François Calment

François Calment, the elder brother of Jeanne Calment, was born on April 26th, 1865.

Family
He married Marguerite Olympe Bouquet in 1890 in Toulon. His only daughter, Marie, was born in Toulon in 1896 and died in 1917. His wife died in Toulon on January, 19th 1939 - the birth and (official) death day of Yvonne Calment.

Paintings
François was an avid painter. Here is one of his paintings from 1935, which was sold on Leboncoin.fr in 2019.

The only known photo of François
This photo of Madame Calment and Joseph Billot-Calment was taken sometime around 1955. François is believed to be on the right.

Death


François was counted in Arles with Madame Calment and Joseph Billot-Calment in the 1946 census, but died on December 1st, 1962 in "hospice de Chiavary" in Arles, which was low quality hospice for poor people.