The French consular registration (fiche d’immatriculation) of Georges Marcel Lebrun and his wife Claire Gaetjens, filed at the Légation de France in Port-au-Prince and signed 26 January 1937 by Pierre de Francqueville. It carries their photographs and signatures, and it is the record that fixes the family’s French nationality — the document Katia Abinader and Carole Lebrun Ganthier have used to pursue French citizenship by descent.
What it establishes
- Georges Marcel Lebrun — born 1 October 1885 at Saint-Maurice (Seine); nationality française, of French origin; profession employé de commerce; last domicile in France Saint-Maurice.
- Claire (Marie Marthe Claire) Gaetjens — born 27 December 1888 in Haiti (Léogâne); nationality française.
- Married 16 October 1907 at Port-au-Prince.
Their nine children (all born Port-au-Prince)
- Louise Marcelle — 14 March 1909
- Anne Joseph Camille — 27 July 1910
- Marie Mathilde Daniella — 1 February 1914
- Edmond Georges Serge — 19 April 1915 → Serge Lebrun, Alex’s grandfather
- Nicolas Paul — 5 August 1917
- Nicolas Georges André — 10 September 1921 — mort pour la France
- Marie Eliane — 8 August 1924
- Jean Marie Claude — 8 April 1927 (Serge’s brother “Claude”)
- Marguerite Marie Yolande — 28 February 1930
The register lists the supporting papers produced: a livret militaire, the livret de famille, the children’s birth certificates, and the marriage certificate.
