The potato blight struck Europe in the mid-1840s. In Ireland more than one million individuals died of starvation, but its effects were also felt in France and in the village of Graffigny, as the following image reveals. The famine lead to a worsening economy and then to the overthrow of Louis Philippe in February 1848. The Second Republic of France followed.
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| Deaths 1847, Graffigny |
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The recorded deaths in Graffigny for the year 1847 exceed the normal mortality rate for a village or two to three hundred individuals. Also striking is the number of individuals from the same family.
Archives de la Haute-Marne, 1843-1852
Paul Achille Chevallier was the seven year old son of Claude Alexandre Chevallier and Genivieve Rouyer.
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| Paul Achille Chevallier |
Joseph Chevallier died at the age of seventy, a former military officer, son of Joseph Chevallier and Marie Collin.
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| Joseph Chevallier, died 1847 |
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