Daniel Edwin Flach

b. 16 Apr 1928 m. 12 Jul 1952 Magdeleine Pellot b. 24 Sep 1928

12th June 2000, in St. James's Park, London

Married on 12th July 1952 at St.Leonard RC.Church - Croissy sur Seine -(France)

Magdeleine

My family's origins are in Le Havre, but I was born in a small town, 20kms away, at St.Remain de Colbosc which I left at the age of 14 for a convent school in Rouen. When my father retired,in 1948, the family moved to Croissy sur Seine, a suburb of Paris. I was in England in 1948 for one year as an au pair in a family at Cirencester. I then followed a course to become a shorthand typist secretary and started work in Paris.ln those years I would work in winter to earn enough money so that I could travel in Europe during the summer, changing job each year. In November 1950 1 found employment as a bi-lingual secretary in a Reinsurance Broking business and was one of the secretaries to the big boss. In March i 951, the railways went on strike, and a young man working at the office who lived in the same area as I did offered to take me home on his motor-bike. We fell in love on the way and were engaged at Christmas 1951.

Daniel

I was born in Rueil-Malmaison and when I was two years old, the family moved to Versailles/Le Chesnay where we lived until the outbreak of war in 1939. Evacuated to Milly-la-For~t we moved to England in June 1940 when France was overrun. We found shelter at N"47, Bethune Road until the house suffered bomb damage during the Battle of Britain.Our next home was at N"1, Ashtead road near Clapton Common. I went to St.lgnatius high school from September 1940 until with part of the family I returned to France in 1946 1 went to a Business School in Paris and on 1 st January 1949 got my first job with a Reinsurance Broker where I met Magdeleine (see above). In Feburary 1952 1 joined a company acting as agents for a London Lloyd's Broker where I worked until I retired in April 1990.

Together

We were married in 1952 and we have lived happily ever since. We have four children: Jerome (1953), Genevieve (1955), Beatrice (1957) and Pierre (1961). All four married and produced 15 grand-children. In 1957 we joined a Church movement for married couples: Equipes Notre Dame (Teams of Our Lady) which helped us tremendously to overcome the usual difficulties of married life and to build up our faith through Bible studies, spiritual retreats and various other exercises. During the 1960s we helped in launching the Teams in England and were in contact with Teams in the U.S. Australia and India. In 1972 1 took a three years sabatical leave from the office and actually worked full time for the Teams at their H.Q. in Paris. During all those years, Magdeleine worked hard at bringing up the children and having come across the Charismatic Renewal in the U.S. in 1972 she started a prayer group in our area which is still going strong. Since 1990, we live a happy and busy life as do most retired people: rambling group, twinning association, computer, lectures at the Old Age University, visiting our children, etc. We also belong to an Ignatian Spirituality group.

Flach Jerome family

In our family we are six. Dad ( Jerome ), Mum ( Deborah or Debbie ), Christopher, Gregory, Edward and finally our dog Sherlock. We live in St Leu d'Esserent about 50 kilometres North of Paris and just outside Chantilly. We have grandparents on my father's side who live in Chatou near Paris ( Daniel and Magdeleine Flach )and have on our mother's side a grandmother ( Brenda Rollins )who lives in Hayes in Kent but our grandfather ( Harry Rollins )died two years ago. We are bilingual ( French and English )and Christopher ~ Gregory are also learning German.

Dad: dad is an international insurance broker and travels the world, works a lot and is good at it. He is 47 years old, loves singing, modelling, trains, computers and is the a scout Group leader. He is Daniel and Magdeleine Flach's eldest son, has one brother ( Pierre, the youngest ) and has two sisters ( Genevieve and Beatrice ).

Mum : mum is an Anglican priest , Curate at Maison Lafitte next to Paris. She is 45 years old, likes listening to music (seventies, classical and Simon ~ Garfunkel ), reading, golfing, ten pin Bowling and sometimes aerobics. She has one sister ( Susan, who lives in Brighten ).

Christopher: eldest of the three brothers, is in premiere GET( lycee 6th year in secondary school ). He is 16 and half years old, loves listening to music ( Mariah Carey, Britney Spears ...), plays golf, football and tennis and likes reading and most particularly scouting ( 5 years of scouting and patrol leader of six boys called the Leopard ). Likes computers and playing games on them ( has a nice collection of games) and watching sport mostly football ( he supports Manchester United )and golf ( likes to watch Tiger Woods and David Duval ).

Gregory : the middle of the three brothers, is in 3^rd General ( 4th year in secondary school ). He is 15 years old, plays tennis, golf, loves computers and playing computer games, playstation, Nintendo 64 and watching TV. He likes anything to do with motorbikes, mopeds and mechanics, listening to music (Offspring, Film music, Five, anything really except rap ). He is a scout and has been for 3 years.

Edward: the youngest of the brothers is in CM2 ( last year in primary school ). He is 10 and a half years old, likes, any music, mowing the lawn, cycling, golfing, football and tennis. He has loads of friends and loves to go out and play with them as soon as he is home. He is and has been a cub scout for 2 years and loves it. Edward belongs to the " Petit Chanteur a la croix de Bois" France's most famous boy's choir school, stays there all week in boarding school and he loves it there. He has recently travelled to Lebanon and Syria for a concert tour, and also taken part in the production of a CD.

From left to right: Mum, Christopher, Edward, Gregory and Dad with Sherlock

Famille PUECH-FLACH

Genevieve, 2^nd child of Daniel Flach and Magdeleine, born on 28^th January 1955, working as a medical doctor (general practice), we are living down the mountains in the Alps, Grenoble (France)

Bastien, born 24^th August 1983, studies in last scientific class room in high school, likes all sports, tennis handball…

Florent, born 11^th May 1990, last Primary class, likes sports, piano, table tennis.

Marjorie Puech, born 9^th April 1981, is going to study to be a Physiotherapist in Lille (France) for 3 years.

Famille Darcos

Famille Pierre Flach

Pierre, 4^th child of Daniel andMagdeleine Flach, born in 1961, working as "menuisier agencement". Married with Beatrix Millord in1987. We are living near the Alps in Corbelin (Isere) France.

At the hospital a few days after Jean Mayeul was born.