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Early NZ HistoryFrancois Lelievre        🔍 ASH
NZ Intention to Marry Index (1882-1899)Francois Lelievre        🔍 ASH

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Bride Groom Marriage District Year Volume Page Entry
🌳 Mary Madeleine Buckley 🌳 Eugene Francois Lelievre Akaroa 1886 31 1415 15
🌳 Mary Madeline Buckley 🌳 Eugene Francois Lelievre Dunedin 1886 31 1460 311
🌳 Mary Madeleine Buckley 🌳 Eugene Francois Lelievre Akaroa 1886 31 1415 15
🌳 Mary Madeline Buckley 🌳 Eugene Francois Lelievre Dunedin 1886 31 1460 311
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RegistrationFamily NameGiven Name(s)Mother's Given Name(s)Father's Given Name(s)Still Birth
1900/13258
Lelievre William Francois Lucy Maud Edith EmmaWilliam Jule Francois-Order Product
1891/6041
Lelievre Robert Francois Trevier Louisa EllenEtienne Exaviet-Order Product
1900/13258
Lelievre William Francois Lucy Maud Edith Emma William Jule Francois
1891/6041
Lelievre Robert Francois Trevier Louisa Ellen Etienne Exaviet
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Comte de Paris
Isaac BREITMEYER Catherine LELIÉVRE François BREITMEYER Elise LIBEAU A. BREITMEYER [femme] LIBEAU [femme] BREITMEYER G. LIBEAU J. BREITMEYER J. LIBEAU Joseph CÉBERT Jacques
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RegistrationFamily NameGiven Name(s)Born (approx.)Age at Death (approx.)
1902/8554
Lelievre Francois Etienne 180993YOrder Product
2001/8242
Lelievre Gary Francois 4 June 1931  🔍NZ
70 yearsOrder Product
1902/8554
Lelievre Francois Etienne 1809 93Y
2001/8242
Lelievre Gary Francois 4 June 1931  🔍NZ
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Transcriptions NZFrancois Lelievre        🔍 ASH

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1886.June.Lyttelton.Times.snippets
Leeston district LeLIEVRE - Francois, 4 and three quarter perches, section 52, Akaroa. SMITH - Mary, 6 acres 3 roods part RS 1806 and 10009, Rangiora district occ. by Malcolm
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Alexander Turnbull LibraryLelievre, Francois        🔍 ASH

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DigitalNZFrancois Lelievre        🔍 ASH

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Macdonald Dictionary Record: Francois Lelievre One record, handwritten in ink on rectangular card, with biographical information for Francois Lelievre. Written by George Ranald Macdonald for the Macdonald Dictionary of Canterbury Biography project, 1952-1964. George Ranald Macdonald Canterbury Museum / Canterbury Museum
No, 28.—Mr. Francois Lelievre - Tales of Banks Peninsula It has often been remarked that few of the French settlers who came out in the historic Comte de Paris prospered much in the country of their adoption. Mr F. Lelievre was a notable exception, and died on July 12, 1902, a rich landholder of Banks Peninsula. We give below the obituary notice which appeared in the "Akaroa Mail" of July 15, 1902, as... H. C. Jacobson New Zealand Electronic Text Collection / Victoria University of Wellington
Paua Bay — Lelievre, E. E., - The Cyclopedia of New Zealand [Canterbury Provincial District] Lelievre, E. E., Sheepfarmer, Paua Bay, near Akaroa.—Mr. Lelievre, who is a son of the late Mr. Francois Lelievre, was born at Akaroa in 1854, and has always followed farming. His private residence is at Akaroa, and his estate, which comprises 2500 acres, is situated at Paua Bay. He devotes his land to the cultivation of grass seed and the prod... Cyclopedia Company Limited New Zealand Electronic Text Collection / Victoria University of Wellington
Notice of Intention to Restore Companies to the Companies Register Section 328 of the Companies Act 1993 Take notice that I propose to restore the following companies to the Register on the application of the persons named below. I am satisfied that these companies were at the time of removal either carrying on business and there is a proper reason for them to continue in existence or were party to legal proceedings, or were in receivership/liquidation, or the grounds for removal did not exist: APPLE GREEN LIMITED. Applicant: Louise Jane... New Zealand Gazette / Department of Internal Affairs
Macdonald Dictionary Record: Francois Lelievre One record, handwritten in ink on rectangular card, with biographical information for Francois Lelievre. Written by George Ranald Macdonald for the Macdonald Dictionary of Canterbury Biography project, 1952-1964. George Ranald Macdonald Canterbury Museum / Canterbury Museum
No, 28.—Mr. Francois Lelievre - Tales of Banks Peninsula It has often been remarked that few of the French settlers who came out in the historic Comte de Paris prospered much in the country of their adoption. Mr F. Lelievre was a notable exception, and died on July 12, 1902, a rich landholder of Banks Peninsula. We give below the obituary notice which appeared in the "Akaroa Mail" of July 15, 1902, as... H. C. Jacobson New Zealand Electronic Text Collection / Victoria University of Wellington
Paua Bay — Lelievre, E. E., - The Cyclopedia of New Zealand [Canterbury Provincial District] Lelievre, E. E., Sheepfarmer, Paua Bay, near Akaroa.—Mr. Lelievre, who is a son of the late Mr. Francois Lelievre, was born at Akaroa in 1854, and has always followed farming. His private residence is at Akaroa, and his estate, which comprises 2500 acres, is situated at Paua Bay. He devotes his land to the cultivation of grass seed and the prod... Cyclopedia Company Limited New Zealand Electronic Text Collection / Victoria University of Wellington
Notice of Intention to Restore Companies to the Companies Register Section 328 of the Companies Act 1993 Take notice that I propose to restore the following companies to the Register on the application of the persons named below. I am satisfied that these companies were at the time of removal either carrying on business and there is a proper reason for them to continue in existence or were party to legal proceedings, or were in receivership/liquidation, or the grounds for removal did not exist: APPLE GREEN LIMITED. Applicant: Louise Jane... New Zealand Gazette / Department of Internal Affairs
Auckland Museum Online CenotaphFrancois Lelievre        🔍 ASH

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Te Ara - The Encyclopedia of New ZealandFrancois Lelievre        🔍 ASH
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NZ Electronic Text CentreFrancois Lelievre        🔍 ASH
Kura Heritage Collections (Auckland)Francois Lelievre        🔍 ASH
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RegistrationBride's Given Name(s)Bride's Family NameGroom's Given Name(s)Groom's Family Name
1851/1551
Rose Justine Malmanche Etiemee François Lelièvre Order Product
1851/1551
Rose Justine Malmanche Etiemee François Lelièvre
Legacy.com NZ ObituariesFrancois Lelievre        🔍 ASH
Archives NZFrancois Lelievre        🔍 ASH

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Rotorua High Court  >  Rotorua High Court Divorce files

Name Year(s) Held At Access
LeLievre, Francois Eugene v LeLievre, Avis Pearl 1974 ‑ 1975 Auckland Restricted
LeLievre, Francois Eugene v LeLievre, Avis Pearl 1974 ‑ 1975 Auckland Restricted

Christchurch High Court  >  Christchurch Probate files

Name Scan Year(s) Held At Access
LELIEVRE Francois Etienne - Akaroa - Sheep Farmer LELIEVRE Francois Etienne - Akaroa - Sheep Farmer📃 View Scan 1902 Christchurch Open
LELIEVRE Francois Etienne - Akaroa - Sheep Farmer LELIEVRE Francois Etienne - Akaroa - Sheep Farmer📃 View Scan 1902 Christchurch Open
Upper Hutt City Libraries Heritage CollectionsFrancois Lelievre        🔍 ASH
NZ Genealogy Research Made EasyFrancois Lelievre        🔍 ASH
Tasman HeritageFrancois Lelievre        🔍 ASH

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West Coast NZ HistoryFrancois Lelievre        🔍 ASH

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NZ Marriages (Bride, married surname)        🔍 ASH

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Archives Central (Manawatū-Whanganui)Francois Lelievre        🔍 ASH

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Lower Hutt MyRecollectFrancois Lelievre        🔍 ASH
NZ War GravesFrancois Lelievre        🔍 ASH
Find A Grave (NZ cemeteries)Francois Lelievre        🔍 ASH

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Name Born Died Cemetery Cemetery location Region
Francois Etienne LeLievre 12 Oct 1810 🔍 12 Jul 1902 🔍 📰 Akaroa Cemetery Akaroa, Christchurch City Canterbury
Francois Etienne LeLievre 12 Oct 1810 🔍 12 Jul 1902 🔍 📰 Akaroa Cemetery Akaroa, Christchurch City Canterbury
Tinui HistoryFrancois Lelievre        🔍 ASH

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NZSG Kiwi Collection (non-member records)Francois Lelievre        🔍 ASH

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Source: Kiwi Collection copyright The New Zealand Society of Genealogists

Name Date Record Type
LeLIEVRE, Eugen Francois 🔍
1922 NZ Probates
LELIEVRE, Francois Etienne 🔍
23 Jul 1902 NZ Probates
LELIEVRE, Francoise Rose 🔍
10 Apr 1894 NZ Probates
Masterton Anglican HistoryFrancois Lelievre        🔍 ASH

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Canterbury Museum Collections - PeopleFrancois Lelievre        🔍 ASH

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Name Born Died Place of birth Place of death Nationality
Lelievre, Francois
b.1810
d.1902
Lelievre, Francois
b.1810
d.1902
Dictionary of NZ Biography (Scholefield, 1940)Francois Lelievre        🔍 ASH

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Indexed by Luke Howison, 2023

Source: A Dictionary of NZ Biography, by Scholefield (1940), from NZ History / CC BY-NC 3.0 NZ

NameBiographyReference
Francois Lelievre

LELIEVRE, FRANCOIS (1803-1902) was born in France. He went to sea and first came to New Zealand in the whaler Nile in 1837. He was present when Captain Langlois purchased part of Banks Peninsula, and again in the Cachelot (1838). In 1840 he came to Akaroa as one of the emigrants in the Comte de Paris. He entered into business as a blacksmith, but was also a sheep farmer. Lelievre died on 12 Jul 1902, the last of the French settlers.

Jacobson; J. Hay; Buick, French at Akaroa; The Press, 14 Jul 1902.

Volume 1, page 263
Francois Lelievre

LELIEVRE, FRANCOIS (1803-1902) was born in France. He went to sea and first came to New Zealand in the whaler Nile in 1837. He was present when Captain Langlois purchased part of Banks Peninsula, and again in the Cachelot (1838). In 1840 he came to Akaroa as one of the emigrants in the Comte de Paris. He entered into business as a blacksmith, but was also a sheep farmer. Lelievre died on 12 Jul 1902, the last of the French settlers.

Jacobson; J. Hay; Buick, French at Akaroa; The Press, 14 Jul 1902.

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Wellington City Council ArchivesFrancois Lelievre        🔍 ASH
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Soldiers of Empire - Muster RollsFrancois Lelievre        🔍 ASH

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Soldiers of Empire - Medal RollsFrancois Lelievre        🔍 ASH

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RegistrationFamily NameGiven Name(s)Mother's Given Name(s)Father's Given Name(s)Still Birth
1883/4139
Lelievre Julia Mary Francois RoseJules-Order Product
1876/10405
Lelievre William Jules Rose FrancoisJules-Order Product
1876/10406
Lelievre Josephine Rose FrancoisJules-Order Product
1871/32020
Lelievre Victoire FrancoisJule-Order Product
1868/28368
Lelievre Mary Virginis FrancoisJule-Order Product
1883/4139
Lelievre Julia Mary Francois Rose Jules
1876/10405
Lelievre William Jules Rose Francois Jules
1876/10406
Lelievre Josephine Rose Francois Jules
1871/32020
Lelievre Victoire Francois Jule
1868/28368
Lelievre Mary Virginis Francois Jule
Masterton Library Wairarapa ArchiveFrancois Lelievre        🔍 ASH
WWI Military DefaultersFrancois Lelievre        🔍 ASH

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Nominal rolls: Second New Zealand Expeditionary ForceFrancois Lelievre        🔍 ASH

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Nurse Registrations, 1902-1931Francois Lelievre        🔍 ASH

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Caversham Project Trades Database (1894-1939)Francois Lelievre        🔍 ASH

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Caversham Project Electoral Rolls (1893-1938)Francois Lelievre        🔍 ASH

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Puke Ariki Collections - PeopleFrancois Lelievre        🔍 ASH

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Hocken Digital CollectionsFrancois Lelievre        🔍 ASH

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BillionGraves (NZ cemeteries)Francois Lelievre        🔍 ASH

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Name Maiden Name Born Died Cemetery Region
Francoise Rose Lelievre (LeLievre) LeLievre 16 Jun 1851 🔍 11 Oct 1893 🔍 📰 Akaroa Catholic Cemetery Canterbury
Auguste Francoise LeLievre 30 Nov 1959 🔍 📰 Waipukurau Cemetery Hawke's Bay
Francoise Rose Lelievre 11 Oct 1893 🔍 📰 Akaroa Catholic Cemetery Canterbury
Francoise Rose Lelievre (LeLievre) LeLievre 16 Jun 1851 🔍 11 Oct 1893 🔍 📰 Akaroa Catholic Cemetery Canterbury
Auguste Francoise LeLievre 30 Nov 1959 🔍 📰 Waipukurau Cemetery Hawke's Bay
Francoise Rose Lelievre 11 Oct 1893 🔍 📰 Akaroa Catholic Cemetery Canterbury
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Discover EverAfter (NZ Cemeteries)Francois Lelievre        🔍 ASH

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