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Gounod lost his father at the age of five and
he developed from then on an immense love doubled
by admiration for his mother. The family was small
he had only an eleven year old brother other than
him. His brother and mother disappeared early in
his life, respectively in 1850 and 1853. Then, it
seems that by his marriage Gounod "adopted" a new
family, that of his wife. At first, he was close to
his father-in-law, Joseph Zimmerman, who died
prematurely in 1855. Then he became very fond of
his mother-in-law - that he called "mother" in his
correspondences and to whom he showed a lot of
affection - as well as with his multiple
brothers-in-law and sisters-in-law. Indeed, his
wife Anna had three sisters: Juliette who married
Édouard Dubufe the painter, Zéa who
became Madame Duglé, then Madame Pigache -
Pigache was Napoleon III's doctor -, and Berthe,
who married the architect Pigny to whom Gounod
entrusted the decoration of his Parisian apartment
of the place Malesherbes. He had two children, Jean
then Jeanne, but the nephews and the nieces who
were born were a part also of the horizon close to
the composer. A particular place was reserved in
the heart of the musician for his nephew Guillaume,
son of Édouard Dubufe, for which he
considered to be like a foster father. On the
whole, Gounod was doubtless surrounded a lot with
the different members of his in-laws.
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Ambroise-Elisabeth
RAVOISIER
(1718-1786)
Grandmother of Charles. Daughter of Louis
Ravoisier, "fourbisseur", and Catherine
Hemond
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Nicolas-François
GOUNOD
(1712-1795)
Grandfather of Charles. Gunsmith, fitter
and polisher of sabres, "fourbisseur"
common of Roy, accommodated in the
galleries of the Louvre, son of Antoine
been born in 1674 and from Madeleine
Chevry.
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François-Louis
GOUNOD
(1758-1823)
Father of Charles. Pupil of
Lepicié, painter, he was a
professor of drawing in the Ecole
polytechnique.
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Victoire
LEMACHOIS
(1780-1858)
Mother of Charles. Daughter of Georges
Lemachois lawyer in the Parliament of
Normandy and Marie Heuzey. Gave lessons of
piano from the age of 13 years.
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Urbain
GOUNOD
(1807-1850)
Brother of Charles, he was an architect.
He got married in 1847 to Marie-Marthe
Chrétien-Lalanne of whom he had two
girls.
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Anna
ZIMMERMAN
(1839-1906)
Wife of Charles in 1852, daughter of
Joseph Zimmerman and Hortense-Victoire
Leduc.
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Pierre-Joseph
ZIMMERMAN
(1785-1853)
Father-in-law of Charles. Son of a factor
of piano, professor, composer, author of
the opera Nausicaa and
l'Enlèvement.
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Hortense-Victoire
LEDUC
(1801-1888)
Mother-in-law of Charles. Had four girls
with Joseph Zimmerman: Juliette,
Zéa, Berthe and Anna
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Jean
GOUNOD
(1856-1935)
Son of Charles. Painter and musician, it
was not easy for him to be " The son "!
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Jeanne
GOUNOD
(1863-1945)
Daughter of Charles. Wife of Pierre de
Lassus Saint-Geniès
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Édouard
DUBUFE
(1819-1883)
Brother-in-law of Charles, husband of
Juliette Zimmerman. Painter portrait
painter of talent, he was very bound to
Gounod.
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Guillaume
DUBUFE
(1853-1909)
Nephew of Charles and son of
Édouard. Painter also, he decorated
the ceilings of the "Buffet de la Gare de
Lyon", the library of "La Sorbonne" and
the Village hall of "L'Elysée".
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