| Surname | Gautier | |
| First Name | (1) Françoise Marie Antoinette / (2) François | |
| Gender | female/male | |
| Place of birth | (1) Geneva / (2) Geneva | |
| Place of death | (1) Geneva / (2) Geneva | |
| Year of birth | (1) 1769 / (2) 1755 | |
| Year of death | (1) 1849 / (2) 1828 | |
| Profession | 2) Merchant | |
| Religion | Protestant | |
| Place(s) of activity | Genève | |
| Century | 18 / 19 | |
| Biographical information |
1) Daughter of Jean de Tournes and Judith Rilliet. 2) Son of Jean-Jacques Gautier and Marie-Renée (daughter of André Mollet). In 1792 he married Françoise Marie Antoinette. They had four children: Jean-Alfred Gautier (1793); Jean-Antoine Charles (1795); Adelaïde (1797); and Constance (1800). He was a merchant. The journal concerns Jean-Alfred Gautier (1793-1881) who became a Doctor of Philosophy and Honorary Professor of Astronomy and Mathematics at the Academy of Geneva. |
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| Title | Journal d'Alfred 1793 | |
| Genre / Art |
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| Additional genre details | Journal d'éducation | |
| Period writen | 1793-1802 | |
| Period covered | 1793-1802 | |
| Format / Language | Autograph, French | |
| Physical description | Notebook covered with a parchment cover, 19 x 28.3 cm, several pages were carefully cut, 1/4 of the notebook is written, 26 folios |
| Content | The diary was written by his mother and father (although predominantly by the mother). It records the progress and development of their first son, Alfred. They make observations as to his health, development and character. Gradually, the diary focuses on the boy's education. The last entry is dated June 2, 1802 (when he was 8 years old). It ends with the mother expressing a wish to God: that He blesses their care and that Alfred becomes "an honest man". |
| Place of deposit | AEG |
| Classification | Archives privée 62 (famille Gautier) 43 D XIX b1 |
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| Secondary litterature |
Moret Petrini, Sylvie, Pratiques éducatives familiales et écriture du for privé en Suisse romande, Rennes, Presses universitaires de Rennes (à paraître). Moret Petrini, Sylvie, « La plume, objet d'affirmation de la mère-éducatrice ». in : Tosato-Rigo, Danièle (dir.), Etudes de lettres. « Appel à témoins. Egodocuments et pratiques sociales (XVIe - début XIXe siècles) », 2016, p. 87-112. |
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| Author | SMP |
