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“Des citoyens du monde ont trouvé leur passé” (Sud Ouest)
1978 (gathering of descendants; day and page to be specified)
- Type
- Publication (press article (cutting))
- Date
- 1978 (gathering of descendants; day and page to be specified)
- Source
- Cutting kept by Claude Martin’s family
Original document, not reproduced on this site (publisher’s rights): see its reference below.
Summary
Report on the gathering of descendants of emigrants organised in Clairac in 1978, presented as the Clairac operation “Meeting of citizens of the world in search of their past”: nearly twenty-five participants, who arrived on a Thursday evening and were lodged with local families, are welcomed on the Friday morning in the Salle Tivoli by Mr Martin and study the family trees of families of Clairac stock, among them Boué, Denis, Caubet and Duvigneau. Participants named: Dr François Darné, ambassador of Mauritius in Paris and Bonn; Mr Duvigneau, “an ecologist of international reputation”, professor at the University of Brussels; Mr and Mrs Peter Boué (West Germany); Mr and Mrs Dumoulin (United States); Mr and Mrs Huward [?] Effe (Belgium); Mr and Mrs Lambert (Canada); Mr and Mrs Labauvie (Algeria); Mr and Mrs Maraud des Grottes (Martinique); Mr Maury (United States); the baron and baroness de Peyrebrune (West Germany). In the afternoon, Miss Bourrachot, departmental archivist, gives a lecture in the Salle Tivoli on life in Clairac in the 17th and 18th centuries, in the presence of Mr Roulot, sub-prefect, Mr Cazeau, mayor, and Mr Gibert, deputy mayor; in the evening, all the participants are received in Marmande by the sub-prefect.
Why this document matters
The only detailed account of the gathering of descendants that Claude Martin organised in Clairac in 1978: the families studied, the countries the participants came from, the lecture by Lucile Bourrachot, who had cited his articles as early as 1969, and the presence of the authorities. Three of the families named (Boué, Caubet, Denis) appear on his list of emigrants.
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- Publication date not visible on the cutting; the link with the 1978 gathering is confirmed by the family (Sylvain, 06/10/2026). Day, page and edition remain to be specified.
- The caption of the newspaper’s photograph (“From left to right, Mr Martin talking with Mr Darné, ambassador of Mauritius, and Mr Morizet”) bears a handwritten note: “does not match the photo”. The printed caption therefore does not describe the photo correctly; the photo is not described here.
- Article and photograph not reproduced (newspaper’s rights): original summary and short quotations only.
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- Organisations
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- Themes
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- 1978 gathering
- Meeting of citizens of the world
- genealogy
- Darné
- Lucile Bourrachot
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Original source
“Clairac — Des citoyens du monde ont trouvé leur passé”, Sud Ouest, 1978 (gathering of descendants; day and page to be specified), cutting kept by the family.
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Description
- Title
- “Des citoyens du monde ont trouvé leur passé” (Sud Ouest)
- Date
- 1978 (gathering of descendants; day and page to be specified)
- Period
- 1970s
- Author
- Unsigned (“Clairac” column)
- Source
- Cutting kept by Claude Martin’s family
- Provenance
- Handed over by Florence Lung, niece and sole heir of Claude Martin (05/10/2026); passed on by Sylvain on 06/10/2026
- Place
- Clairac, Marmande, Mauritius, West Germany, United States, Belgium, Canada, Algeria, Martinique
- Family
- Boué, Denis, Caubet, Duvigneau, Darné
- Type
- Publication (press article (cutting))
- Language
- French
- Original file
- Not reproduced on this site (publisher’s rights)
- Transcription
- Not published on this site (publisher’s rights).
- Translation
- Not applicable (document in French)
- Rights
- © Sud Ouest — article and photograph not reproduced on this site; original summary and short quotations only.
Project inventory reference: ingestion of 06/10/2026 (documents handed over by Florence Lung).
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