Family background
Eugène Scribe's son
Georges Coulon was officially the son of the actress Augustine-Antoinette Finot-Léonard and Antoine Coulon,choreographer and ballet director at the Paris Opera and Her Majesty's Theatre in London. However,there is speculation that Coulon was probably the son of Eugène Scribe. [2]
Descendants
Georges Coulon had six sons:Jean-Paul Coulon,Jean-Pierre Coulon,Jean-Louis Coulon,Jean-Jacques Coulon,Jean-Claude Coulon and Jean-RenéCoulon. Jean-Louis and Jean-René,died during the World War I in 1914 and 1916. His first son,Jean-Paul Coulon was a well-known magistrate and his daughter Denise Coulon married the painter Olivier Debré,Michel Debré's brother,joining two famous families of the French Republic:the Pelletan and the Debréfamilies. When Georges Coulon died in 1912,a state funeral was given in his honor and his six sons marched behind the cortege.
Villa Jean Marmaille
Georges Coulon built a huge villa by the beach of Saint-Georges-de-Didonne named:"Jean Marmaille", [3] a reference to the first names given to his children. The house still exists and is occupied by descendants of Georges Coulon.
