Elisa Emma (Richard) Champion de Crespigny (1890 - 1976)

Born 20 Aug 1890 in Rolle, Vaud, Switzerland

Wife of Unknown (Unknown) Champion de Crespigny — married 30 Dec 1919 (to 1940) in Lausanne, Vaud, Switzerland

Died 26 Dec 1976 at age 86 in Fairfax, Virginia, United States

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Biography

This profile is part of the Champion_de_Crespigny Name Study.

Elise Emma Richard married on 30 Dec 1919 at Lausanne, Vaud, Switzerland to a man calling himself Edmund Alexander Champion de Crespigny. ^[1] He later went by the name Claude Champion de Crespigny.

At the time of the 1930 US census Claude, Lillette and Michelle were living at 1546 Farwell Avenue, Chicago. Claude was a typewriter salesman.^[2]

On her naturalisation application of 1944 she stated they had divorced in 1940. ^[3] However, Claude had remarried in 1935 in New York.^[4]

In 1940 Claude and Lilette’s daughter Michelle was at school at Morgan Park High School, Chicago.^[5] I have not been able to locate any member of the family on the United States 1940 census.

Sources

1. ↑ Name: Edmund Alexander Champion De Crespigny Gender: Male Age: 29 Birthdate: 1890 Birthplace: Lyndhirst, England Marital status: Single Marriage Date: 30 Dec 1919 Marriage Place: Lausanne, Vaud, Switzerland Spouse: Elisa Emma Richard Father: Philip Augustus Champion De Crespigny Mother: Annie Rose Key FHL Film Number: 1494402 retrieved from ancetry.com
2. ↑ 1930 census Census Place: Chicago, Cook, Illinois; Roll: 493; Page: 8B; Enumeration District: 1861; FHL microfilm: 2340228
3. ↑ 1944 naturalization for Lilette de Crespigny Illinois, Petitions for Naturalization, 1906-1991; NAI Number: 593882; Record Group Title: Records of District Courts of the United States, 1685-2009; Record Group Number: RG 21
4. ↑ 1935 marriage to Ruby King (Certificate 23578)
5. ↑ 1940 Morgan Park High School Year book