Figure 1.-- Ferdinande (Hélène Marie) was born in 1872. Ferdinande and her brothers with their parents appeared in an engraving published in The Graphic Magazine (1881), At the time the technology for reproducing photographs was not yet perfected. Mathieu and his brother Ismaël were still wearing dresses like their sister Ferdinande.

Ferdinande (Hélène Marie) was born in 1872. Ferdinande and her brothers with their parents appeared in an engraving published in The Graphic Magazine (1881), At the time the technology for reproducing photographs was not yet perfected. Mathieu and his brother Ismaël were still wearing dresses like their sister Ferdinande. The boys were about 11-10 years old. Their sister was about 9 years old. The children are outfitted identically except that Ferdinande has a hairbow. She was known in the family as Tototte. She married ép. Ferdinand Marie Philippe de GONTAUT BIRON (1868-98) in 1890. She died in 1948.

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