Clemence (Libeau) Irwin (1842 - 1885)

Born 1 Apr 1842 in Akaroa, Canterbury, New Zealand

Ancestors

Wife of Thomas Byron Irwin — married 1864 in New Zealand

Descendants

Died 29 Nov 1885 at age 43 in Wilmington, New Castle, Delaware, United States

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Biography

Clemence (Libeau) Irwin has French origins.

Clemence (Libeau) Irwin lived in Akaroa, Canterbury, New Zealand.

Clemence (Libeau) Irwin was an immigrant to Delaware (1866).

Clemence was born 1 Apr 1842 at Akaroa. She was the daughter of Joseph Libeau and Magdelaine Chauvet. ^[1]

She was naturalized by proclamation as a New Zealand citizen in 1851. ^[2]

In 1864 in New Zealand she married Thomas Byron Irwin, a Pennsylvania native. ^[3]

The family emigrated to Wilmington, Delaware, United States in about 1866. ^[4]

Then in 1870 they were living at Crossville, Cumberland, Tennessee. ^[5]

Her husband passed away some time during that decade.

She passed away due to apoplexy on 29 Nov 1885, at Wilmington, Delaware, United States. She was buried at Mt. Salem Cemetery. ^{[6] [7]}

Research Notes

Note that the 1908 death "Clemence Libeau" is Clémence Rosalie (Gendrot) Libeau (abt.1834-1908).

Clemence shows up as a servant for the Moore family in the 1880 census -- with no children. The children must have gone elsewhere -- perhaps they went into care of some sort after she was widowed.^[8]

Sources

• 1870 US Census - Crossville, Cumberland, Tennessee. As Clementine Irwins, 28.^[5]
• 1880 Delaware census -- as Clemence Erwin, widow, age 36.

1. ↑ French Akaroa: An Attempt to Colonise Southern New Zealand. Tremewan , Peter (2018 reprint)
2. ↑ Government Gazette Proclamation, New Zealander, Volume 7, Issue 598, 7 January 1852, Page 4
3. ↑ NZ BDM Marriage search: 1864/7014 Clemence Libeau Thomas Byron Irwin
4. ↑ They show up with next child born there in 1867.
5. ↑ ^{5.0 5.1} "United States Census, 1870", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MD8L-TY2 : 19 March 2020), Clementine Irwins in entry for Thomas B Irwins, 1870.
6. ↑ "Delaware, Wilmington Vital Records, 1847-1954," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QKD6-26Y9 : 27 November 2020), Clemence Irwin, 29 Nov 1885; citing Death, Wilmington, New Castle, Delaware, United States, Public Archives, Dover; FHL microfilm 2,188,029.
7. ↑ "Delaware Death Records, 1855-1961," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FNPS-RRQ : 25 September 2019), Clemence Irwin, 29 Nov 1885; citing Wilmington, New Castle, Delaware, United States, Hall of Records, Dover; FamilySearch digital folder 004252440.
8. ↑ "United States Census, 1880," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MXCN-QSV : 12 November 2020), Clemence Erwin in household of Enoch Moore, Wilmington, New Castle, Delaware, United States; citing enumeration district ED 12, sheet 294B, NARA microfilm publication T9 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), FHL microfilm 1,254,119.