The Riboud Family during World War II
After the German Army entered Paris on June 21, 1940, the Riboud family fled occupied France for Baltimore, Maryland, Nancy Riboud's childhood home in the United States. Nancy first left for Portugal with her young daughters Chesley and Betsy, and her infant daughter Olivia. Nancy's husband Jacques soon followed, meeting them in Serta, Portugal before sailing on the SS Excalibur for New York.
Olivia Riboud on Her Riboud and Gwinn Parents and Grandparents
In the spring of 2023, Olivia Cosgrave Riboud discussed her family history with her first cousin Bill Bowe.
Jean Paul de la Chapelle on the de la Chapelle Family
Jean Paul de la Chapelle In June 2023, I had a chance to talk with Jean Paul de la Chapelle (JPD) who was at his home in Neuville sur Saône, a suburb just outside Lyon, France. Our goal [...]
1997 Livie Riboud Gives Bill Bowe a Tour of 46 Avenue Ramon Poincare
1997 Livie Riboud Gives Bill Bowe a Tour of 46 Avenue Ramon Poincare in Paris In March, 1997, I took time out from a business trip to Europe for Encyclopaedia Britannica to visit the Riboud family. On [...]
Mary Gwinn Bowe Photos (1901-1979)
Mary Gwinn Bowe Photos As happened not infrequently in those days, when Mary Gwinn Bowe entered the world in Baltimore, Maryland in 1901, her mother, Mary Roche Gwinn, left it. Her father, Richard Gwinn, Jr. immediately turned to his [...]
1970 Mary Gwinn Bowe Recalls Her Life Before Chicago in The Families
In the "Before Chicago" part of her remembrances in The Families, Mary Gwinn Bowe recalls the period in her life before her marriage in 1928 to my father, William John Bowe, Sr. After her own mother Mary Agnes Roche died giving birth to her in 1901, she was brought up by her father's mother, Elizabeth Agnes Burns Gwinn. Mary always called her "Mama." Being a widowed by then with modest resources, she made ends meet by managing a rooming house on the Atlantic shore in Deal, New Jersey. Mary goes on to talk about her schooling, the excitement of being on the New Jersey State women's basketball championship team at Asbury Park High School and her fortuitous entrance at the 11th hour to Trinity College in Washington, D.C.
1935-1938 Chesley & Betsy Riboud at Play & a Visit to Baltimore
1935-Nancy and Jacques go for a skiing vacation in the Alps;Return to 7, rue Madame and Chindrieux; Watch their Chesley learn to walk and play outside in her playpen;1938-Betsy Riboud learns to walk on the steamship from Le Harve;Visiting Elizabeth [...]
