the reverend amalric-frédéric buscarlet was son of jules-[léonard] (1807–1882), who in 1834 married frances eliza, daughter of robert bowen of bristol, in florence. having studied theology in geneva, jules was ordained minister in 1833 and worked in florence (1834), in nice (1835) at the mission of the genevan evangelical society in pau (basses-pyrénées, france), then at the free church of pau (1838–1849), finally in paris (1849–1858).