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Eugène Harcourt

Paris, 1861 – Paris, 4 Mar 1918

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Facts and their sources

  • Born1861, Parisor 2 May 1859Records disagree1 source
  • MarriedArmande de Pierre de Bernisnot verified1 source
  • Died4 Mar 1918, ParisRecords disagree1 source

A life in time

  1. 1861

    Born in Paris

  2. 20 Sep 1899

    A son is born

  3. 4 Mar 1918

    Dies in Paris

Family

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During his lifetime

He lived through 6 decades. Pick one to hear and see what it was like around Paris.

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The 1860s · Eugène is born in Paris

In the news1860

Petroleum lamps replaced candles for lighting

Starting in 1860, petroleum lamps replaced candles and tallow lights in German households, significantly improving home lighting.

Getting around

Travel between Sardinian towns by road

A diligence service connected Sassari and Cagliari in 30 hours, while horse-drawn carriages could also be hired for travel between towns at a cost of 5 francs per day per horse.

At the table

Daily Meals Based on Soup and Bread

Ordinary families typically relied on a single daily meal, often a soup (minestra) made of vegetables, potatoes, lard, or salted pork, frequently served with bread. For many, meat was an exceptional treat reserved for Sundays, holidays, or celebrations like weddings.

Italy is unified. Garibaldi, Cavour and Victor Emmanuel joined the Italian states into one kingdom, with Rome its capital from 1871.In Europe · 1859–1871

Italy is unified. Garibaldi, Cavour and Victor Emmanuel joined the Italian states into one kingdom, with Rome its capital from 1871.

Baldassare Verazzi (1819-1886) · public domain

What people wore

Costumes as social and marital indicators

Sardinian folk costumes acted as indicators of social status, with wealth signaled by the quality and dye of the fabric, the number of buttons, or the type of metal used for finger rings. Marital status was often signaled by the color of a dress, the type of hairstyle, or a man's vest color.

Music

Songs at wool-carding gatherings

During social wool-carding gatherings, young men offered flowers to women accompanied by sung verses, with the women required to respond in kind.

Daily life

Creative food preservation and tool recycling

Families preserved eggs for months by storing them in a mixture of four parts water and one part lime, leaving the storage pots permanently marked with white residue. Tools were also creatively repurposed, such as graters fashioned from old, unusable farm hoes pierced with a hot iron.