When Madeleine Joséphine Ghislaine Perot was born on 19 November 1903, in Jambes, Namur, Belgium, her father, Felix Gustave Perot, was 21 and her mother, Philomene Henriette Gilles, was 20. She married Florimond Badoux on 1 May 1926, in Bouge, Namur, Belgium. They were the parents of at least 1 son and 2 daughters. She died on 25 April 1971, in Namur, Namur, Belgium, at the age of 67.