She married Jean Francois Gravelet, known as Blondin, on August 11th 1852, in Boston, Massachusetts. The marriage record said she was 16 although her birthday was two months away. So she was really 15. Blondin already had a wife and three children in France so this marriage was bigamous.
Blondin never used the name Charles Blondin. There is a picture of him in a brochure from the now defunct Niagara Falls Museum, in Ontario, which he autographed as JF Blondin. The name Charles Emile was the invention of his manager, a man named Parravincini, to help hide the fact he was a bigamist
Blondin never used the name Charles Blondin. There is a picture of him in a brochure from the now defunct Niagara Falls Museum, in Ontario, which he autographed as JF Blondin. The name Charles Emile was the invention of his manager, a man named Parravincini, to help hide the fact he was a bigamist
She married Jean Francois Gravelet, known as Blondin, on August 11th 1852, in Boston, Massachusetts. The marriage record said she was 16 although her birthday was two months away. So she was really 15. Blondin already had a wife and three children in France so this marriage was bigamous.
Blondin never used the name Charles Blondin. There is a picture of him in a brochure from the now defunct Niagara Falls Museum, in Ontario, which he autographed as JF Blondin. The name Charles Emile was the invention of his manager, a man named Parravincini, to help hide the fact he was a bigamist
Blondin never used the name Charles Blondin. There is a picture of him in a brochure from the now defunct Niagara Falls Museum, in Ontario, which he autographed as JF Blondin. The name Charles Emile was the invention of his manager, a man named Parravincini, to help hide the fact he was a bigamist
Bio by: Kieran Smith
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