Debar, Elisabeth | University of Illinois Archives
Name: Debar, Elisabeth
Historical Note:
Elisabeth Debar was born ca. 1860 in Le Havre, France, to Théodore and Anne Maria Debar. She had a sister, Clara, and two brothers, Pierre and Christino Théodore. Her letter suggest that she took a position as a governess or tutor for two children just outside of St. Petersburg in the late 19th-early 20th century.
Her sister, Clara Doublel (née Debar) was born July 16, 1858 in Le Havre, France to Théodore and Anne Maria Debar. She married Charles Doublel on January 26, 1882, and had two children, Alfred (born 1885) and Charlotte (born 1889).