Vincent Pinard: Vignerons and Tonneliers
Paul Pinard was born in Bué, he lived and worked in Bué, and in 1826 he died in Bué, at the age of 74 years. Like his father before him he worked as a notary, where else but in Bué of course, and after the Revolution in 1789 he assume the role of mayor of the town. He took a wife, Marie Balland, in 1777, and they had one son in 1782. Eschewing tradition they avoided the name Romble and their child was baptised Jean. Despite being the latest generation in a line of notaries, documents describe Jean Pinard as a vigneron or cultivateur, the family seemingly returning to the land perhaps as a consequence of the revolutionary turmoil. He married in 1802 a lady named Marie-Anne Daulny (written as Marianne in some records) and she went on to deliver two sons, Jean in 1808, and Sylvain in 1813, and two daughters, Suzanne in 1806 and Catherine in 1816.
The family’s association with wine now seems to be secured, as the elder son Jean Pinard followed in his father’s footsteps as a vigneron, while the Sylvain Pinard is noted to work both as vigneron and tonnelier, perhaps indicating the increasing importance of wine to the region at this time. Both brothers married, and their descendants all remained in the wine trade, although it is following Jean’s line that will eventually lead us to the modern-day Vincent Pinard and his family.
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