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Old 07-09-14, 16:21
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Hi , my husbands grandfather Francois marcelin alcouffe was born in france , perhaps Paris . Around 1890s . I haven't much info . My husbands father was brought up in German East Africa not knowing his father very well . I have managed to find a marriage in Uganda for francois and a leona guillot in 1912 , also some births and deaths of some of their children in Kampala . He married illegally after that . I would love to trace his place of birth for my husband . I have been on cyndys list and have found some alcouffes in the pyrenees and quite a lot around Paris with the same surname but I haven't managed to find francois . I did once see a prisoner of war in a german camp named marcelin alcouffe . That could have been him . Any kind of help or pointers where I may get more info regarding the french registers thanks
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I think this should be a thread in its own right.
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Does the marriage in Uganda give any information about Francois?
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Renee Irene Leona Alcouffe was born on 25 January 1917 in Kampala. Father was Francois Marcellin Alcouffe, engineer, mother was Leona Guillon. They were both French and the birth was registered with the British on 13 March 1918. The British ran the Ugandan Protectorate at the time.

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Most French BMD records are available online but you have to know which location to look at since they don't have a national name index.
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There isn't any info on how old francois is or is wife . Only that he is a merchant .
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You can see the birth records of the children of the marriage and how a couple of the died of malaria . But that's all I have at present my father in law died a few years ago , but his father was still alive in east Africa around 1953 /54 .
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Old 07-09-14, 18:04
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The marriage in Kampala on 8 March 1912 names Francois Marcellin's father as Francois Gerome Alcouffe, merchant. Leona Guillot's father was Emilie (Emile?) Guillot. He was a contractor.

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I did once see a prisoner of war in a german camp named marcelin alcouffe . That could have been him.
If you saw this http://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/bpt...xtePage.langFR it is from 1941.
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