Marie Celestine de la Roche (b. 1766, d. 20 Jun 1846)
Marie Celestine de la Roche was born 1766 in Brussels, Belgium, and died 20 Jun 1846 in Brussels, Belgium. She married (1) Pierre Simon de la Roche. She married (2) Peter Tondeur. She married (3) Richard Kenning on 06 Sep 1803 in Mile End Old Town, London.
Notes for Marie Celestine de la Roche: A lady in waiting to Marie Antoinette. Escaped to England at some time during the French Revolution. She was reputedly a lady of title, possibly Belgian. One story is that she was smuggled aboard a fishing boat, dressed in fisherman's clothes, and that her brother, Peter de la Roche, a member of the King's Guard, was not so lucky and was captured and guillotined. At some point she was known as the "widow Tondeur" and then after she married a Richard Kenning. (Source - Caroline Scott research)
Belived to be a cousin of Pierre Simon de la Roche, then his mistress. Later she married Kenning.
Marie was engaged as the governess to raise Louis (an infant smuggled out of France into England by Pierre and his wife).
Pierre and Marie Celestine had a baby together - Mary Celestine de la Roche. Marie Celstine raised Louis along with her own child.
More About Marie Celestine de la Roche: Occupation: Governess to Louis de la Roche.
More About Marie Celestine de la Roche and Richard Kenning: Marriage: 06 Sep 1803, Mile End Old Town, London.
Children of Marie Celestine de la Roche and Pierre Simon de la Roche are:
Marie Celestine de la Roche (b. 1766, d. 20 Jun 1846)
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