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Brief Biography

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	[[Image:Br_Florentin.jpg]]		[[Image:Br_Florentin.jpg\|thumb\|200px\|left\|Br Florentin]]


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	:Initially he remained at Kororareka. With [[Jean-Baptiste Comte\|Frs Comte]] and [[Jean Pezant\|Pezant]] on 31 July 1840 he sailed to Akaroa on the ''Aube'', which arrived a few days before the ''Comte de Paris'' with its contingent of French settlers. '''Florentin''' returned to Kororareka when the Akaroa mission closed in 1842 and by 1844 was in Auckland. When the Marists moved to Wellington diocese in 1850, he was appointed to Hawkes Bay. He took from [[Euloge Reignier\|Fr Reignier]] the burden of managing mission properties, first at Pakowhai, then at Meeanee. At the latter he broke in swampy, unpromising land till it became a model farm supporting the mission. In 1869, problems arose [a dishonoured promissory note] that brought his transfer to the Procure in Sydney. He died there on 23 July 1903, aged 93 and was buried in the Procure's private cemetery. Because as farm manager at Meeanee, he signed documents etc with his family name, he was often called '''Br John'''. John's Road in Taradale is named after him.		:Initially he remained at Kororareka. With [[Jean-Baptiste Comte\|Frs Comte]] and [[Jean Pezant\|Pezant]] on 31 July 1840 he sailed to Akaroa on the ''Aube'', which arrived a few days before the ''Comte de Paris'' with its contingent of French settlers. '''Florentin''' returned to Kororareka when the Akaroa mission closed in 1842 and by 1844 was in Auckland. When the Marists moved to Wellington diocese in 1850, he was appointed to Hawkes Bay. He took from [[Euloge Reignier\|Fr Reignier]] the burden of managing mission properties, first at Pakowhai, then at Meeanee. At the latter he broke in swampy, unpromising land till it became a model farm supporting the mission. In 1869, problems arose [a dishonoured promissory note] that brought his transfer to the Procure in Sydney. He died there on 23 July 1903, aged 93 and was buried in the Procure's private cemetery. Because as farm manager at Meeanee, he signed documents etc with his family name, he was often called '''Br John'''. John's Road in Taradale is named after him.


	[[Image:Br_Florentin.jpg]]		[[Image:Br_Florentin.jpg]]


	===Correspondence===		===Correspondence===

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	:Initially he remained at Kororareka. With [[Jean-Baptiste Comte\|Frs Comte]] and [[Jean Pezant\|Pezant]] on 31 July 1840 he sailed to Akaroa on the ''Aube'', which arrived a few days before the ''Comte de Paris'' with its contingent of French settlers. '''Florentin''' returned to Kororareka when the Akaroa mission closed in 1842 and by 1844 was in Auckland. When the Marists moved to Wellington diocese in 1850, he was appointed to Hawkes Bay. He took from [[Euloge Reignier\|Fr Reignier]] the burden of managing mission properties, first at Pakowhai, then at Meeanee. At the latter he broke in swampy, unpromising land till it became a model farm supporting the mission. In 1869, problems arose [a dishonoured promissory note] that brought his transfer to the Procure in Sydney. He died there on 23 July 1903, aged 93 and was buried in the Procure's private cemetery. Because as farm manager at Meeanee, he signed documents etc with his family name, he was often called '''Br John'''. John's Road in Taradale is named after him.		:Initially he remained at Kororareka. With [[Jean-Baptiste Comte\|Frs Comte]] and [[Jean Pezant\|Pezant]] on 31 July 1840 he sailed to Akaroa on the ''Aube'', which arrived a few days before the ''Comte de Paris'' with its contingent of French settlers. '''Florentin''' returned to Kororareka when the Akaroa mission closed in 1842 and by 1844 was in Auckland. When the Marists moved to Wellington diocese in 1850, he was appointed to Hawkes Bay. He took from [[Euloge Reignier\|Fr Reignier]] the burden of managing mission properties, first at Pakowhai, then at Meeanee. At the latter he broke in swampy, unpromising land till it became a model farm supporting the mission. In 1869, problems arose [a dishonoured promissory note] that brought his transfer to the Procure in Sydney. He died there on 23 July 1903, aged 93 and was buried in the Procure's private cemetery. Because as farm manager at Meeanee, he signed documents etc with his family name, he was often called '''Br John'''. John's Road in Taradale is named after him.

			[[Image:Br_Florentin.jpg]]

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	:*[[Clisby120:6\|'''120:6'''. Br Francois to Br Florentin, (Our Lady of the Hermitage), 9 Jan 1857]]		:*[[Clisby120:6\|'''120:6'''. Br Francois to Br Florentin, (Our Lady of the Hermitage), 9 Jan 1857]]
	:*[[Clisby191\|'''191'''. Fr Poupinel to Br Florentin, Villa Maria, 16 Nov 1867]]		:*[[Clisby191\|'''191'''. Fr Poupinel to Br Florentin, Villa Maria, 16 Nov 1867]]



			[[Biographical_Notes#The_Brothers_of_Wave_I\|The Brothers of the first wave of Missionaries]]


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	:Initially he remained at Kororareka. With [[Jean-Baptiste Comte\|Frs Comte]] and [[Jean Pezant\|Pezant]] on 31 July he sailed to Akaroa on the ''Aube'', which arrived a few days before the ''Comte de Paris'' with its contingent of French settlers. '''Florentin''' returned to Kororareka when the Akaroa mission closed in 1842 and by 1844 was in Auckland. When the Marists moved to Wellington diocese in 1850, he was appointed to Hawkes Bay. He took from [[Euloge Reignier\|Fr Reignier]] the burden of managing mission properties, first at Pakowhai, then at Meeanee. At the latter he broke in swampy, unpromising land till it became a model farm supporting the mission. In 1869, problems arose [a dishonoured promissory note] that brought his transfer to the Procure in Sydney. He died there on 23 July 1903, aged 93 and was buried in the Procure's private cemetery. Because as farm manager at Meeanee, he signed documents etc with his family name, he was often called '''Br John'''. John's Road in Taradale is named after him.		:Initially he remained at Kororareka. With [[Jean-Baptiste Comte\|Frs Comte]] and [[Jean Pezant\|Pezant]] on 31 July 1840 he sailed to Akaroa on the ''Aube'', which arrived a few days before the ''Comte de Paris'' with its contingent of French settlers. '''Florentin''' returned to Kororareka when the Akaroa mission closed in 1842 and by 1844 was in Auckland. When the Marists moved to Wellington diocese in 1850, he was appointed to Hawkes Bay. He took from [[Euloge Reignier\|Fr Reignier]] the burden of managing mission properties, first at Pakowhai, then at Meeanee. At the latter he broke in swampy, unpromising land till it became a model farm supporting the mission. In 1869, problems arose [a dishonoured promissory note] that brought his transfer to the Procure in Sydney. He died there on 23 July 1903, aged 93 and was buried in the Procure's private cemetery. Because as farm manager at Meeanee, he signed documents etc with his family name, he was often called '''Br John'''. John's Road in Taradale is named after him.

	===Correspondence===		===Correspondence===

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	====From Him====		====From Him====

	:*[[Girard0132\|'''0132''', 07 Feb 1842 - Br Florentin (Jean-Baptiste Françon) to Fr Jean-Claude Colin, Akaroa]]		:*[[Girard0132\|'''0132''', 07 Feb 1842 - Br Florentin (Jean-Baptiste Françon) to Fr Jean-Claude Colin, Akaroa]]
			:*[[Clisby027\|'''027'''. Br Florentin to Br Francois, 9 Mar 1842]]
			:*[[Girard0355\|'''0355''', 15 Dec 1844 - Br Florentin to Fr Colin, Auckland]]
			:*[[Clisby190\|'''190'''. Br Florentin to Fr Poupinel, Meanee Flat, 4 Oct 1867]]


	====To Him====		====To Him====
			:*[[NZ18421018\|Fr Garin to Br Florentin, Kororareka, 18 Oct 1842]]
			:*[[Clisby120:6\|'''120:6'''. Br Francois to Br Florentin, (Our Lady of the Hermitage), 9 Jan 1857]]
			:*[[Clisby191\|'''191'''. Fr Poupinel to Br Florentin, Villa Maria, 16 Nov 1867]]

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	===Biographical Information===		===Biographical Information===
	Born: 1 April 1816, Lyon, France		'''Born:''' 1 April 1816, Lyon, France
	~~Professed as a Marist: 18 October 1836~~
	~~Died: 23 July 1903,Sydney, Australia~~

			'''Professed as a Marist''': 18 October 1836

			'''Died:''' 23 July 1903,Sydney, Australia

			===Brief Biography===
	'''Br FLORENTIN (Jean) FRANCON''', aged 29 (on arrival in New Zealand in [[Biographical Notes#Group II\|Group II]] on 14 Jun 1839).		'''Br FLORENTIN (Jean) FRANCON''', aged 29 (on arrival in New Zealand in [[Biographical Notes#Group II\|Group II]] on 14 Jun 1839).

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	:Initially he remained at Kororareka. With [[Jean-Baptiste Comte\|Frs Comte]] and [[Jean Pezant\|Pezant]] on 31 July he sailed to Akaroa on the ''Aube'', which arrived a few days before the ''Comte de Paris'' with its contingent of French settlers. '''Florentin''' returned to Kororareka when the Akaroa mission closed in 1842 and by 1844 was in Auckland. When the Marists moved to Wellington diocese in 1850, he was appointed to Hawkes Bay. He took from [[Euloge Reignier\|Fr Reignier]] the burden of managing mission properties, first at Pakowhai, then at Meeanee. At the latter he broke in swampy, unpromising land till it became a model farm supporting the mission. In 1869, problems arose [a dishonoured promissory note] that brought his transfer to the Procure in Sydney. He died there on 23 July 1903, aged 93 and was buried in the Procure's private cemetery. Because as farm manager at Meeanee, he signed documents etc with his family name, he was often called '''Br John'''. John's Road in Taradale is named after him.		:Initially he remained at Kororareka. With [[Jean-Baptiste Comte\|Frs Comte]] and [[Jean Pezant\|Pezant]] on 31 July he sailed to Akaroa on the ''Aube'', which arrived a few days before the ''Comte de Paris'' with its contingent of French settlers. '''Florentin''' returned to Kororareka when the Akaroa mission closed in 1842 and by 1844 was in Auckland. When the Marists moved to Wellington diocese in 1850, he was appointed to Hawkes Bay. He took from [[Euloge Reignier\|Fr Reignier]] the burden of managing mission properties, first at Pakowhai, then at Meeanee. At the latter he broke in swampy, unpromising land till it became a model farm supporting the mission. In 1869, problems arose [a dishonoured promissory note] that brought his transfer to the Procure in Sydney. He died there on 23 July 1903, aged 93 and was buried in the Procure's private cemetery. Because as farm manager at Meeanee, he signed documents etc with his family name, he was often called '''Br John'''. John's Road in Taradale is named after him.

			===Correspondence===
			====From Him====
			:*[[Girard0132\|'''0132''', 07 Feb 1842 - Br Florentin (Jean-Baptiste Françon) to Fr Jean-Claude Colin, Akaroa]]

			====To Him====


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	From ''THE FIRST WAVE OF FRENCH MARISTS'' by Michael O'Meeghan SM, 2008, 13.		From ''THE FIRST WAVE OF FRENCH MARISTS'' by Michael O'Meeghan SM, 2008, 13.

			===Biographical Information===
			Born: 1 April 1816, Lyon, France
			Professed as a Marist: 18 October 1836
			Died: 23 July 1903,Sydney, Australia

	'''Br FLORENTIN (Jean) FRANCON''', aged 29 (on arrival in New Zealand in [[Biographical Notes#Group II\|Group II]] on 14 Jun 1839).		'''Br FLORENTIN (Jean) FRANCON''', aged 29 (on arrival in New Zealand in [[Biographical Notes#Group II\|Group II]] on 14 Jun 1839).


	:Initially he remained at Kororareka. With [[Jean-Baptiste Comte\|Frs Comte]] and [[Jean Pezant\|Pezant]] on 31 July he sailed to Akaroa on the ''Aube'', which arrived a few days before the ''Comte de Paris'' with its contingent of French settlers. '''Florentin''' returned to Kororareka when the Akaroa mission closed in 1842 and by 1844 was in Auckland. When the Marists moved to Wellington diocese in 1850, he was appointed to Hawkes Bay. He took from [[Euloge Reignier\|Fr Reignier]] the burden of managing mission properties, first at Pakowhai, then at Meeanee. At the latter he broke in swampy, unpromising land till it became a model farm supporting the mission. In 1869, problems arose that brought his transfer to the Procure in Sydney. He died there on 23 July 1903, aged 93 and was buried in the Procure's private cemetery. Because as farm manager at Meeanee, he signed documents etc with his family name, he was often called '''Br John'''. John's Road in Taradale is named after him.		:Initially he remained at Kororareka. With [[Jean-Baptiste Comte\|Frs Comte]] and [[Jean Pezant\|Pezant]] on 31 July he sailed to Akaroa on the ''Aube'', which arrived a few days before the ''Comte de Paris'' with its contingent of French settlers. '''Florentin''' returned to Kororareka when the Akaroa mission closed in 1842 and by 1844 was in Auckland. When the Marists moved to Wellington diocese in 1850, he was appointed to Hawkes Bay. He took from [[Euloge Reignier\|Fr Reignier]] the burden of managing mission properties, first at Pakowhai, then at Meeanee. At the latter he broke in swampy, unpromising land till it became a model farm supporting the mission. In 1869, problems arose [a dishonoured promissory note] that brought his transfer to the Procure in Sydney. He died there on 23 July 1903, aged 93 and was buried in the Procure's private cemetery. Because as farm manager at Meeanee, he signed documents etc with his family name, he was often called '''Br John'''. John's Road in Taradale is named after him.

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	FLORENTIN (Jean) FRANCON, aged 29.		'''Br FLORENTIN (Jean) FRANCON''', aged 29 (on arrival in New Zealand in [[Biographical Notes#Group II\|Group II]] on 14 Jun 1839).


	:Initially he remained at Kororareka. With ~~'''~~Frs Comte~~'''~~ and ~~'''~~Pezant~~'''~~ on 31 July he sailed to Akaroa on the ''Aube'', which arrived a few days before the ''Comte de Paris'' with its contingent of French settlers. Florentin returned to Kororareka when the Akaroa mission closed in 1842 and by 1844 was in Auckland. When the Marists moved to Wellington diocese in 1850, he was appointed to Hawkes Bay. He took from ~~'''~~Fr Reignier~~'''~~ the burden of managing mission properties, first at Pakowhai, then at Meeanee. At the latter he broke in swampy, unpromising land till it became a model farm supporting the mission. In 1869, problems arose that brought his transfer to the Procure in Sydney. He died there on 23 July 1903, aged 93 and was buried in the Procure's private cemetery. Because as farm manager at Meeanee, he signed documents etc with his family name, he was often called '''Br John'''. John's Road in Taradale is named after him.		:Initially he remained at Kororareka. With [[Jean-Baptiste Comte\|Frs Comte]] and [[Jean Pezant\|Pezant]] on 31 July he sailed to Akaroa on the ''Aube'', which arrived a few days before the ''Comte de Paris'' with its contingent of French settlers. '''Florentin''' returned to Kororareka when the Akaroa mission closed in 1842 and by 1844 was in Auckland. When the Marists moved to Wellington diocese in 1850, he was appointed to Hawkes Bay. He took from [[Euloge Reignier\|Fr Reignier]] the burden of managing mission properties, first at Pakowhai, then at Meeanee. At the latter he broke in swampy, unpromising land till it became a model farm supporting the mission. In 1869, problems arose that brought his transfer to the Procure in Sydney. He died there on 23 July 1903, aged 93 and was buried in the Procure's private cemetery. Because as farm manager at Meeanee, he signed documents etc with his family name, he was often called '''Br John'''. John's Road in Taradale is named after him.

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From ''THE FIRST WAVE OF FRENCH MARISTS'' by Michael O'Meeghan SM, 2008, 13.

FLORENTIN (Jean) FRANCON, aged 29.

:Initially he remained at Kororareka. With '''Frs Comte''' and '''Pezant''' on 31 July he sailed to Akaroa on the ''Aube'', which arrived a few days before the ''Comte de Paris'' with its contingent of French settlers. Florentin returned to Kororareka when the Akaroa mission closed in 1842 and by 1844 was in Auckland. When the Marists moved to Wellington diocese in 1850, he was appointed to Hawkes Bay. He took from '''Fr Reignier''' the burden of managing mission properties, first at Pakowhai, then at Meeanee. At the latter he broke in swampy, unpromising land till it became a model farm supporting the mission. In 1869, problems arose that brought his transfer to the Procure in Sydney. He died there on 23 July 1903, aged 93 and was buried in the Procure's private cemetery. Because as farm manager at Meeanee, he signed documents etc with his family name, he was often called '''Br John'''. John's Road in Taradale is named after him.

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