Frederic Auguste Bartholdi: Auguste 2, 1834, in No. 30 the Rue of the Marchands, Colmar, France.
Jeanne-Emilie Baheux de Puysieux: Bar le Duc, France on October 25, 1829.
Died:
Frederic: Paris on October 4, 1904.Jeanne-Emilie: October 12, 1914 in Paris.
December 15, 1876, in Newport, Rhode Island, in the parlor of of Mr. and Mrs. John LaFarge's home. The Rev. Charles T. Brooks was the officiant.
Source: Newport (RI) Marriage Certificate. Frederic-Augustee Bartholdi and Jeanne-Emilie Baheux de Puysieux. December 15, 1876. Newport City Hall. Book 1, p. 184.
Frederic Auguste: Creator of the Statue of Liberty and sculptor.
Jeanne-Emilie: Model.
Jeanne-Emilie: Unitarian.
Frederic Auguste: Catholic.
The only women allowed on at the opening ceremony on the island were Jeanne-Emilie and Ferdinand de Lesseps' 8-year old daughter, Tototte.
Some believe that the model was the wealthy widow of Isaac Merritt Singer (sewing-machine fame), Isabella Eugenie Boyer. Bartholdi met her in Luembourg in 1878.
- Obtain a permit from 212-363-3206. There is no fee.
- Plan your wedding to be held during the normal hours of operation.
- Parties and catering are not allowed on Liberty Island, so the wedding reception must be held elsewhere.
Auguste, to his mother about Jeanne: "You asked me: "is there a cousin at Lafarge? It there of them be one, but you like her? I believe it, under certain reports/ratios. She has anything a brilliant party, neither fortune, neither the beauty, neither the glare of the world, nor the musical talents; only aspect more sympathetic nerve and a heart of gold which she carries on her face."
He added further: "It is called Jeanne-Emilie Baheux de Puysieux, she is 36 years old, she was born in France, girl of a ruined industrialist. Orphan, she was adopted by Mrs. Walker, of Canadian origin which I knew in Newport at the time of my first voyage to the United States. Mrs. Walker died since, without leaving will."
"Fortunately, the legitimate heirs did not forget Jeanne-Emilie, by granting a modest pension to her. Jeanne was adopted like a pretty puppy! Her merit is to have educated herself, learning, for example, the piano without Master. Her only ambition is to be liked. As for me, all that I seek is a tender and devoted affection."
"The ambition should apply only to work and not to the marriage. If you test doubts or regrets, I could not be happy."
Source: Gisele-loth.com
Jeanne to her future mother-in-law: "Very honoured and dear Madam, I am still under the charm of what Mr Bartholdi said to me! You reach his project, you entirely approve it. I then to believe in such an amount of happiness! Me, the partner of his life, it is a dream, I am so happy that I am afraid. I do not need brilliance for the world. I am filled of the desire to improve to me to be worthy of him."
Source: Gisele-loth.com
