubarry
1900–1965
Georgette Jeanne Grosholts
1905–1987
Marriage: 2 May 1925
Etiennette Marie Zoe DuBarry
1932–2019

Sources (8)

  • Georgette Du Barry in household of Pierre Du Barry, "United States Census, 1930"
  • Grosholts, Georgette - birth and marriage record
  • Georgette Jeanne Candau, "California Death Index, 1940-1997"

Spouse and Children

  • Marriage
    2 May 1925Tarbes, Hautes-Pyrénées, Midi-Pyrénées, France
  • Children (1)

    Parents and Siblings

    Siblings (3)

    World Events (8)

    1906 · Saving Food Labels

    Age 1

    The first of many consumer protection laws which ban foreign and interstate traffic in mislabeled food and drugs. It requires that ingredients be placed on the label.

    1906 · Great San Francisco Earthquake

    Age 1

    A 7.8 magnitude earthquake shook San Francisco for approximately 60 seconds on April 18, 1906. A 1906 report by US Army Relief Operations recorded the death toll for San Francisco and surrounding areas at 664. Later reports record the number at over 3,000 deaths. An estimated 225,000 people were left homeless from the widespread destructuction as 80% of the city was destroyed.

    1927

    Age 22

    Charles Lindbergh makes the first solo nonstop transatlantic flight in his plane The Spirit of St. Louis.

    Name Meaning

    feminine diminutive of Georges, the French form of George , now also used in the English-speaking world. The crêpe material so called derives its name from that of an early 20th-century French dressmaker, Georgette de la Plante .

    Dictionary of First Names © Patrick Hanks and Flavia Hodges 1990, 2003, 2006.

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