Editor’s Note: The Riboud family is linked to the Bowe, Casey and Lynch families through my aunt, Chesley Nancy Ann Gwinn Riboud, always known as Nancy. She created this bond by marrying the son of our progenitor Paul Riboud in 1933.
Nancy Gwinn’s mariage to Jacques Marcel Riboud brought about he other family relationships because Nancy was the sister of Mary Gwinn and Martha Gwinn. Mary Gwinn had married my father, William John Bowe, Sr. in 1928. Martha Gwinn later married John Dominic Casey in 1941.
With John Casey’s sister, Mary Catherine Casey, married to Patrick Columbus Lynch. the Nancy Gwinn Riboud connections to the Bowe, Casey and Lynch families was set. The Gwinn sisters left to right:
PHOTO: Martha Gwinn Casey, Nancy Gwinn Riboud, Mary Gwinn Bowe
Our progenitor Paul Riboud was born in 1872. He worked as a Directeur de la Cie des Chemins de Fer de l’Est. (Roughly translated that means he knew how to run a railroad.) Paul Riboud died in 1972 at the age of 100.
Paul married Louise Paris in 1899. They had three children: Yvonne, Jacques and Nicole.
Louise Paris was born in 1876. She was the daughter of Louis Paris and Alice Esclavard. Louise reached 80 years of age and died in 1956.
Their daughter Nicole Riboud was born in Troyes, France on March 3, 1910. She died in Chindrieux, France on October 4, 1942, at the age of 32.
Their daughter Yvonne Riboud was born in Soissons, France on May 18, 1905. Yvonne married Louis Noel Latour in 1925. They had eight children: Marie, Mireille, Louis, Dominique, Pucette, Beulo, Jean-Franois and Bruno. Louis Nol was born in 1903. He worked as a Negociant en vins. Louis Nol reached 79 years of age and died in 1982.
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Yvonne Riboud and Louis Noel Latour had eight children:
Marie Claire Latour was born in Beaune, France, 21, on November 23, 1929. She worked as a Religieuse (Petite Soeur des Pauvres de France).
Mireille Latour was born in Beaune on May 5, 1931.
Louis Latour was born in Aloxe Corton on June 14, 1932.
Dominique Latour was born in 1934.
Marie Anne Pucette Latour was born in Beaune on December 4, 1935.
Bernadette Latour was born in Beaune on February 3, 1938. She died on December 23, 1986, at the age of 48.
Jean-Franois Latour was born in Beaune on June 14, 1942.
Bruno Latour was born in Beaune on June 22, 1947.
Paul and Louise’s son Jacques Marcel Riboud was born in Soissons, France on February 4, 1908. Jacques Riboud married Chesley Nancy Gwinn in 1933. Nancy Gwinn was born in Baltimore, Maryland on Saturday, August 26, 1911. She was the daughter of Richard Gwinn and Elizabeth Tack. Nancy Gwinn reached 80 years of age and died in Chambry, France, 73, on November 8, 1991.
They had five children: Henriette Elizabeth Madeleine Riboud, known as Chesley Riboud (de la Chapelle), known as Chesley, Elizabeth Riboud (Lacombe)known as Betsy Riboud, Olivia Riboud, known as Livie Riboud, Jean-Jacques Riboud and Jean-Gwinn Paul Louis Riboud, known as Jean-Gwinn Riboud.
Chesley Riboud was born in Seine, France on May 17, 1934.
Elizabeth (Betsy) Riboud was born in St Nazaire, France in October 1936.
Olivia (Livie) Riboud was born in Aix les Bains, France in October 1939.
Jean-Jacques Riboud was born in Baltimore, Maryland on January 27, 1946. He died in Charleston, South Carolina on April 11, 1980, at the age of 34.
Jean-Gwinn Riboud was born in Paris, France on December 22, 1950.
The Gwinn Family (left to right): daughters Mary Cornelia Gwinn (West), and Elizabeth Rose Gwinn, Elizabeth Agnes Burns Gwinn and her husband Richard Lawrence Gwinn, Sr., and their sons Thomas Ross Gwinn and Nancy Gwinn Riboud’s father, Richard Lawrence Gwinn, Jr.
Chesley Riboud married Peter Passerat de la Chapelle in 1961 in Chindrieux, France, 73. Peter Passerat was born in 1934. They had four children: Tessa, Jean-Paul, David de la Chapelle and Timothy.
Jean Paul de la Chapelle married Laetitia de la Chapelle and they had four children:
Daughter Chlo’ de la Chapelle, born September 17, 2001, 9/17/01;
Son Xavier P. de La Chapelle, born January 5, 2003,
Daughter Helene de La Chapelle, born June 16, 2005, and
Daughter Vincianne de La Chapelle, born November 27, 2006.
Timothy de la Chapelle married Ai Shi, who was born on March 3, 1975. Timothy and Ai Shi de la Chapelle have two children:
Eva de la Chapelle, born December 1, 2011 and
Arthur de la Chapelle, born February 12, 2016.
Elizabeth Betsy RIBOUD was born on Thursday, October 29, 1936. She married Henry Lacombe. He was born in 1934, the son of Jean LACOMBE and Guitte REBOUD. Betsy died in 2018 at the age of 81. Henry and Betsy Riboud Lacombe have five children: Cecilia, Elizabeth, James, Sophia and Gregory.
Cecilia Lacombe was born in Grenoble, France, 38, on July 13, 1961.
Elizabeth Ann Lacombe was born in Grenoble on June 01, 1963. She died on September 09, 1963.
James Lacombe was born in February 1965.
Sophia Lacombe was born in Bois-le-Roi, France, 77, on December 19, 1966.
Gregory Lacombe was born in Bois-le-Roi in June 1970.
Henry and Elizabeth (Betsy) Riboud Lacombe’s daughter Cecilia Lacombe married Jean-Robert Kuhn in 1991. They have one daughter: Marguerite. Marguerite Kuhn was born on January 25, 1998.
James Lacombe married Anne Catherine Novikoff. Anne Catherine was born in 1968. They have three sons: Clement, Lois-Alexis and Sacha.
Clement Lacombe was born on December 02, 1993.
Lois-Alexis Lacombe was born on March 18, 1999.
Sacha Lacombe was born on March 31, 2005.
Gregory Lacombe married Florence de Tiliere at the Catholic church in Hermance, Switzerland in 1999. Gregory and Florence have four children:
Augustin Lacombe, born August 11, 2000,
Stanislas Lacombe, born September 18, 2002,
Marie-Hermance Lacombe, born April 13, 2004, and
Theodore Lacombe, born July 2, 2007.
Jacques and Nancy Gwinn Riboud’s son Jean Gwinn Riboud married Myriam Anne Chantal Bourel de la Ronciere, known as Myriam Riboud. They have four children:
Thomas Riboud, born in Clamart, France, July 5, 1983,
Josephine Riboud, born in Versailles, France, November 14, 1985;
Melissa Riboud, born in Versailles, France, June 15, 1987;
Theodore Riboud, born Le Chesnay, France, February 27, 1992. He married Charlotte Mare in 2020.
Jean Gwinn and Myriam Riboud's daughter Josephine Riboud married Yann Corderoc'h. They have one son named Elouann Jacques Corderoc'h.
Jean Gwinn and Myriam Riboud's son Theodore Riboud married Charlotte Mare in 2020. Their son Gaspard Riboud was born in 2021.
