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Pierre-André Meyer
Jeanne Clémence Weill’s ancestry Weil (1849-1905), (Marcel Proust’s mother)
In the context of the centenary of the death of Marcel Proust (1871-1922), this article takes stock of our knowledge of Jeanne Clémence Weil’ ancestry, the writer’s mother. His paternal ancestry (the Weil side, originating from Niedernai, in Alsace) and his maternal ancestry (the Berncastel side, originating from Trier) are both reviewed, as well as the other branches (the Nathans, originating from Lunéville, and the Silny, from Metz). A particular emphasis is placed on the personality of Baruch Weil (1780-1828), Jeanne Weil’s paternal grandfather, an important Parisian businessman, who for more than a quarter of a century directed the Fontainebleau porcelain factory. A list of Jeanne Weil’s ancestry over 12 generations, followed by a diagram of her “kinship”, complete this article.
Gilles Boulu
Jewish families from the Regency of Algiers to Livorno: New genealogical sources
As early as the 17th century, Jewish merchants of the North African indigenous communities, particularly those of the regency of Algiers, were attracted by the port of Livorno, platform of Mediterranean trade. The new sources available, especially archives of the Jewish community of Livorno, including ketubbot, make it possible to establish the distant genealogies of these merchants and to supplement the local sources which are often lacking. The author gives a list of the main families which, in the 19th century, constituted 15% of the Jewish population of Livorno.
Joëlle Allouche-Benayoun
Eugénie Ceddaha and the « cemetery of the insane »
The announcement of the imminent burial of the “cemetery of the madmen” (Évreux, Normandy) under a national road, leads the author, following various press articles and the indexing of the graves by a team from the Departmental Heritage Conservatory of Eure, to take an interest in one of the rare Jewish tombs present, that of Eugénie Ceddaha, born in Philippeville, in Algeria.
Rémy Chicheportiche
Jacob Sasportas daughters in Tlemcen
The will of Rabbi Jacob Sasportas (1610-1698) reveals that he had children born to a first spouse (prior to Rachel Toledano). His son Samuel is one of them, and so are daughters who remained in Tlemcen when Jacob emigrated to Europe.