In a small slate-mining village in Mayenne, Célestine served as the town hall secretary for thirty-five years. Through the birth, marriage, and death certificates she carefully wrote in her elegant handwriting, she witnessed several generations pass and came to know almost every story in the village.
Quiet and devoted, she also raised her three children while carrying out her work with dedication and precision.
Her granddaughter Eline carefully preserves her old inkwell, a symbol of a life devoted to recording the most important moments in the lives of the village’s inhabitants.
Even today, Célestine’s memory endures, both in the archives and in the collective memory of the village.
