Emilie (Libeau) Suire (1856 - 1938)

Born 22 Jun 1856 in Akaroa, Canterbury, New Zealand

Ancestors

Wife of Jean Pierre Hilaire Suire — married 5 Nov 1877 in Saint-Martin de Villeneuve, Charente-Inférieure, France

Died 6 Feb 1938 at age 81 in France [uncertain]

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Biography

Emilie (Libeau) Suire has French origins.

Emilie (Libeau) Suire has English ancestors.

Emilie (Libeau) Suire lived in Akaroa, Canterbury, New Zealand.

Émilie was born 22 Jun 1856 in New Zealand at Akaroa, Canterbury, to Joseph Libeau and Mary Anne Hedgeman.^[1][2]

She married Jean Pierre Hilaire Suire in France on 5 Nov 1877.^[2]

As of 1891 they lived at 38 Rue de la Grève, village of La Grève, Saint-Martin-de-Villeneuve. They had moved to Bègues by 1901.

She passed away 6 February 1938 age 81 and is buried at Cram-Chaban Cemetery. ^[3]

Research Notes

She was named in her sister's 1926 obituary^[4] as "A sister, Mrs. Le Suire, living in France".

Ancestry Profile shows death 7 Feb 1938 at the same place as the marriage, and four children Alice Marie Louise Clementine (1878-1952), Rene Henri Theophile (1885-1964), Jean-Theophile Leon (1886-1941), and Marie-Josephine Gabrielle (1896-1944).

Translation of marriage register

The other part, Miss Emelie Libeau, without profession, aged 21 years, was born 22 June 1856 registered at births in the district of Akaroa, colony of Canterbury (New Zealand), living at the shore of this commune. Daughter (of majority and legitimate) of Joseph Libeau age 66, profession of gardener, living at Akaroa (New Zealand) and of Mary Anne Edhman[sic] aged 44, profession any, living at Akaroa (New Zealand), (note about parents giving consent).

-- translation by McNabb-952 04:15, 2 August 2020 (UTC)

Census transcriptions

From the 1891 census, 38 Rue de la Grève:^[5]

• Suire Theophile, 36; Libeau Emilie, 34; Suire Alice, 12; Suire Rene 5; Suire Theophile, 4.

From the 1901 census, Bègues:^[6]

• Suire Theophile, 46; Libeau Emilie, 44; Suire Alice, 22; Suire Rene, 15; Suire Theophile, 14; Suire Marie, 5.

Sources

1. ↑ NZ BDM 1856/5829
2. ↑ ^{2.0 2.1} 2 E 382/9 - Saint-Martin-de-Villeneuve - Collection du greffe - Etat civil - Mariages - 1864-1884, found by Charente-Maritime civil register search, see translation below
3. ↑ There is a photo of the headstone in French Akaroa (Tremewan, 2018 edition), colour panel XIII. The date is written as 6 February 1938.
4. ↑ "Obituary - Mrs. Jos. Sergison", Akaroa Mail and Banks Peninsula Advertiser, Volume LI, Issue 5236, 23 November 1926, Page 2
5. ↑ 1891 census - La Greve, Saint-Martin-de-Villeneuve (1891) - 8 M 2/58, page 14
6. ↑ 1901 census - Begues, Saint-Martin-de-Villeneuve (1901) - 8 M 2/95, page 11