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Renée-Yvonne Doursennot

Périgueux, 26 Oct 1908 – Albas, 11 Feb 2001

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Facts and their sources

  • Born26 Oct 1908, Périgueuxnot verified1 source
  • MarriedAndré de Laborde de Monpezatnot verified1 source
  • Died11 Feb 2001, Albasnot verified1 source

A life in time

  1. 26 Oct 1908

    Born in Périgueux

  2. 11 Jun 1934

    A son is born

  3. 11 Feb 2001

    Dies in Albas, aged 92

Family

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During her lifetime

She lived through 11 decades. Pick one to hear and see what it was like around Périgueux.

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The 1900s · Renée-Yvonne is born in Périgueux

In the news1900

Paris Metro opens in 1900

The first Paris metro line opened on July 14, 1900, allowing travel across the city in half an hour for 20 to 25 centimes.

Getting around

Dim train lighting required portable candles

Trains were so dimly lit that passengers wanting to read had to bring their own portable candlesticks.

At the table

Cheap and Fast Street Food

Fried potatoes were a popular and affordable street food, often described as a hunger stopper for workers on the go. Vendors also sold soup, with the seller providing the bowl to customers eating on the street.

The Model T. Ford’s assembly line made a car ordinary families could buy: fifteen million were built.Around the world · 1908–1927

The Model T. Ford’s assembly line made a car ordinary families could buy: fifteen million were built.

ModelTMitch · public domain

What people wore

Quimper workers kept festal clothes apart

In Quimper (Brittany), rural workers could keep their everyday work clothes separate from festival clothing, sometimes commissioned for weddings. This made clothing a visible marker of identity and social position.

Music

Instruments of the Paris Bal Musette

In the early 20th century, the cabrette, a small bagpipe, was the signature instrument of Parisian bal musette, but it was gradually joined or replaced by the accordion introduced by Italian immigrants.

Daily life

Compulsory schooling and literacy

By 1900, free and compulsory primary education created a new generation of literate children who often acted as cultural mediators for their illiterate parents and grandparents.