Jeanne's biography by Egon von Vietinghoff-Stiftung on The Egon von Vietinghoff Foundation website claims that her father was an architect, but in relity he was a merchant.[2]
The 1857 Brussels Almanach du commerce et de l'industrie lists a "Bricou-Koch (A.), trader in sponges and chamois leather at the Nouveau Marché aux Grains, 9.[3]
The 1868 electoral lists for Schaerbeek show Bricou (Alexis-Pierre-Joseph), merchant, rue du Progrès, 121, born in 1824 in Brussels.[4]
The Moniteur Belge of 1873 show Alexis Bricou as a merchant in Schaerbeek doing business under his own name.[5]
We also find Pierre Joseph Alexis Bricou, "commis négociant", born in Brussels, 19 September 1824, son of late Pierre Bricou and Françoise Piron, married in Ixelles 1 October 1850 (n° 96), Hermanna (Hermanne) Koch, born in Weesp (North Holland) 29 May 1825 and dead 19 May 1852, daughter of Statius Frederik Koch, négociant in Saint-Josse-ten-Noode, and Helena Elisabeth Keiser. ( Marriage announced in Algemeen handelsblad, 2 octobre 1850. see also : Historische Kranten : [1]). In second wedding Pierre Joseph Alexis' Bricou, négociant nouveau marché aux Grains in Brussels, widower of Hermanne Koch, married in Brussels 13 September 1855 (n° 995), Gesina Cornelia van Duura, residing in Brussels boulevard de Waterloo, born in Rotterdam 14 August 1834, daughter of Passchier Van Duura, fabricant, and Zwaantje Van Riet (Wedding announced in Nieuwe Rotterdamsche courant, 15 September 1855).
