That same member bears a son who witnesses Catherine's seduction by Chaval and leads a failed coal miner's strike.  
One member of this family engages in a laundry fight with the sister of a woman who steals her lover and bears a son who paints a picture of his dead son and hangs himself before completing a massive landscape.  Another member of this family bayonets one of his former soldiers during an insurrection, and another member of this family (*) burns all of her son's papers after he dies waiting for Clotilde.  Another member of this family bears a daughter who causes the suicide of George Hugon and dies of smallpox contracted from her son.  That same member bears a son who witnesses Catherine's seduction by Chaval and leads a failed coal miner's strike.  FTP, L'Assommoir, L'Oeuvre, The Downfall, Doctor Pascal, Nana, and Germinal are all part of a series named for what family created by Emile Zola?
One member of this family engages in a laundry fight with the sister of a woman who steals her lover and bears a son who paints a picture of his dead son and hangs himself before completing a massive landscape.  
Les Rougon-Macquart [accept Macquart before (*); I guess you can prompt on a partial answer before FTP]