I am Leigh Emanuelle Shane's father from previous post. Antoine was my great grandfather, one of his sons was Percival and one of Percival's sons was Lyle my father. As Shane said on Lyle's birth certificate the spelling of the name was changed from Emanuelli to Emanuelle. I have a copy of Antoine's death certificate which says he died in Mooroopna Base Hospital Shepparton Victoria Australia on 18th October 1944. The cause of death is given as Myocardial Degeneration. His death certificate names his wife as Emma Luckett and lists their children as Angelena 61 years, Laura 59, Albert 56, William 54, Celisma 50, Winifred 48, Percival 44 (my grandfather) and Arthur 40. The certificate lists his father as Antonie Emanuelli (??). I also have an obituary dated 10th October 1947 for Emma Jane Ashby where it states that six grandsons J, B, C and R Emanuelli, V Whitford and W Grozes were coffin bearers at her funeral. I also have Antoine's Application for Certificate of Naturalization for Australia where he states he arrived by ship from Marseille in October 1878. The application is accompanied by a statutory declaration where he states he was born on 7th September 1852 "at Corsica an Island on the South of France". He lists his occupation as a laborer. I also have 2 photographs of Antoine, one taken in 1937 showing him at the shack he lived in at St James near Rochester Victoria Australia. The other is Antoine with his son Percival (my grandfather).
Good to hear from everyone on this post. Do we know for sure that he was born in Propriano in Corsica? I know it was Corsica but have been unable to identify the village.
Cheers,
Leigh Emanuelle
Warrnambool Victoria Australia