When Marie Mallet-Genoud was born on 21 October 1678, in Geneva, Geneva, Switzerland, her father, Jean Mallet, was 32 and her mother, Catherine Croppet, was 19. She married Théodore De Saussure on 24 December 1702, in Geneva, Switzerland. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 4 daughters. She died on 20 April 1741, in her hometown, at the age of 62, and was buried in Geneva, Geneva, Switzerland.
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form of Maria . When first introduced to England in the Middle Ages, it was Anglicized in pronunciation and respelled Mary . This French form was reintroduced into the English-speaking world as a separate name in the 19th century, and is still pronounced more or less in the French manner, although sometimes with the stress on the first syllable. It is now often used in combination with other names such as Ellie, Chloe, and Lisa.
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