But her life was well documented. Her birth and baptism in 1875 are matters of public record, as is her marriage in 1896. She is listed on her daughter’s birth certificate in 1898.
She was listed in a census in France in 1876 and 1881, as well as several censuses between 1900 and 1920. Since then, until her own death in 1997, she has left a paper trail of documents ranging from birth certificates to death certificates that all attest to her continued existence and her family’s.
Does her 1896 marriage certificate indicate her year of birth as 1875? Does her daughters birth certificate list the mothers year of birth? Do the French census records list her year of birth? And what existent records from 1875 document her birth or baptism in that year?