Genealogy - Familienforschung - Généalogie
Dirac
Thairé, Charente-Maritime |
The first Dirac we know about
is Didier Dirac who was a sergeant in the French Army (regiment of
Poitou) at the end of the 17th century. Since there is a village
with the name of Dirac near Angoulème in the South of Poitou-Charente,
one could suppose that there is a connection between the family name and
this village. The Mayor of Dirac and an historian of the area are certain
that there never was a person with the name of Dirac living in their
village. We were told, however, that it was the habit in military circles
in those times to call a man after the town of his origin. It could
well be that Didier came from Dirac, was called Dirac during his military
service, and kept the name after he moved on to Noyers-sur-Jabron (Basses-Alpes)
and to Besançon (Doubs) where he died in 1723.
On 28 January 1715 Didier married Catherine Guilbaut (her name is Guilhabon on the 1721 birth certificate of her son Philippe, Guilgaud on her death certificate, Guilbon on the birth certificate of her granddaughter) in Sedan, Ardennes. In 1721 their son Philippe Dirac was born in Noyer-sur-Jabron (Basses-Alpes). He had a younger sister, Marie Dirac, who married Jean Claude Besançon in Besançon. Marie and Jean Claude had 7 children, 6 girls and 1 boy who died at age 10. We suppose that Didier and Catherine had more children but could not find proof of that so far. After Didier's early death, his wife Catherine married Jean Hacardiau. We don't know if they had any children. A document of 1745 proves that Philippe lived in Besançon with his mother Catherine for a while. He moved on to Thonon (Haute-Savoie) where his son Pierre-Louis was born in 1748. Later he lived in La Grave (Hautes Alpes) and finally settled down in St. Maurice, Valais before 1797. Most of Philippe Dirac's descendants still live in St. Maurice up to this day. Family members are found, however, all over Switzerland (Geneva, Basel, Zurich, Berne area), in England, the United States and in Denmark. The most famous member of the family is the physicist and Nobel Prize winner Paul Adrien Maurice Dirac who was born in England and died in Florida. |
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Family Tree - 10 generations up to Jean-Patrick Dirac
1st |
Didier
Dirac + 1723 Besançon sergeant in the regiment of Poitou, France |
oo |
Catherine Guilbaut |
2nd |
Philippe
Dirac * 8 Aug 1721 Noyers Noyers-sur-Jabron, Besançon, Thonon |
oo |
Guérine
Prumaz |
3rd |
Pierre-Louis
Dirac * 15 Jan 1748 Thonon settled in St. Maurice before 1797 + 1799 |
oo 1780 |
Andréanne
Favre * Abondance + 1821 |
3 children |
François 1782-1847, Patience, Claude Louis 1785-1864 | ||
4th |
François
Dirac * 27 Jan 1782 + 1847 |
oo 1807 |
Catherine
Pignat * 1785 Vouvry + 1851 |
9 children |
Louise,
Louis-François 1810-1882, Marie Marguerite Catherine 1815, François 1817-1899,
Anne-Marie Catherine 1819, Marie Joséphine 1824-1865, Louis Auguste 1828-1900 - St. Maurice Moreover there where two little girls, both with the name of Marie Patience who were born and died in 1812 and 1821. |
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5th |
François
Dirac * 28 Feb 1817 + 20 May 1899 St.M. |
oo 11 Feb 1839 oo 24 Apr 1859 |
a)
Marie-Catherine Heintz * 1817 - 25 May 1856 b) Marie Lorétan * 2 Jul 1832 St.M. + 31 Oct 1921 St.M. |
11 children |
with
a) Catherine Henriette 1839 (died at birth), Catherine Antoinette 1840-1929, Marie Joséphine 1842, Louise Joséphine Mathilde 1843,
Pierre Maurice 1845, Louise Rosalie 1846, Julie Louise 1848, Marie Catherine
1850, Joseph Henri 1853-1853 - St. Maurice with b) Marie Louise 1859-1949 and Henri 1864-1950 - St. Maurice |
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6th |
Henri
Dirac * 7 Apr 1864 St.M. + 8 Apr 1950 St.M. |
oo 23 Mar 1904 Sierre |
Julie
Dennler * 14 Jan 1878 Sierre + 24 Sep 1951 St.M. |
4 children |
Marie-Antoinette
1904-1997, Henriette 1909-1977, Louise 1912-1978, François 1915-1982 - St. Maurice |
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7th |
François
Dirac * 9 Jun 1915 St.M. + 22 Apr 1982 St.M. |
oo 1 Oct 1948 St .Maurice |
Simone
Martin * 2 Feb 1919 St.M. |
3 children |
Christian 1949, Henri 1950, Françoise 1954 - St. Maurice | ||
8th |
Christian
Dirac * 25 Jul 1949 St. Maurice |
oo 9 Feb 1974 Genève |
Gisela
Wahrenburg * 1 Dec 1951 Warburg, Germany |
2 children |
Nicolas 1975 - Geneva, Christophe 1979 - Horgen ZH | ||
9th |
Nicolas
Dirac * 10 Dec 1975 Geneva |
oo 4 Aug 2000 Wollerau SZ |
Lulu
Otanes * 6 Feb 1978 Dagupan City, Philippines |
1 child |
Jean-Patrick *23 Sep 2001 Horgen ZH |
Henri and Julie Dirac (née
Dennler) |
Their children: Henriette,
Marie-Antoinette, |
Dirac
Genealogy (entry page)
Famile Tree of Pierre-Louis Dirac
(1748-1799) and his wife Andréanne Favre
Family Tree of François Dirac (1782-1847) and his wife Catherine Pignat
(1785-1851)
Family Tree of Louis-François
Dirac ( 1810-1882) including Paul Dirac
Family Tree of François
Dirac ( 1817-1899) including the American branch of the family
Paul Dirac, prix
Nobel de Physique en 1933
Descendants of Paul
Dirac's grandfather Louis-François Dirac ( 1810-1882)
Paul Dirac's ancestors
up to his great-great-great-grandparents
Paul Dirac's parents,
siblings and children
Le Village Dirac près d'Angoulême (Charente)
et de Bordeaux
Philippe Dirac - document de 1745
Les armoiries de Dirac (coat of arms)
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