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Henriette de La Roche

Fontenay-Trésigny, 14 Oct 1892 – Saulzais-le-Potier, 2 Aug 1980

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Facts and their sources

  • Born14 Oct 1892, Fontenay-Trésignynot verified1 source
  • Died2 Aug 1980, Saulzais-le-Potiernot verified1 source

A life in time

  1. 14 Oct 1892

    Born in Fontenay-Trésigny

  2. 8 Oct 1915

    A son is born

  3. 2 Aug 1980

    Dies in Saulzais-le-Potier, aged 87

Family

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During her lifetime

She lived through 10 decades. Pick one to hear and see what it was like around Fontenay-Trésigny.

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The 1890s · Henriette is born in Fontenay-Trésigny

In the news1895

Industrial workers equaled agricultural workers

By the mid-1890s, the number of industrial workers in the German Empire grew to match those in agriculture, marking a major demographic shift toward urbanization and factory labor.

Getting around

Steam trains replaced horse carriages

By 1891, a steam train began connecting Annemasse to the Giffre valley in three hours, replacing an old horse-drawn carriage that required seven hours to cover the same distance.

At the table

Tax-free home distillation privileges

Between 1875 and 1914, French peasants had a legal privilege to distill part of their own wine, cider, or fruit harvest into spirits without paying any taxes or needing declarations.

The first modern Olympics. Athens hosted the first modern Olympic Games, with 241 athletes from 14 nations.Around the world · 1896

The first modern Olympics. Athens hosted the first modern Olympic Games, with 241 athletes from 14 nations.

Émile Gilliéron · public domain

What people wore

Alsatian folk dress used on political parades

In Alsace, traditional Tracht was tied to religious occasions like weddings and first communions, but it later became common at political rallies; when Kaiser Wilhelm II visited Strasbourg in 1877, women were greeted in Tracht. The text also describes how the costume’s symbolism shifted with politics over the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries.

Music

Large regional music competitions drew thousands

Musical societies frequently performed at regional competitions, such as one in 1891 in Aurillac that brought together over 1,000 performers to parade and compete.

Daily life

Mandatory primary education reform

Following the Ferry laws of the 1880s, primary education became free, compulsory, and secular for children aged 7 to 13.