Anna Thibaud
Anna Thibaud (14 December 1861 – 18 April 1948) was a French singer. She had a wide repertoire, attractive stage presence and excellent voice. She performed at important venues in Paris during a lengthy career. Life Birth There is confusion about her date of birth. François Thibaudot, shoemaker, married Josephine Breton on November 6, 1850, in Saint-Aubin, Jura. From this wedding was born a first Marie-Louise Thibaudot on December 14, 1861. Josephine Breton died on August 12, 1865, in Saint-Aubin. Widowed, François then married Anne Renaud on 7 November 1866 in the same town. From this marriage was born a second Marie-Louise Thibaudot on July 30, 1867: She married on September 3, 1887, at the town hall of the 7th arrondissement of Paris with a sales representative named Henri Charles Ferdinand Alan, son of Jean Louis Félix dit Auguste Alan, engineer, and Fany Eternod. This couple then settled in Mériel (Val-d'Oise): they were included in the 1906 census of this town where the spouse, named "Anne-Marie", is noted being out of work. She is therefore Anna Thibaud's half-sister because Anna's artistic career began in 1886. Her actual date of birth is therefore December 14, 1861. This date is confirmed on