Virginia Ethel Martin (1905 - 1936)

Born 6 Oct 1905 in Manhattan, New York City, New York, United States

Died 6 Aug 1936 at age 30 in Paris XVI, Seine, France

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Biography

Virginia Ethel Martin was born on 6 October 1905 in Manhattan, New York, the daughter of John Martin and Stella Weil.^[1] (It has been reported that she was born in Rangoon; her birth, however, was registered in New York). Her father was born in Hungary; her mother was American-born.

By 1910 her mother (going by "Estelle") had married a Walter Emanuel. Virginia was living with them in Manhattan, as Virginia Emanuel.^[2]

Virginia was connected with Lucien Rosengart, a wealthy industrialist 25 years her senior, as early as 1927 and they were listed as married in the 1931 French census. In 1931 they were living at 16 rue Leroux in the district of Chaillot, in the 16th arrondissement of Paris, with 6 servants.^[3] In 1936 the couple was living at 10 avenue d'Iéna, still in the district of Chaillot, with their son Jean Louis, born 1932.^[4]

Virginie Martin, born in Rangoon (sic), on 6 October 1909 (sic), daughter of Arthur Martin and Cécile Phillips (sic), both deceased, wife of Lucien Rosengart, died on 6 August 1936 at her home, 10 avenue d'Iéna in the 16th arrondissement of Paris.^[5]

Virginie Rosengart née Martin was buried on 8 August 1936 in the Cimetière du Père-Lachaise in Paris.^[6].

Research notes

Virginia's death record is a collection of incorrect information; her date of birth is 4 years off, place of birth uncertain (her birth was registered in New York), and the names of her parents wrong (the name given to her mother is similar to her maternal grandmother's name, which is consistent with her mother trying to pass off as her sister).

Virginia is also listed as being born in "English Indies" on both 1931 and 1935 French census.

Although Virginia is listed as Lucien Rosengart's wife in census records, in her death record, burial record, and reportedly her son's birth record, the actual marriage record has not been found (it was looked for in all 20 arrondissements of Paris and several French cities where the couple had ties) and it is quite possible that they were not married at all.

Sources

1. ↑ "New York, New York City Births, 1846-1909," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:2W4Y-W4V : 11 February 2018), Virginia Ethel Martin, 06 Oct 1905; citing Manhattan, New York, New York, United States, reference cn 47803 New York Municipal Archives, New York; FHL microfilm 1,984,760.
2. ↑ "United States Census, 1910," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M5HD-PGH : accessed 6 March 2023), Virginia M Emanuel in household of Walter Emanuel, Manhattan Ward 12, New York, New York, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 725, sheet 6B, family 144, NARA microfilm publication T624 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1982), roll 1027; FHL microfilm 1,375,040.
3. ↑ Archives de Paris, Recensement de population 1931, 16ème arrondissement, Chaillot, Population de résidence habituelle cote D2M8 429 vue 357
4. ↑ Archives de Paris, Recensement de population 1936, 16ème arrondissement, Chaillot Avenue Albert de Mun - rue La Pérouse, Population de résidence habituelle cote D2M8 646 vue 216
5. ↑ Acte de décès: Acte 1490, Décès 1936 Paris XVIème, Archives de Paris cote 16D 153 du 20 juillet 1936 (acte n° 1396) au 16 septembre 1936 (acte n° 1696) vue 10
6. ↑ N° d'ordre 1268, Archives de Paris, Répertoires journaliers d'inhumation cote CPL_RJ19351937_01 Père Lachaise du 07/08/1936 (n° d'ordre 1261) au 27/11/1936 (n° d'ordre 1901) vue 1

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