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    Emanuel Masseras

    Birth: 3-9-1823

    Death: 10-1899

    Alternate First Name: Emmanuel

Biography

Emanuel Masseras was known to the Seward family as the editor of Courier des Etats-Unis, a French language newspaper in New York City. Born in France in 1823, he came to the United States and lived much of his life here. He returned to France at least three times (1853, 1859, and sometime before 1899). During his 1859 visit, Masseras and William Henry Seward visited the editor of La Patrie, a French publication, along with Mr. Henry Jarvis Raymond of the New York Times. Mr. Masseras died in Paris in late October 1899, but the date of death remains unclear.

Letter References

Letter from William Henry Seward to Frances Adeline Seward, August 5, 1859

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Biography: 
Emanuel Masseras was known to the Seward family as the editor of Courier des Etats-Unis, a French language newspaper in New York City. Born in France in 1823, he came to the United States and lived much of his life here. He returned to France at least three times (1853, 1859, and sometime before 1899). During his 1859 visit, Masseras and William Henry Seward visited the editor of La Patrie, a French publication, along with Mr. Henry Jarvis Raymond of the New York Times. Mr. Masseras died in Paris in late October 1899, but the date of death remains unclear.
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https://www.ancestrylibrary.com/interactive/7488/NYM237_124-0022?pid=519926&backurl=https://search.ancestrylibrary.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?indiv%3D1%26dbid%3D7488%26h%3D519926%26tid%3D%26pid%3D%26usePUB%3Dtrue%26_phsrc%3DtZv719%26_phstart%3DsuccessSource&treeid=&personid=&hintid=&usePUB=true&_phsrc=tZv719&_phstart=successSource&usePUBJs=true https://www.ancestrylibrary.com/interactive/1666/32178_620305173_0106-00039?pid=890636&backurl=https://search.ancestrylibrary.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?indiv%3D1%26dbid%3D1666%26h%3D890636%26tid%3D%26pid%3D%26usePUB%3Dtrue%26_phsrc%3DtZv718%26_phstart%3DsuccessSource&treeid=&personid=&hintid=&usePUB=true&_phsrc=tZv718&_phstart=successSource&usePUBJs=true https://www.ancestrylibrary.com/interactive/7181/005207146_00092?pid=1655064640&backurl=https://search.ancestrylibrary.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?indiv%3D1%26dbid%3D7181%26h%3D1655064640%26tid%3D%26pid%3D%26usePUB%3Dtrue%26_phsrc%3DtZv719%26_phstart%3DsuccessSource&treeid=&personid=&hintid=&usePUB=true&_phsrc=tZv719&_phstart=successSource&usePUBJs=true https://books.google.com/books?id=gx1SAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA547&lpg=PA547&dq=emmanuel+masseras+redacteur&source=bl&ots=NOlZxXgmnm&sig=ACfU3U3VuCyOtrz-EPHkwrU1vrOSWJQOzg&hl=en&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwjh653E5YbqAhXjRjABHQuoCFgQ6AEwAnoECAkQAQ#v=onepage&q=emmanuel%20masseras&f=false
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https://www.ancestrylibrary.com/interactive/1350/31068_20M025-00196?pid=158295&backurl=https://search.ancestrylibrary.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?indiv%3D1%26dbid%3D1350%26h%3D158295%26tid%3D%26pid%3D%26usePUB%3Dtrue%26_phsrc%3DtZv719%26_phstart%3DsuccessSource&t
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Ancestry.com
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Tuesday, June 16, 2020 - 13:15
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Source Citation Description roll: 31068_20M025 Source Information Ancestry.com. Paris & Vicinity, France Electoral Rolls, 1891 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2008. Original data: Archives électorales: Electeurs 1891. Paris: ARFIDO S.A., 2006. © ARFIDO S.A. Source Description This database contains extracts of electoral rolls from the historic department of Seine, France from 1891. The department of Seine encompassed Paris and vicinity. Today it is divided into the departments of Paris, Hauts-de-Seine, Seine-Saint-Denis, and Val-de-Marne.
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https://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/bpt6k2361816.texte.langFR; https://www.retronews.fr/journal/gil-blas/31-octobre-1899/121/268001/1; https://books.google.com/books?id=gx1SAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA547&lpg=PA547&dq=emmanuel+masseras+redacteur&source=bl&ots=NOlZxXgmnm&
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Various pages
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Citation Notes: 
Some of the obituaries are in French, but a French speaker was consulted.