Alexis Désiré POULAIN, nurseryman and rose grower, born February 8, 1825 in Villecresnes (Val de Marne France) - died March 9, 1902 in Villecresnes, son of Louis Désiré and Françoise TABERNAT
married on December 6, 1852 in Mandres-les-Roses (Val de Marne, France) Justine Félicité NERON born on May 5, 1832 in Mandres les Roses - died on December 25, 1906 in Villecresnes, daughter of Denis and Marie Radegonde THOMAS.
They had 9 children: Victor-Louis, Alexis (known as Léon), Alexandre, Louis-Eugène, Eugénie, Victor-Eugène, Léonie and Augustine.