Paul Petit (c1825-c1900)

Eugène Petit left France with his father Alexis Petit, his mother Gabrielle and younger brother Paul Petit in the wake of the French Revolution of 1830. They first went to Constantinople and then to Odessa, finally settling in Iaşi, Moldavia around 1840.

He married Elena Gheorghiu, a French teacher, and together they continued managing the French school founded by his parents.