Re: Francis Constant born Normandy abt 1900
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In reply to:
Francis Constant born Normandy
eric Bloxham 7/30/08
I am just as anxious to know where in France Francois Constant was born and the date. Francis Augustus is his son christened 12 Dec 1828 in Cheltenham, Gloucestershire. He and Mary Ann Allington had 14 children. Cheltenham is where I was born and raised and we find that the last name Constant was anglicized to Constance.
There is a family story that their daughter Isabel born 1848 was a noted painter and painted a picture of Chillon Castle in France, but research reveals that there are various spellings of that name and I am not sure which one is the place she painted. There is a castle on the shore of Lake Geneva in Switzerland where Lord Byron and his literary friends gathered, with a similar name. Chalon, Chillon etc are all on the maps in various parts of France.