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Written by Dorikri
Written by Dorikri
Louise Paulin |
Il suo disonore Louise non volle farlo subire anche ai suoi familiari e decise così di fuggire di nascosto; giunse al porto di Marsiglia, dove si fece assumere come cameriera su una nave da crociera, e partì.
Decise di affrontare i problemi man mano che si presentavano, avendo però un’unica certezza: non abortire.
Nei primi anni del ‘900 le navi erano molto più lente e le crociere erano solo per persone ricche, forse anche molto ricche, e gli scali erano lunghi.
Non è certo se fu alla prima o alla seconda crociera del 1898 che il destino fece incontrare la mia bis-nonna con un gentiluomo chiamato Edmond Grasset, che stava andando in Turchia a lavorare per una banca.
Si innamorano, lei gli disse subito delle sue condizioni, e lui la fece sbarcare ad Hammamet dove, il 23 dicembre partorì una bambina a cui diede il nome di lui al femminile: Edmée.
Her name was Edmée Laure Grasset, she was born in Hammamet (Tunisia) on December 23rd, 1898 and she passed away in Nice in 1976.
Edmond Grasset |
Her life has been out of the ordinary since her birth: her mother Louise Paulin, born on February 14th, 1869, was engaged, but her fiancé died (I have never known the reason).
Beyond her obvious pain, Louise had a big problem: she was pregnant.
She did not want to bring dishonor to her family so she decided to sneak out secretly: she managed to arrive at the port of Marseille, where she boarded a cruise ship being hired on as waitress and left.
She decided she would face problems as and when they arose, but having one certainty: she would not have aborted.
In the early 1900s, ships were much slower and these very slow cruises were only for rich people, even for the very rich ones... and the stopovers were long too.
It is uncertain whether it was during the first or the second cruise in 1898 that fate made my great-grandmother meet a gentleman named Edmond Grasset, who was going to Turkey to work for a bank.
They fell in love; she immediately told him about her condition, and he landed her in Hammamet where on December 23 she gave birth to a baby girl she called Edmée (the feminine form of Edmont).
Beyond her obvious pain, Louise had a big problem: she was pregnant.
She did not want to bring dishonor to her family so she decided to sneak out secretly: she managed to arrive at the port of Marseille, where she boarded a cruise ship being hired on as waitress and left.
She decided she would face problems as and when they arose, but having one certainty: she would not have aborted.
In the early 1900s, ships were much slower and these very slow cruises were only for rich people, even for the very rich ones... and the stopovers were long too.
It is uncertain whether it was during the first or the second cruise in 1898 that fate made my great-grandmother meet a gentleman named Edmond Grasset, who was going to Turkey to work for a bank.
They fell in love; she immediately told him about her condition, and he landed her in Hammamet where on December 23 she gave birth to a baby girl she called Edmée (the feminine form of Edmont).