Émile Parfonry
Emile-Désiré Parfonry | |
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Born | Hotton, Luxembourg Province, Belgium | 20 July 1857
Died | 24 March 1883 Manyanga, Congo | (aged 25)
Nationality | Belgian |
Occupation(s) | Soldier, colonialist |
Emile-Désiré Parfonry (20 July 1857 – 24 March 1883) was a Belgian soldier who served in the Congo before the Congo Free State was established.
Early years
Emile-Désiré Parfonry was born in Hotton, Luxembourg Province, Belgium on 20 July 1857. His parents were Jean-Joseph Parfonry and Marie-Joséphine Robertfroid. He joined the army and became a sub-lieutenant in the 10th Line Regiment. In 1882 he joined the
Congo expedition
On 15 August 1882 Parfonry left for Africa in the company of Camille Coquilhat, Henri Avaert, the accountant Émile Brunfaut and Guillaume Vandevelde. They arrived in Banana on 22 September 1882, and on 26–27 September 1883 travelled up the lower Congo River to Vivi. Brunfaur remained at Vivi, and on 30 September 1883 Coquilhat, Avaert, Parfonry and Vandevelde, along with Édouard Destrain, Louis-Gustave Amelot and the sailor Martin set off for Isangila. On the way they met Eduard Pechuël-Loesche, who had come down from the Upper Congo on the Royal.[1]
Parfonry remained in Isangila to replace
On 10 March 1883 Parfonry heard that
There is a Rue Emile Parfonry in his birthplace, Hotton.[3]
Notes
- ^ a b c d e Coosemans 1945.
- ^ Engels 1947.
- ^ Way: Rue Emile Parfonry.
Sources
- Coosemans, M. (17 December 1945), "PARFONRY (Emile-Désiré)", Biographie Coloniale Belge (in French), vol. I, Inst. roy. colon. belge, pp. col. 741-744, retrieved 2020-10-22
- Engels, A. (31 July 1947), "AMELOT (Louis-Gustave)", Biographie Coloniale Belge (in French), vol. I, Inst. roy. colon. belge, pp. 22–24, retrieved 2020-09-09
- "Way: Rue Emile Parfonry", OpenStreetMap, retrieved 2020-10-24