On the Cabin wall

The Verne family

Nadar, 1878 körül – közkincs · source
the writer
Jules Verne 1828–1905
Born in Nantes, the eldest of five children. He studied law in Paris but was drawn to theatre and literature; with the publisher Hetzel, he became the author of the Extraordinary Voyages. From 1872 until his death he lived in Amiens.

The parents

the father
Pierre Verne † 1871
A lawyer (avoué) in Nantes, originally from Provins, and a deeply religious man. He intended his son to pursue a legal career. He died in Nantes on 3 November 1871.
Françisque de la Celle de Chateaubourg festménye, Musée Jules-Verne – közkincs · source
the mother
Sophie Allotte de La Fuÿe 1800–1887
She came from a Nantes family of sailors and shipowners, with Scottish ancestry. She died on 15 February 1887; her son could not attend her funeral because of his leg injury.

ismeretlen fényképész, 1860-as évek – közkincs · source
the younger brother
Paul Verne 1829–1897
Sailor and writer, and his brother's nautical adviser. They crossed the Atlantic together aboard the Great Eastern in 1867; he climbed Mont Blanc in 1871 and wrote an account of the 1881 North Sea voyage.
younger sister
Anna Verne 1836–
Married name: du Crest de Villeneuve.
younger sister
Mathilde Verne 1839–
Married name: Fleury; her husband witnessed Michel Verne's birth.
younger sister
Marie Verne 1842–
Married name: Guillon; her son was Claude Guillon-Verne.

the wife
Honorine du Fraysne de Viane 1830–1910
A widow from Amiens with two young daughters. Verne met her at a friend's wedding in 1856; they married in Paris on 10 January 1857. They moved to Amiens at her wish.
stepdaughter
Valentine Morel 1852–1916
From Honorine's first marriage. She later lived in Algeria; her mother visited her in 1884 when Verne's ship called at Oran.
stepdaughter
Suzanne Morel 1853–
From Honorine's first marriage.

ismeretlen fényképész, 1891 – közkincs · source
the son
Michel Verne 1861–1925
Born in Paris while his father was travelling in Norway. After a rebellious youth, he became a writer and filmmaker; following his father's death, he edited and in several places rewrote the novels left behind.

grandchild
Michel Jules-Verne 1885–1960
Michel Verne's eldest son.
grandchild
Georges Jules-Verne 1886–1911
Michel Verne's second son.
grandchild
Jean Jules-Verne 1892–1980
Lawyer and prosecutor. He knew his grandfather for thirteen years and wrote his biography in 1973.

Sources: French Wikipedia entries on Jules Verne, Michel Verne, Paul Verne and Jean Jules-Verne, and Wikidata; images from Wikimedia Commons.