Sunday, December 07, 2014

Gaspard Monge - division 18 in Pere-Lachaise

1823, by Arnaud

by Boitard

1818

1821, Jolimont

1832, Normand

1832, Quaglia

1840, Marty

Sunday, November 30, 2014

Mehul - division 13 in Pere-Lachaise

1821, Jolimont

1832, Quaglia

Sunday, November 23, 2014

Bosquillon - division 13 in Pere-Lachaise

1821, by Jolimont

Sunday, November 16, 2014

Friday, November 14, 2014

So you want to be buried in Paris, eh?

Well, here's the bad news:

In order to be buried in a Paris cemetery you must have either have been born in or have died in the city. That's pretty much it.

That also includes having your ashes spread in the Jardin de Remembrance at Pere-Lachaise as well.

Sunday, November 09, 2014

Sunday, November 02, 2014

Division 17 in Pere-Lachaise

1832, Goupy (by Arnaud)

1821, Sophie Gail (by Jolimont)

1832, Clarke (by Normand)

1832, Lucy-Adrien (by Normand)

1832, Hennecart (by Quaglia)

1840, Gall (by Marty)

Sunday, October 19, 2014

Sunday, October 12, 2014

Sunday, September 21, 2014

Lefebvre - division 28 in Pere-Lachaise

1832, Normand

1832, Normand

1832, Quaglia
1828

1840, Marty

Tuesday, September 16, 2014

Pere-Lachaise Postcards for sale

These cards come 10 to a pack, two copies of each image. Price is $25 per pack plus $3 shipping. Payable through PayPal: steve at stevesoper dot com.

All the photos were taken by Steve Soper. Produced on heavy postcard stock through Moo.com.
Belgian poet Georges Rodenbach in division 15

balloonists Croce-Spinelli and Sivel in division 71

political activist August Blanqui in division 91

Jules Le Win in division 93

Paul Doucherot in division 96

sample only -- typical address side; each card marked with grave name and location

Sunday, September 14, 2014

Massena -- division 28 in Pere-Lachaise

1855, by Salomon

1821, by Jolimont

1832, by Normand

1832, by Quaglia

1840, by Marty
1836


1821-22 Marchant Massena (upper right)

Sunday, September 07, 2014