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Gabrielle Chanel Scrapbook. By: Martha Herrarte Pd.5 World History H. Childhood . Coco Chanel was born as Gabrielle Bonheur Chasnel Doctors had misspelled her last name on her birth certificate Birthplace: Saumur, France Coco Chanel’s mother worked at a poor house. Childhood cont.
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Gabrielle ChanelScrapbook By: Martha Herrarte Pd.5 World History H
Childhood • Coco Chanel was born as Gabrielle Bonheur Chasnel • Doctors had misspelled her last name on her birth certificate • Birthplace: Saumur, France • Coco Chanel’s mother worked at a poor house
Childhood cont. • Coco’s father worked as a traveling wine peddler • She had two sisters and two brothers • Her mother died when she was twelve
Childhood cont. • Her father left her and her siblings. • She and her sisters went to a convent while her brothers went to a farm as child laborers.
Work • Gabrielle first started as a cabaret singer. • She sang in cafés and in concerts • While working at the cafés she was given the name Coco