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France
Gérard de Balby de Vernon lives in Wardrecques,
France. He is a member of the fifteenth generation of the French branch of Balbis. Gérard is entrusted with
the family archives. Click
here to view his family tree. He tells us
that the father of Renato de Casa Balbi was Antoni, from the Balbi family of Genoa, and was Governor of Calabria
for the King of Spain. Renato was committed to protect with a military troop some alleged rights of the Spanish
Crown on a part of the Comté de Foix (South of France); having married a French woman, Hyacinthe de Loumagne,
he started the French branch of the Balbi's; Gérard's family has Renato's original wedding contract, dated
March 1, 1396. Gérard and his wife Jacqueline (Pettier) have three daughters and one son. Their daughters
are: Géraldine, married to Christophe Nepveux; Anne, married to Patrick Sibieude; and Aude, married to Jean-Baptiste
Galland. Gérard's son François is married to Nathalie Lefebvre and they have a son, Geoffroy. Email
can be sent to: cnepveux@worldonline.fr.
Eric de Balby de Vernon lives in France. He is Gérard de Balby de Vernon's (above) nephew,
son of Gérard's brother, Christian. Click here to view the family tree.
Eric's email address is: EricdeVernon@aol.com.
Guillaume de Balby de Vernon lives in Roquevaire, France. He is a brother of Eric de Balby de Vernon
(above) and a nephew of Gérard de Balby de Vernon. Guillaume's email address is: gdevernon@yahoo.com.
Jean-Bernard de Balby de Vernon lives in France and is also a part of Gérard de Balby de
Vernon's (above) branch. Click
here to view the family tree. Jean-Bernard is married to Bénédicte d' Aldeguier
and they have three children: Nathalie, born 8/12/1985; Albéric, born 6/10/1988; and Thibaud, born 6/11/1991.
Jean-Bernard's email address is: jbernard.debalby@tele2.fr.
Marie-Hélène de Balby de Vernon lives in Bayonne, France. She is the sister of Jean-Bernard
de Balby de Vernon and part of the Gérard de Balby de Vernon branch. Marie- Hélène's email
address is:
mh.de.vernon@wanado.fr.
Claude Balbi lives in Vancluse, France. His Balbi ancestors are originally from Lodi in the province
of Milan, Italy. Claude's email address is: claude.balbi@wanado.fr.
Franck Balbi lives in Nice, France. He tells us that in Nice there is a street named Balbi. Franck's
grandfather, Louis ( Luigi ) Balbi was born in 1915, in Lodi, outside Milan,Italy. He and Claude Balbi's (above
listing) grandfather from Bollene, Vaucluse, France were cousins. Franck's great grand father was Pietro Balbi.
His name was originally Giuseppe Pietro Balbi but his name was changed when he took French citizenship. He had
been in a WWI prisoner camp. Upon his return he found his son Louis, Franck's grandfather, in an orphanage. Pietro's
wife and 2 other children died of the Spanish Flu which swept across that part of Europe in 1917-18. Frank's grandfather,
Louis was brought to Marseille, France in 1919/20 where he stayed with his uncle, Amedeo Balbi. Louis was 4 or
5 years old at the time. Pietro subsequently married Elisa Dayne who was from Cuomonte, Piedmont, Italy. Elisa
had family in the United States. Pietro and Elisa had 2 daughters. Louis married a French woman and they had 3
children: Franck's uncle (1940) Pierre; his aunt (1942) Jacqueline; and his father (1945) Jean Louis Balbi. Frank's
grandfather Louis died in 1999 and his wife Lucienne is still alive. They had 5 grand daughters and 1 grand son,
Franck. Franck is 40 years old, and had an international career as a ballet dancer for about 18 years during which
he performed a lot in the US and around the world. He is also a choreographer and a teacher. Franck
is a Balbi DNA Project participant. Franck's email address is: franck0684@hotmail.fr.
Serge Balbi was born in La Salle and lives in Paris. He has two daughters, Audrey and Alice. His
father, Julien Balbi was born in Berre les Alpes 06, near Nice, in 1918. Serge's grandfather, Antoine Louis Joseph
Ange Balbi was born in Nice in 1889, and his great grand father, Julien Antoine Marie Balbi was born in Nice in
1841. Serge's great-great grandfather Louis Balbi was an Italian composer in the areas of Milan and Como, Italy.
Serge's email address is: serge.balbi@wanadoo.fr.
Jérôme Balbi was born in France, as was his father. His family is from Corsica where,
he tells us, they are the only ones with the name of Balbi. His grandfather André, great grandfather Toussaint,
and great great grandfather Gaëtan were also born in Corsica. Gaëtan's father may have been from Italy
and his name was either Bonaventura or Buenaventura. Jérôme's email address is jbalbi@sodexi.fr.
Sara Balbi lives in Paris. Her father is Mario Balbi, from Genoa. Sara's email address is: sarabalbi@gmail.com.
André Balbi was born in Nice. He has three children, Mireille, Frédéric, and
Elise. André's father Francois was also born in Nice, in 1944. André''s email address is: balbi-anglet@orange.fr.