Eugène Germain Coulon

In Paris on 29 April 1833 Coulon married Louise Zulmé (née) Leroux (1804–1874),[4] a singing teacher[5] who possibly also sang in recital[6] and may have been the Louise-Zulmé Le Roux listed in Constant Pierre's history of the Paris Conservatoire as born 20 March 1804 and likely confused with Zulmée Leroux, who was awarded 1st Prize for Singing in 1819, married Bernard Dabadie in 1821, and died in 1877.

[8] Four children are known, three dying at birth or soon after, Leon Gustave (31 October 1834),[9] Juliette Marie (10 June 1836),[10] Louis Emile (23 February 1839)[11] and a daughter Jeanne Louise Coulon (1832–1892) who was an accomplished pianist[12] and music teacher but took her own life seven months after the death of her father.

[14] He trained for the stage but ill-health obliged a change of career in 1830 and he obtained a position at The Hague as professor to the royal family of the Prince of Orange.

[17] One newspaper wrote that he "introduced the Polka that chased away prudery, banished reserve, and taught all classes that dancing is and always was meant to be the foot's interpretation of the heart" and "has converted the solemn ball room into the scene of innocent revelry".

[27] He was still teaching at the age of 80[28] and died at 83 after a long illness[29] Coulon's descriptions of dance steps are on many music sheets and were collected in the books, The Ball-Room Polka Cotillon and Valse à Deux Tems as taught by Mons.