Jean Joseph Tholin was the Mayor of Chamelet when on 25th March 1943, he died “of natural causes”.

He was born in Amplepuis on 1st February 1876, the son of Jean Marie Tholin and Marie Claudine Dumas.[Rhône Archives 4E6183]

He was married in the 17th Arrondissement of Paris to Marthe-Marie Petronille GRAFFIN on 21st October 1911.
[Paris Archives 17M338]

He served as a lieutenant in the Reserve Infantry during the First World War. He earned the ‘Ordre National de la Légion d’Honneur, presented to him in Chamelet on Monday 11th November 1929 by Commandant E Bruchon.[Archives Nationales L2647046 ]

Joseph Tholin was voted in as Mayor by the Council Municipal a further three times;
11th November 1923 (first Adjoint – François CHAVANT)
17th May 1925 (first Adjoint – Joannes BOUILLAND)
19th May 1935 (first Adjoint – Charles MARIZY)
[Procès-Verbal Conseil Municipal, Chamelet]

He was the serving Mayor of the commune when he died on 25th March 1943 at 15h at his home address in the centre of Chamelet.