SOMME (80) - LE DOUX - BISSON DE LA ROQUE - MELIN DE VADICOU - Lot 52

SOMME (80) - LE DOUX - BISSON DE LA ROQUE - MELIN DE VADICOURT families / Private family archives of these 3 families, linked as follows: Claude LE DOUX (1738-1793), Seigneur de BOURSEVILLE, Farmer of Chateauneuf en Marquenterre, who acquired the seigneury of Bourseville in 1779, (enlarged the château, seat of the Third Estate) had a daughter, Marie-Gabrielle (1763-1823) who married Claude BISSON DE LA ROQUE (1755-1835), then their direct descendant Henri Bisson de La Roque (1877-1931) married Yolande MELIN de VADICOURT (1880-1975) - These 3 families are rooted in the Somme (Occoches, Bouseville, Doulens), with branches in Pas de Calais (Montreuil-sur-Mer), Seine Maritime (Eu) and Belgium (Bruges) - The whole represents over 400 items: deeds, from the 16th to the early 20th centuries (some in bundles, many on parchment, all in expedition, sales and purchases, leases, accounts, estates, etc.), miscellaneous documents (wills, private marriage contracts, personal military papers, passports, hunting licenses), and family correspondence.