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Mathilde Coriolis Giraudon 1837 - 1877

Mathilde Giraudon Mlle. of Westland County New Zealand was born in 1837 in Paris, Paris County, IDF France. She was married to Antoine Giraudon, and had a child Eleanor (Nelly) Marie Gabrielle Giraudon. Mathilde Giraudon died at age 39 years old on April 25, 1877 at Lyell, Buller District, New Zealand.

Mathilde Giraudon Mlle.

Coriolis

Westport in Westland County New Zealand

1837

Paris, Paris County, IDF, France

April 25, 1877

Lyell, Buller District, New Zealand

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Mathilde Coriolis was born in Paris about 1837. She met Antoine Giraudon, son of Etienne and Marie Giraudon; he had moved from the Loire Valley to Paris for work. He was a carpenter and home decorator. The couple married in Paris in 1862 and emigrated to Victoria, Australia in 1865. Their only daughter, "Nellie" (Eleanore Marie Gabrielle) was born in Fitzroy, at that time a town just out of Melbourne, in July of that year. Three years later the family moved on to the South Island of New Zealand, landing at the gold-fields harbour of Hokitika on the West Coast before relocating further north to Westport. Not long after their arrival Antoine died of lead poisoning, presumably from the paints he was using. Mathilde stayed on in Westport, running a small sweet shop, until her death in 1877 at the early age of 40. Nellie became the ward of another French couple who ran a hotel in the small gold-mining settlement of Zalatown in the Buller Valley, east of Westport. Mathilde's family name was Coriolis, but the registrar in Fitzroy, Victoria, Australia spelt it phonetically when recording Nellie's birth.
1837

Birthday

1837

Birthdate

Paris, Paris County, IDF France

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Ethnicity & Family History

French
Nationality & Locations

French
Religious Beliefs

Catholic
Professional Career

Sweet shop owner
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1877

Death

April 25, 1877

Death date

"Apoplexy" - presumably a stroke

Cause of death

Lyell, Buller District, New Zealand
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Mathilde Coriolis Giraudon lived 23 years shorter than the average family member when died at the age of 40.

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In 1837, in the year that Mathilde Coriolis Giraudon was born, on June 20th, 18-year-old Queen Victoria became the Queen of the United Kingdom upon the death of her uncle William IV - who had died without legitimate heirs. She would reign for more than 63 years, the longest reign of an English monarch until Queen Elizabeth II. Thus began what would be called the "Victorian Era."

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In 1840, Mathilde was only 3 years old when on May 7th, the Great Natchez Tornado hit Mississippi. Around 2p, the second deadliest tornado in U.S. history hit Natchez and the surrounding area. It has been estimated to be a F4 or F5 storm and over 317 people were killed - 109 were injured.

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Mathilde Giraudon's Family Tree & Friends

Mathilde Giraudon's Family Tree

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Mathilde Coriolis Giraudon 1837 - Apr 25, 1877

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Antoine Giraudon