Gustave Adolphe Napoléon Sarony (1821 - 1896)

Born 5 Mar 1821 in Québec, Bas-Canada

Ancestors

Died 9 Nov 1896 at age 75 in New York City, New York County, New York, United States

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Napoleon Sarony is Notable.

Biography

Napoleon was born in 1821. He passed away in 1896. Came to the US with his father at the age of 12, where they were naturalized.

Noted photographer of greats such as William T. Sherman, Samuel Clemens, Sarah Bernhardt and Oscar Wilde. ^[1]

One of his portraits of Oscar Wilde became the subject of a U.S. Supreme Court case, Burrow-Giles Lithographic Co. v. Sarony 111 U.S. 53 (1884),

Sarony was married twice. His first wife, Helen, died in 1858; his second was Louie.

• Fact: Burial Green-Wood Cemetery , Brooklyn, Kings County (Brooklyn), New York, USA

Gustave Adolphe Napoléon was born on 5 March 1821, and was baptized the same day at Notre-Dame de Québec. He was the son of Adolphe Sarony and Marie Lehoulier.^[2]

Sources

1. ↑ https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Napoleon_Sarony
2. ↑ "Québec, registres paroissiaux catholiques, 1621-1979," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QS7-L993-N98Z-K?cc=1321742&wc=HZT4-FM9%3A17585101%2C19508101%2C28802201 : 16 July 2014), Québec > Notre-Dame-de-Québec > Baptêmes, mariages, sépultures 1820-1821 > image 282 of 475; Archives Nationales du Quebec (National Archives of Quebec), Montreal.

• Napoleon Sarony (1821-1896) on Find A Grave: Memorial #3329 retrieved 29 October 2018
• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Napoleon_Sarony
• "New York, New York City Municipal Deaths, 1795-1949," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:2W6P-BJG : 10 February 2018), Napoleon Sarony, 09 Nov 1896; citing Death, Manhattan, New York, New York, United States, New York Municipal Archives, New York; FHL microfilm 1,322,921.

• "United States Census, 1850," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MCYR-LTT : 12 April 2016), Napoleon Sarony in household of Henry Major, Williamsburg, Kings, New York, United States; citing family 2744, NARA microfilm publication M432 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).

• "United States Census, 1880," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MZ63-KW3 : 17 August 2017), Napoleon Sarony, New York, New York, New York, United States; citing enumeration district ED 186, sheet 261A, NARA microfilm publication T9 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), roll 0875; FHL microfilm 1,254,875.

• "United States Passport Applications, 1795-1925," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QKNT-6QVL : 16 March 2018), Napoleon Sarony, 18 Dec 1856; citing Passport Application, , source certificate #, Passport Applications, 1795-1905., 59, NARA microfilm publications M1490 and M1372 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).