When Amand FLIPO was born in 1859, in Tourcoing, Nord, France, his father, Amand Jules Flipo, was 30 and his mother, Elisa Leconte, was 25. He married Marie VALENTIN about 1884, in Tourcoing, Nord, France. They were the parents of at least 1 son. He died in 1943, at the age of 84.
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Champs-Élysées is over 6,000 feet long and over 200 feet wide. The name is French for Elysian Fields were in Greek mythology was the paradise for the dead heroes. It is one of the oldest avenues in France and is also the location of the Arc de Triomphe.
Franco-Prussian war resulted in the loss of Alsace and Lorraine and the fall of Napoleon III. Paris Commune (1871).
The Statue of Liberty that is in France is identical to the one that sits in New York. The Statue was sent over from France. It symbolizes the alliance between the two countries. The French have nicknamed it the Laboulaye Lady
Italian (southern): from the personal name Filpo, a dialect variant of Filippo (see Philip ).
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