The Écrivélo Files

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SONNERY becomes Mayor

Chamelet gets a new Mayor. M. Sonnery is Installed as Mayor. 7th July 1943 Mr. SONNERY is selected as Mayor of Chamelet by the Préfet Délégué of Rhône. Under the authority of of the Vichy Law of 13th Nov 1941. Monsieur Sébastien Jean Marie SONNERY was selected as the new[...]
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Charles Arsène MARIZY resigns as Mayor of Chamelet

The Resignation letter of Mayor MARIZY Source - Document Archives départementales du Rhône et de la métropole de Lyon 3353 W2 Photo : Charles BRÉCHARD Charles Arsène Marizy has been Mayor of Chamelet for only 57 days. There were no Conseil Municipal meetings during this period, so no deputies were[...]
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Charles Arsène MARIZY is nominated as Mayor

80 years ago today It has now been four days since the Mayor of Chamelet, Jean Joseph THOLIN passed away. His deputy Charles Arsène MARIZY signed his death certificate for the Commune. [Source: Death certificates - Town Hall of Chamelet] The question now was who would replace THOLIN as Mayor.[...]
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The Death of Joseph THOLIN.

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[...]
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