DAUPHIN Edmond

Nicolas Edmond DAUPHIN was born in Bettembourg in 1878. He was one of the eleven children of the couple Alphonse DAUPHIN – Françoise KAYSER.
Edmond’s father Alphonse DAUPHIN was an Accisenbeamte, and at the same time operated a distillery in Esch-sur-Alzette. In the years 1890-1899 he published three leaflets relating to the Brennereigewerbe.
In 1893 Alphonse DAUPHIN built a distillery for Emanuel SERVAIS in Mersch and in 1900 he took part in the Exposition universelle de Paris where he was awarded a médaille d’argent.
Edmond DAUPHIN grew up in Luxembourg-city and became a conducteur de travaux publics and presumably assisted his father in developing apparatus for the distilling industry.
His career can be summarised as follows:
1905 conducteur des travaux publics auxiliaire Diekirch
1907 conducteur des travaux publics Luxembourg-city
1915 conducteur des travaux publics Wiltz
1933 conducteur des travaux publics Mersch
DAUPHIN retired in 1938 in Mersch.
In 1939 DAUPHIN married (at the age of 61) Maria SCHMIT (aged 41) and the couple had a son. In 1946 the family moved to Luxembourg-Limpertsberg (avenue du Bois).
Edmond DAUPHIN died in Limpertsberg in 1959.

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