Descendants of Charles-Joseph (Joseph Charles) Gaigneron Jollimon(t),Seigneur de Marolles(1744 to Present)
Charles Joseph or Joseph Charles GAIGNERON JOLLIMON (1747-1785), Sieur de Marolles
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Vergers de Sannois |
Charles Joseph was born in Lamentin, Martinique on January 27, 1747 and died on March 1, 1785. On July 20, 1772 he married a member of prominent Martinique family, Marie Louise Elizabeth des VERGERS de SANNOIS (+1796).
[Note that in some genealogies her last name appears as des VERGERS de MAUPERTUIS.]
Click to See VERGERS de SANNOIS Genealogy
[Note: Marie Louise Elizabeth's family was related to the Empress Marie Josephe Rose TASCHER de la PAGERIE, the first wife of the Emperor Napoleon, through the maternal side. The Empress' mother was Rose Claire des VERGERS de SANNOIS]
Charles Joseph and Marie Louise Elizabeth issued:
1) Joseph-Michel-Nicolas (June 22, 1773) married September 4, 1799 to Anne-Rose BUDAN (1782) and issued:
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The House of Budan |
a. Marguerite-Marie-Amélie Gaigneron de Marolles (1800) married in 1833 to Adrien-Richard de BEAUCHAMP (1795) and issued: Adrien-Olivier-Gaston de Beauchamp (1836)
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The House of Beauchamp |
b. Rose-Louise-Césarine-Laure Gaigneron de Marolles (1801-1829)
Bibliographic Note:
Laure de Gaigneron de Marolles was born in ElisabethTown, New Jersey. She was a Harpist. Camille MELLIENT in "Histoire de la Musique à Nates said the following of Laure:
"she, rich in everything that should make one happy in life: the gifts of fortune and those of intelligence, the anxious tenderness of family and discreet benevolence for the poor, pious worship and the gentle tolerance that make belief forgiven by incredulity itself... She died; she who had such beautiful days before her eyes... Letters, sciences, fine arts, she seemed to have guessed everything rather than learned everything... It was too much for a woman still so young, and God seemed to call her to him as if to give a divine mission to this superior soul that he found too pure for this world..." (Source 6)
She was also the owner of château de Bois-Briand until she died September 12, 1829.
2) Jacques-Marie or Marie Jacques , First Count de Gaigneron Jollimont de Marolles ( 1775-1855)
(Source 3) 3) Marie-Rose-Nicolas-Christophe (dit Saint Rose)1779-1857 married on January 24, 1815 Nicolas Christophe married Céline de MASSIAS de BONNE (1799-1835) and issued:
3.b. Marie-Louise-Elisabeth-Élize GAIGNERON JOLLIMON de MAROLLES (?) married on May 13, 1838 to Etienne-Louis Paulin Baltazar (1804) in Le Lamentin, Martinique.
3.c Nicolas-Adolphe GAIGNERON JOLLIMON de MAROLLES (ca.1819-1894), Resident owner, administrator of the dwelling called Acajou married Marie-Annoncia Méngage and issued:
[Source 1]
Genealogical Note: According to the genealogy published by Pierre BARBIER de la SERRE on geneanet.org, Nicolas-Adolphe "recognized on his deathbed: Claude-Marie-Nicolas and Henri Nicolas". Mr. J. Catherine confirmed this statement.
3.d. Nicolas-Léon GAIGNERON JOLLIMON de MAROLLES (ca.1820-1885) , Chevalier de la Légion d'Honneur (1849) married Marthe-Inès de Gaigneron-Morin (1837-1914).
4) Joseph-Nicolas or Marie Nicolas Joseph (1781), title and dignity of Count Gaigneron Jollimont de Marolles passes to his branch after his brother's branch has no male heirs in 1895 (Source 5).
5) Joseph-Paul-Célinie-Sophie (1786)
6) Marie-Elizabeth-Roberte (1776-1860) married a) Léon PAPIN du PONT and b) Pierre Grégoire d'ARNAUD (1755)
7) Marie-Luise-Philippine (December 21, 1779). No issue.
Marie-Jacques (Jacques Marie) GAIGNERON JOLLIMON (1775-1855), First Count of Gaigneron Jollimont de Marolles
Born on May 21, 1775 in Saint Pierre, Martinique and died on March 26, 1855 in Tours, France. He was Mayor of Chissay (1851), general councilor of Montrichard (1809-1839), member of the electoral college of Loir & Cher .
On June 1, 1816, by the Grace of His Majesty King Louis XVIII de Borbon (1755 – 1824) of France and Navarre, Marie Nicolas Joseph was created Count de Gaineron Jollimont de MAROLLES in the Kingdom of France.
Marie-Jacques Gaigneron-Jollimont de Marolles returned to France in about 1850 and died in Tours on March 26, 1855 (Source 1).
The branch of Marie Nicolas Joseph returned to France in about 1802 after the Peace of Amiens. It also appears that he spent time in England from 1790 to 1802.
In 1796, possibly exiled in England, he married Elisabeth HUSSEY-MONTEGU (1780-1865) and issued three children
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The House of Montegu, Earl Beaulieu |
1) Robertine-Charlotte-Emilie-Roxane (1800-1881), married March 16, 1881 to Marc-Auguste-Hyacithe de PUGET, Count of Barbantane
2) Alfred-Louis-Casimir, 2nd Count de Marolles (1801-1873) married Elisabeth LAWTON (1817-1888)
3) Charles-Edouard-Rose-Camille (1807-1895) married Marie-Caroline JUTEAU, 3rd Count de Marolles and First Viscount de Marolles
Note on Last Name:
From 1816 on the GAIGNERON JOLLIMON branch of the family has added the last name of "de Marolles".
Some genealogies indicate that the title is Count de Gaigneron Jollimont de Marolles which causes confusion. As it stands, these are the possible combinations found:
1) Count de Marolles (June 1, 1816 in Letter Patent)
2) Viscount de Marolles (1873, Requiem Card of Alfred Louis Casimir)
3) Count de Gaigneron Jollimont de Marolles (online genealogy data banks)
Alfred Louis Casimir GAIGNERON JOLLIMON de MAROLLES (1801-1873), Second Count of Gaigneron Jollimont de Marolles
In 1833, Alfred Louis Casimir Gaigneron Jollimon de Marolles married Elisabeth LAWTON (1817-1888). She was the daughter of Jean Edouard Lawton and Anna Suzanne GUESTIER (daughter of the Baron Daniel GUESTIER and Marie Elizabeth LYS).
On April 30, 1843 Alfred Louis Casimir Gaigneron Jollimon de Marolles was made a Chevalier of the French Legion of Honor. As a career officer in the French Army, he archived the rank of Capitaine de cavalerie .
Alfred Louis Casimir and Elisabeth LAWTON issued four children:
1) Jacques -Edouard (1834-1879), 4th Count de Marolles and had no issue
2) Elizabeth Anna (1837-1870) married William Johnston (1832-1893)
3) Alice Jeanne (1845-1923) married William Johnston (1832-1893)
Jacques-Edouard GAIGNERON JOLLIMON de Marolles (1834-1879), Calvary Lieutenant, Third Count de Gaigneron Jollimont de Marolles
Charles-Edouard-Rose-Camille GAIGNERON JOLLIMON de Marolles (1807-1895), Fourth Count of Gaigneron Jollimont de Marolles and First Viscount of Marolles
Charles Edouard Rose Camille was the last son of Marie Nicolas Joseph, First Count de Marolles, and Elisabeth HUSSEY. He was also a page to Their Majesties Louis XVIII and Charles X.
At some point he was created Viscount de Marolles . He married on June 1840 Caroline JUTEAU (1820-1884) and issued only one child:
1) Charlotte Jacqueline/Jacqueline Charlotte , Marquise de PIOLENC
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The House of PIOLENC |
A Question of Inheritance:
It would appear that upon the death of this brother Alfred Louis Casimir in 1873 and his two nephews Jacques in 1879 and Edouard in 1882, Charles Edouard Rose Camille would have become the COUNT de Gaigneron Jollimont de Marolles in 1882. This would explain why his wife, Caroline Juteau who died in 1884 was referred to as Countess de Marolles in the funeral mass invitation issued on the date of her death.
Moreover, according to the Dictionary of French Families (1929), Charles Edouard Rose Camille is considered to be the last Count de Marolles (p.21).
For the title of Count de Marolles to have legally passed to another branch of the family, it probably needed Royal Sanction. By the time that Charles Edouard Rose Camille died, France was a Republic and thus these types of disputes may not have had legal standing.
He married twice:
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At some point, the family of Marie Nicolas Joseph and Louise Cesarine moved to France because their eldest son was born in Paris in 1829. So between 1810 and 1829, this branch returned to France.
Heirs to the Title and Dignity:
Louis-Adolphe GAIGNERON JOLLIMON (1820-1899), Fifth Count of Gaigneron Jollimont de Marolles
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PERINELLE of MAY |
1) Louis-Marie-Roger (1855-1869)
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Requiem Card of Louis-Marie-Roger (+1869) |
2) Louise-Amélie Marie-Elisabeth (1856-1902) married April 11, 1833 to Adrien RICHARD de BEAUCHAMP
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Requiem Card of Louise-Amelie-Marie Elisabeth de Gaigneron de Marolles (+1902) |
4) Louise-Amélie-Marie (1871-1943) married Robert-Philippe-Alexandre GRANT de LUXOLIERE de BELLUSIERE (1864-1929)
5) Veronique (1873-1946) married François PREVOST de SANSAC de TRAVERSAY (1868-1951), Count de Prevost de Sansac de Traversay
6) Jean (1879-1946) married Marie-Louise d'HENNEZEL (1880-1963)
7) Marguerite (1889-1962) married Henri-Joseph-Charles- Ferdinand de LARMINAT (1890-1968), Chev. of the Legion of Honor
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Marie-Louis-Olivier GAIGNERON JOLLIMON (1865-1942), Sixth Count Gaigneron Jollimont de Marolles
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The House of Grant de Luxoliere de Bellussiere |
Biographical Note:
Christine Marie Berthe was born on January 17, 1869. She was the daughter of Baron Guillaume Alexandre GRANT de LUXOLIÈRE de BELLUSSIÈRE (1820-1905) and Berthe Marie Célestine de PICHON-LONGUEVILLE (1840-1889). She died on November 5, 1957.
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The House of Pichon-Longueville |
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Marie-Louis-Olivier and Christine Marie-Berthe issued seven children:
1) Louis-Marie-Adolphe Léopold (1897-1986) married Raymonde ERNEST-PICARD (+1995) and issued.
2) Marie-Robert-Jacques (1900-1980), Count de Gaigneron Jollimont de Marolles, married in 1929 to Louise de Geoffre de Chabrignac(1905-1983) and issued.
4) Nelly (1902)
5) Louise-Marie-Berthe (1903-1991) married Yves Rèal del Sarte (+1979) of the House of Phillippy Bucelly d'Estreès and issued.
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The House of Philippy de Bucelly d'Estrees |
7) Louis-Marie-Pierre (1910-1996) married Geneviève LEGRAND (1914-2004) and issued.
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From Right to Left: Berthe, Louis, Léopold (Standing), Suzanne, and Jacques (Photo Courtesy of F. Marty-Real) |
Marie-Robert - Jacques GAIGNERON JOLLIMON (1900-1980), Seventh Count de Gaigneron Jollimont de Marolles
Around 1930, he married Louise GEOFFRE de CHABRIGNAC (1905-1983) and issued six children: (Roselyne, Therese, Michel, Miren, Jean, and Marie-Odile).
- Roseline (1930-2010)
- Therese 1932
- Michel 1934-2024, Count de Gaigneron Jollimont de Marolles
- Miren 1935-
- Jean 1938-
- Marie-Odile 1944-
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by GEOFFRE de CHABRIGNAC |
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Michel GAIGNERON JOLLIMON (1934-2024), Eighth Count of Gaigneron Jollimont de Marolles
Mathieu GAIGNERON JOLLIMON (1974), Count de Gaigneron Jollimont de Marolles, Viscount de Marolles
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The House of LA VILLÉON |
1) Antoine de GAIGNERON JOLLIMON de MAROLLES (2003), Hereditary Count de Gaigneron Jollimont de Marolles
Sources for Blog Entry
1) The genealogy contained in this blog entry was compiled with the help of the resources on the database http://gw.geneanet.org. We recognized that many people are involved in the act of constructing genealogies. However, we would like to mention a few of the collaborators that have build up information on the Gaigneron Jollimont de Marolles family:
a) Mr. Jean Hervé Favre
b) Mr. Patrik Brunet-Moret
c) Mr. Philippe Savignac
d) Mr. Jean Catherine (my great avid collaborator)
2) The living descendants of the House of Gaigneron Jollimont de Marolles:
a) O. Réal del Sarte
b) Madame F. Marty-Réal del Sarte
3) One of the most complete genealogies published on the House of Gaigneron was done in the book Dictionnaire historique et Généaologique des Familles du Poitou by H, Ch Beauchet-Filleau. Poitiers: Oudin et cie, 1891. Print. 653-655. The entire book can be found digitized on Google books.
4) In compiling current information on the House of Gaigneron, we mad use of the information provided by such internet databases as:
a) roglo.eu
b) and Gneall (http://old.geneall.net/F/per_page.php?id=232342)
5) "Dictionary of French families" by C. d'EA Volume 20. Evreux: Imprimerie Charles Hérissay (1929). 19-22. The entire book is available at the National Library of France online gallica resources. Several other volumes are also available on Google Books.
6. Château de Bois-Briand entry on Wikipedia in French.