Huguenin, Gustave Albert
Huguenin, Gustave Albert
(siehe auch: Huguenin)
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Gustave and Elise's eleventh child, Gustave Albert Huguenin-Virchaux (known as Albert), was born in Le Locle on 1 August 1871. He was apprenticed to an enameller at Fleurier, and found his apprenticeship very hard. Not only did he have a trade to learn, but in addition he was expected to help care for his employer's children and clean the workshop after everyone else had left. He received no pay, and the food was barely sufficient for a hungry adolescent. One morning, he decided that he had had enough, and would run away back to his widowed mother, who lived at Le Locle. However, when he arrived home after walking about 10 miles and climbing 2,000 feet, all he received was a lecture from his mother, who promptly sent him back to Fleurier to complete his apprenticeship. Gustave Albert married Maria Emma Rüfenacht (known as Emma) in Le Locle on 29 November 1890. She was born in Bern on 6 March 1872, and came to the canton of Neuchâtel with her family as a child.