FAMILY LINE AND HISTORY
Pierre Nicolas “Peter” Clement
Son of Alexandre Germain Clement & Jeanne Francoise Piotte (descended from a long line of artisans to the kings of France)
Born: 1828, Paris, France
Died: abt 1882 (abt age 54), San Francisco, California (records burnt in 1906 fire)
Buried: Odd Fellows Cemetery, San Francisco; probably removed to Greenlawn Cemetery in the 1930s, Colma, San Mateo Co., California
Immigrated: Mar 18, 1853 (age 24), Port of Departure: France, Port of Arrival: New Orleans, Louisiana
Occupation: Artisan/jeweler at Royal Court in France; left his homeland due to political turmoil; jeweler, brass worker, silver chaser, wrought iron work, clockmaker, engraver
Married: Nov 8, 1851, Caroline “Carrie” Gabel, Paris, France (Pierre is abt age 23)
Two children: Edmond Pierre Clement, Lucia “Lucy” Clement
Caroline “Carrie” Gabel
Daughter of Frederic Gabel & Madeleine Roth
Born: Aug 4, 1839, France
Died: aft 1886/87 (after age 48), probably San Francisco, California (records burnt in 1906 fire)
Buried: Odd Fellows Cemetery, San Francisco; probably removed to Greenlawn Cemetery in the 1930s, Colma, San Mateo Co., California
Immigrated: Mar 12, 1860 (age 21), w/her two children (Edmond age 7, Lucia age 4), Port of Departure: Le Havre, France, Port of arrival: New York
Occupation: Florist, dressmaker, baker
Married: Nov 8, 1851, Pierre Nicolas “Peter” Clement, Paris, France (Caroline is age 12)
Two children: Edmond Pierre/Peter Clement, Lucia “Lucy” Clement
1. Edmond Pierre/Peter Clement
Born: Feb 5, 1853, Paris, France
Died: Sep 22, 1927 (age 74), Mission District in San Francisco, California
Buried: Sep 24, 1927, Holy Cross Cemetery in Colma, San Mateo Co., California
Immigrated: Mar 12, 1860, Port of Departure: Le Havre, France, Port of arrival: New York (age 7)
Married (1): circa 1878, Katherine/Catherine Costello, prob San Francisco, California
One child: Valentine Costello Clement
Married (2): Sep 29, 1890, Alice Josephine Yates, San Francisco
Two children: Roy Leavitt Clement, Edna Marguarite Clement
Married (3): 1896/97, Rose “Rosie” Schiller, San Francisco, California
Five children: Edmund Peter Clement, Lucie Clement, Dewey P. Clement, William “Willie/Billy” Peter Clement, Nellie Rose Clement
2. Luica “Lucy” Clement
Born: Feb 1855, Paris, France
Died: Sep 1879 (age 24), San Francisco, California; of Puerperal Fever (in childbirth or shortly after)
Buried: Sep 7, 1879, Odd Fellows Cemetery, San Francisco; removed to Greenlawn Cemetery in the 1930s, Colma, San Mateo Co., California
Immigrated: Mar 12, 1860, Port of Departure: Le Havre, France, Port of arrival: New York (age 4)
Married: Apr 25, 1877, Julius Sophus Bernhardt Miller, San Francisco, California
One child: Alice Miller
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Timeline and Records
Spellings and information in census and other records are retained
as reflected in the original documents
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1828: Birth of Pierre Nicolas “Peter” Clement, son of Alexandre Germain Clement & Jeanne Francoise Piotte, in France (original and restored photo)
Aug 4, 1839: Birth of Caroline “Carrie” Gabel, daughter of Frederic Gabel & Madeleine Roth, in France
(original and restored photo)
Nov 8, 1851: Marriage of Pierre Nicolas “Peter” Clement & Caroline “Carrie” Gabel, France
Below is the marriage information for Pierre Clement and Caroline Gable. It gives their marriage date as 1851 and their parents’ names but no birth dates for Pierre or Caroline. Herein are the records from France and the information translated into English on Ancestry.com. Pierre’s marriage certificate says his profession is “ciseleur” meaning in English “engraver” or “carver.” Caroline’s profession is listed on her marriage certificate as “fleuriste” which translates to “florist.”
Note: Figuring the math on various records, Pierre was abt age 23 and Caroline was age 12
Marriages de Paris et ses environs, France, Paris, France & Vicinity Marriages 1700 – 1907:
PAROISSE Ste ELISABETH [St. Elizabeth Parish]
(Mariage) Ville de [Marriage, City of]: ……….
NOM [LAST NAME]: Gabel
Prénoms [First Name]: Caroline
Profession [Profession: fleuriste]: florist
Né à: [Born at]: mineure???
le [the]: ………
Domicile [Residence]: 14 rue Fossés Temple
Prénoms [First Name]: Frédéric
et domicile du père [and residence of the father]: ……….
Prénoms [First Name]: Madeleine
et nom de la mère [and last name of the mother]: Roth
Veu de [Voiced? by]: ……….
Divorcé de [Divorced from]: ……….
Marié le [Married the]: 8 Nov 1851
avec [with]: Pierre Nicolas Clément
Noms et parenté [Names and relationship]: A. Midière (?)
des témoins [of witnesses]: Z. Matival (?)
(Domicile/Residence note): Paris, potentially the old name for the current rue Amelot in the 3rd + 11th Arrondissements, encompassing both Le Marais and the old Quartier du Temple districts.
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Pierre Clement’s corresponding Marriage Record:
Name: Pierre Nicolas Clement
Marriage Date: 8 nov. 1851
Father’s Name: Alexandre Germain Clement
Mother’s Name: Jeanne Françoise Piotte
Spouse’s Name: Caroline Gabel
Name: Caroline Clement
Marriage Date: 8 nov. 1851
Father’s Name: Frederic Gabel
Mother’s Name: Madeleine Roth
Spouse’s Name: Pierre Nicolas Clement
Marriage Date: 8 nov. 1851
Father’s Name: Frederic Gabel
Mother’s Name: Madeleine Roth
Marriages de Paris et ses environs,
France, Paris, France & Vicinity Marriages 1700–1907
Source: Ancestry.com. Paris, France & Vicinity Marriages, 1700–1907 [database online]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2008
Original data: Maurice Coutot, comp. Etat civil reconstitué 1798–1860: Mariages, naissances, décès. Paris: © ARFIDO S.A., 2006.
Description: This database contains marriage extracts from the historic department of Seine, France from 1700–1907. It also includes some records as early as 1690. However, the majority of the records cover the year range 1798–1860. The department of Seine encompassed Paris and its vicinity. Today it is divided into the departments of Paris, Hauts-de-Seine, Seine-Saint-Denis, and Val-de-Marne.
Citizenship Declaration: Birth and declaration of residence from Kaltenhausen because of the Franco-Prussian War of 1870-1.
Nom [Last Name]: Gabel
Prénoms [First Name]: Caroline
Fme [abbrev: Woman? Family?]: Heller
Naissance (Date de)[Birth (date of): 4 août 1839 / 4 August 1839]
Lieu de [Linked/Place of]: Kaltenhausen
Note: This town appears to maintain the same name and is located in the Bhas-Rhin region in the east of France, northeast of Strasbourg.
Domicile [Residence]: Vire (Calvados)
Note: Now called Vire, Normandie, this town is located in the northwestern region of France, southwest of Caen + northeast of Mont St. Michel.
Déclarée [Declared]: ?8 ?? 1872
Note: First guess for the month was “February” but it is not abbreviated correctly. It appears to be “Fbre” which is nothing in French… Sep-Dec are abbreviated with “-bre” at the end, but not the other months
Assisté de: Meari [Assisted by:] Meari
Observons [We observe/d?] __________
Bulletin des Lois [Bulletin of Laws Number]: 309
Note: Article 309 of the French Civil Code pertains to “divorce and judicial separation, where both spouses are of French nationality”… or otherwise not pertaining to another country. It would make sense that they would require her place of birth to confirm her nationality.
Options A.L. [Options A.L.]
Feb 5, 1853: Birth of Edmond Pierre/Peter Clement, 1st of 2 children of Pierre Nicolas “Peter” Clement & Caroline “Carrie” Gabel, Paris, France (original and restored photo)
Note: his mother Caroline (Gabel) Clement is age 13 at his birth
Mar 18, 1853: District of New York, Port of New York:
Arrival Date: Mar 18, 1853
Ship Name: Wertemburg
Port of Departure: France
Port of Arrival: New Orleans, Louisiana
Clement Pierre: Male, Age 24, French, France
Note: Not known if this is our Pierre, though the age is close. If so, he must have gone back to France as his two children were born there in 1853 and 1856, then returned as he is in the 1870 census with the family.
Feb 1855: Birth of Lucia “Lucy” Clement, (born 1855, according to ship’s database, born in 1855 in the 1870 census, born in 1857 per burial records), 2nd of 2 children of Pierre Nicolas Clement & Caroline “Carrie” Gabel, Paris, France
Mar 12, 1860: District of New York—Port of New York:
Arrival Date: Mar 12, 1860
Ship Name: Fairfield
Port of Departure: Le Havre, France
Destination: United States of America
Port of Arrival: New York
Clement Caroline: Female, Age 24, French, France (Caroline’s age is reflected as 24 rather than 20)
Edmond: Male, Age: 6, French, France
Lucia: Female, Age 5, French, France
Source: Ship Database: Search the Fairfield in ‘Passenger Ships and Images’ database; List Number: 155
Jul 13, 1870: U.S. Federal Census for 2nd Ward, San Francisco, San Francisco Co., California:
Clement, Peter: age 42, Works for Jeweler, Value of Personal Estate $1,000, born France
Clement, Carrie: age 31, Keeps Home, born France
Clement, Edmond: age 16, Appte Frame Guilder, born France
Clement, Lucy: age 15, born France
Parze, Rosa: age 33, Value of Personal Estate $500, born Mexico, cannot read, cannot write
Ascension: age 15, born Mexico
Dwelling #1451
1871: San Francisco City Directory (pg 161):
Clement Peter, silversmith, residence 1807 Powell
1872: San Francisco City Directory (pg 160):
Clement Peter, silversmith, dwelling 1807 Powell
1873: San Francisco City Directory (pg 211):
Clement Pierre, chaser, dwelling 1807 Powell
Clement Edmund, clerk with A. Berson & Son, dwelling 1807 Powell
1875: San Francisco City Directory (pg 153):
Clement Pierre, engraver, residence 911 Pacific
1875: San Francisco City Directory (pg 192): (1875 additional entry)
Clement Pierre, jeweler, dwelling 1809 Powell
1875: San Francisco City Directory (pg 229) (1875 additional entry)
Clement Pierre, chaser, residence 1809 Powell
1876: San Francisco City Directory (pg 203):
Clement Peter, residence 729 Broadway
1876: San Francisco City Directory (pg 203):
Clement Lucy Miss, Milliner with Mrs. Jenny Borgstrom, residence 641 Broadway
Note: daughter of Pierre Clement (same residence as above)
1877: San Francisco City Directory, San Francisco, California (pg 214):
Clements Pierre, r 643 Broadway (sic Clement)
Note: living next door to his daughter:
Clement Lucy Miss, milliner (for Mrs. Jennie Borgstrum) r 641 Broadway
Apr 25, 1877: Marriage of Lucy Clement & Julius Sophus Bernhardt Miller, 2nd of 2 children of Pierre Nicolas Clement & Caroline “Carrie” Gabel, San Francisco, California
Married: circa 1878, Edmond Pierre Clement & Katherine/Catherine Costello, 1st of 2 children of Pierre Nicolas “Peter” Clement & Caroline “Carrie” Gabel
1878: San Francisco City Directory (pg 232):
Clement Pierre, silverchaser, residence 641 Broadway
1878: San Francisco City Directory (pg 232):
Clement Lucy Miss, Milliner with Jenny Borgstrom, residence 641 Broadway
Note: daughter of Pierre Clement (same residence as above)
1879: San Francisco City Directory (pg 207):
Clement P. Mrs., seamstress, residence 1030 Pacific
Note: in the area of what is now the Marina
Note: In the above City Directory records, Pierre Nicolas “Peter” Clement is listed as a chaser or silverchaser by occupation. Pierre did wrought iron work on the gold barons’ mansions in San Francisco, most of which was lost in the fire in 1906 or previous fires. Many of his works were sold as a sideline. Remaining in the family is this clock, an engraving of Lincoln, a pair of engraved candlesticks, a cufflink/snuff box, and a crucifix.
Chaser: A chaser is a specialist silversmith who has perfected the complementary skills of chasing and repoussé; the techniques of applying a three-dimensional decorative pattern to the front and back surfaces of a piece of work. Chasers use tools including chasing hammers and shaped steel punches to decorate the front side of a metal object to give it shape and form. Repoussé or embossing is the process of working the metal from the back to give a higher relief. The two techniques are often alternated to arrive at the finished design. A chaser works in malleable metal such as copper when looking to ornament a piece of work. Their tools allow them to raise, depress or push aside the metal without removing any of the material.
Chasing is one of the oldest forms of metal decoration. Tutankhamun’s gold mummy mask was made using this technique.
Source: https://www.goldsmiths-centre.org/industry-profiles/profiles-chaser/
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Pierre Clement made this clock in 1857 with the likeness of his infant son, Edmond Pierre Clement (born 1853); brought from France:
Closeup of the clock face reads: CLEMENT 1857:
Abraham Lincoln in profile, made by Pierre Clement when Lincoln was assassinated in 1865:
Candlesticks by Pierre Clement:
Candlestick with Pierre Clement’s signature:
Snuff box made by Pierre Clement:
Crucifix by Pierre Clement:
“Pierre Clement’s day job was doing wrought iron work on the mansions of the post gold rush wealthy (the Big Four, etc.). A lot of those buildings burned in 1906. The clock and other artifacts are things he made most likely for the family but he also created similar pieces for sale to supplement his income. The works in the clock are French and I understand that he brought them from France. The carved baby atop is his son, Edmund Pierre Clement. The candle sticks, “cufflink” box (I think snuff box actually), a commemorative cameo of Lincoln, and crucifix are what I have. All of these were passed down from eldest son to eldest son. There is supposed to have been a statue of Napoleon and rumor has it that William Peter Clement absconded with it. Valentine Costello Clement took all these items in a wheelbarrow down Market Street during the 1906 San Francisco fire.”
Source: Paul Denis Clement, great-grandson of Pierre Nicolas “Peter” Clement and grandson of Edmond Pierre/Peter Clement. Apr 10, 2010
Note: The “Big Four” were Leland Stanford, Collis P. Huntington, Charles Crocker, and Mark Hopkins, builders of the Central Pacific Railroad.
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Aug 21, 1879: Daily Alta, San Francisco, California
Real Estate transaction recorded in SAN FRANCISCO:
Gisla leases to Caroline Clement, No 911 Pacific street, for five years, at $41 per month.
Sep 1879: Death of Lucia “Lucy” (Clement) Miller (age 24; immigration, census, and death records vary as to the year she was born), 2nd of 2 children of Pierre Nicolas “Peter” Clement & Caroline “Carrie” Gabel, in San Francisco, California; of Puerperal Fever (in childbirth or shortly after). Puerperal fever is a devastating disease. It affected women within the first three days after childbirth and progressed rapidly, causing acute symptoms of severe abdominal pain, fever, and debility.
Sep 7, 1879: Burial of Lucia “Lucy” (Clement) Miller at Odd Fellows Cemetery (interred in Section Cosmopolitan, 58, 52), San Francisco, California; removed to Greenlawn Cemetery in the 1930s, Colma, San Mateo Co., California
Sep 7, 1879: Oddfellows Cemetery Burial Record:
May 31, 1880: U.S. Federal Census Mortality Schedule for San Francisco, California:
#194, Miller, Lucy, age 22, female, Married, married 1 time, born France, father born France, mother born France died Sept, childbirth
Jun 5, 1880: U.S. Federal Census for San Francisco, Dist 1, San Francisco Co., California:
Clement, Caroline: age 42, married, dressmaker, born France, father born France, mother born France
Miller, Lucy: age 22, married, daughter, born France, father born France, mother born France (the line is crossed out: died Sep 1879 (see schedule 5 dated Aug 4, 1880)
Faver, August: age 40, Lodger, single, Waiter, born France, father born France, mother born France
Justice, Albert: age 38, Lodger, single, Gilder, born Italy, father born Italy, mother born Italy
Note: living at 911 Pacific Street; Caroline’s husband Pierre is not listed, though he is at this address in the 1880 and 1881 San Francisco City Directories
Jun 5, 1880: U.S. Federal Census for San Francisco, Dist 1, San Francisco Co., California:
Name: Julius Miller (husband of Lucy (Clement) Miller)
Age: 28
Birth Date: Abt 1852
Birthplace: Prussia
Home in 1880: San Francisco, San Francisco, California
Street: Ellis
House Number: 28
Race: White
Gender: Male
Marital Status: Widower
Father’s Birthplace: Prussia
Mother’s Birthplace: Prussia
Occupation: Silversmith
Household Members (Name) Age:
Julius Miller: age 28
1880: San Francisco City Directory (pg 211):
Clement Pierre, engraver, residence 911 Pacific
1881: San Francisco City Directory (pg 233):
Clement Pierre, engraver, residence 911 Pacific
Note: this is the last record he appears in
abt 1882: Death of Pierre Nicolas “Peter” Clement (abt age 54), in San Francisco, California; records burnt in 1906 fire (original and restored photo)
Buried: Odd Fellows Cemetery, San Francisco; probably removed to Greenlawn Cemetery in the 1930s, Colma, San Mateo Co., California
1882: San Francisco City Directory (pg 280):
Clement P. Mrs., dressmaker, residence 911 Pacific
1883: San Francisco City Directory (pg 316):
Clement Caroline Mrs., bakery, residence 911 Pacific
Name: Mrs Caroline Clement
Gender: Female
Residence Year: 1883
Street Address: 911 Pacific
Residence Place: San Francisco, California
Occupation: Bakery
Publication Title: San Francisco, California, City Directory, 1883
1887: City Directory for San Francisco, California:
Clement Catherine, widow, r. 16 John (same address where her son-in-law Julius Miller resides as per 1892 Voter Registration and the 1892 and 1896 City Directories)
Catherine is Caroline Clement, Lucy’s mother. Julius and Lucy’s daughter, Alice Miller (born Sep 1879), would be about 8 years old and were probably living with her.
Alice Miller:
after 1886/87: Death of Caroline (Gabel) Clement, San Francisco, California (restored photo)
Burial of Caroline (Gabel) Clement at Odd Fellows Cemetery, San Francisco; probably removed to Greenlawn Cemetery in the 1930s, Colma, San Mateo Co., California
Sep 22, 1927: Death of Edmond Pierre/Peter Clement (age 74), 1st of 2 children of Pierre Nicolas “Peter” Clement & Caroline “Carrie” Gabel, in the Mission District in San Francisco, California (original and restored photo)
Sep 24, 1927: The San Francisco Examiner, San Francisco, California (pg 4):
Sep 24, 1927: Burial of Edmond Pierre/Peter Clement at Holy Cross Cemetery in Colma, San Mateo Co., California (Section M, Row 29, Grave 56)
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Unknown photo included in the album of Edmond Pierre Clement:
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Family of Caroline (Gabel) Clement:
Frederic Gabel (father)
Son of Michel Gabel & Madeline Bauer
Born: Mar 7, 1807 – Mattstall, Lembach, Bas-Rhin, Grand Est, France
Died: April 23, 1865 (age 58) Paris 5ème, Paris, Île-de-France, France
Buried: France
Occupation: Tailleur, Teinturier
Married: Feb 27, 1879, Madeline/Magdelena Roth, Schwindratzheim, Bas-Rhin, Grand Est, France
Five children: Marie Louise Gabel, Caroline Gabel, Joséphine Gabel, Amélie Gabel, Frédéric Charles Emile Gabel
Madeline/Magdelena Roth (mother)
Daughter of Antoine Roth & Eva/Eve Fritsch
Born: unkn
Died: unkn
Buried: unkn
Five children: Marie Louise Gabel, Caroline Gabel, Joséphine Gabel, Amélie Gabel, Frédéric Charles Emile Gabel
1. Marie Louise Gabel
1831-1858
2. Caroline Gabel
Born: Aug 4, 1839, France
Died: aft 1886/87 (after age 48), probably San Francisco, California (records burnt in 1906 fire)
Buried: Odd Fellows Cemetery, San Francisco; probably removed to Greenlawn Cemetery in the 1930s, Colma, San Mateo Co., California
Immigrated: Mar 12, 1860 on the ship Fairfield w/her two children (Edmond age 6, Lucia age 5), from Le Havre, France, port of arrival New York
Occupation: Florist, dressmaker, baker
Married: Nov 8, 1851, Pierre Nicolas “Peter” Clement
Two children: Edmond Pierre/Peter Clement, Lucia “Lucy” Clement
3. Joséphine Gabel
1834-unkn
4. Amélie Gabel
1835-1837
5. Frédéric Charles Emile Gabel
Born: May 18, 1837, Strasbourg, Bas-Rhin, Grand Est, France
Baptized: May 20, 1837, Strasbourg, Bas-Rhin, Grand Est, France
Died: May 6, 1885 (age 47), Hôpital Lariboisière, Paris 10ème, Paris, Île-de-France, France
Buried: May 8, 1885, Cimetière de Saint-Ouen, Saint-Ouen-sur-Seine, Seine-Saint-Denis, France
Occupation: Artiste dramatique, théâtre, Teinturier
Married: Milane/Melanie unkn
One known child: Albert Gabel
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Caroline (Gabel) Clement (the wife of Pierre Clement and daughter of Frederic Gabel & Madeleine Roth) had a brother, Frédéric Charles Emile Gabel who married a Milane/Melanie unknown and they had a child, Albert. There is a handwritten notation by Valentine Costello Clement on the back of Emile’s picture: “Emille Gabel, dad’s mother’s brother. Actor, opera singer.”
Note: The following three photos are carte de visite:
Frédéric Charles Emile Gabel (1837-1885):
Milane Gabel:
Emile’s & Milane’s son, Albert Gabel:
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CARTE de VISITE (CdV)
The carte de visite is easily recognized by the small card on which the photograph is mounted. In this format, a small paper photographic print is mounted on a commercially produced card. The carte de visite (commonly abbreviated to CdV) today is not a rare item, being produced by the millions in the nineteenth century. The CdV image and card stock were both made to a standard size. The dimensions of the standard carte de visite mounting card were 2 1/2 x 4 inches. The standard dimensions of the CdV photograph (the image or print itself) were 2 1/8 x 3 1/2 inches.
Timeline:
• Introduced. In November of 1854, the French photographer A.A. Disderi introduced a method for producing multiple images on a single glass plate, a format for mounting the resulting images on card stock and the name “carte de visite” to describe the product. Examples of cartes de visite before 1858 are extremely rare and are unlikely to be encountered outside of museums. The carte de visite began appearing in the United States late in the summer of 1859. By the end of 1860 the carte de visite had become the fashion throughout the country.
• Peak. The height of the “carte craze” was the period 1860-1866, which included the photography boom that occurred during the American Civil War. The early 1860s period saw the first commercial photographic albums (the carte album), which began to grace ordinary middle-class parlors. By 1864, a family would have to be poor indeed to not own a carte de visite album.
• Waned. Starting in 1866, the cabinet card began to erode the position held by the carte de visite. Carte production waned from 1870 to the late 1880s when they all but disappeared from the scene.
• Last Used. Cartes were, however, produced after 1900, perhaps to 1906 or perhaps in limited numbers to 1920 (unused card stock dating to the turn of the nineteenth century can still be purchased from dealers in antique photographica).
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Oddfellows Cemetery
A History of a City’s betrayal of the ‘Odd Fellows’ dead and their families……..
Reburial in 5-acre marked grave site, ‘The Odd Fellows Section’, at Greenlawn Cemetery in Colma, California in 1933……..
Greenlawn Memorial Park ownership’s ultimate betrayal, abandonment, and desecration of the ‘Odd Fellows Section’.
In 1932 the City of San Francisco ordered the relocation of more than 26,000 grave site remains from San Francisco’s ‘Odd Fellows Cemetery’ to Colma’s Greenlawn Cemetery. The remains were reburied individually in marked boxes, side by side, each with a grave marker identifying the remains. The grave site was designated as the ‘Odd Fellows Section’.
Today the ‘Odd Fellows Section’ is no longer recognizable or approachable as a grave site. In 2003, Greenlawn Memorial Park permitted a ‘fresh cut flower’ nursery business to operate directly upon the ‘Section’. Over the years, farming practices have damaged, scattered, and destroyed the 26,000 grave markers that once identified where remains were placed. Only a neglected, damaged monument, dedicated to the ‘Odd Fellows Section’ remains on site to mark the area as a dedicated burial ground; a cemetery.
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2023. Researched and compiled by Catherine (Clemens) Sevenau, with contributions of cousins, kin, and fellow researchers.
Stories and photographs from the album of Edmond Pierre Clement contributed by Paul Denis Clement (pictured), great-great-grandson of Pierre/Peter Clement & Caroline Gabel.
Thank you also to the Facebook site: Old Photo Restoration, and the contributors who took their time and talent restoring a number of these photos.