Same Method as Early as 1985 [Back to contents]
In 1985, that is to say one year before the first changes from the name Cheynet to Cheynet de Beaupre, we find the same method of adding marginal notes in order to transform the Pustianaz family into Pustianaz von Priel.
Madame Angele Pustianaz was thus turned into Baroness Angele Pustianaz von Priel, allegedly descended from the Borghese and La Rochefoucauld families[1].
One is struck by the similarity of both handwriting and wording between the marginal note concerning Angele Pustianaz and the one concerning Constantin Cheynet. Moreover, why did the author of these forgeries feel the need to specify the father's name, and why was his age thus corrected?
Similarity of the Handwriting in the Marginal Notes [Back to contents] |
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Marginal note on Angele Pustianaz's birth record
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Marginal note on Constantin Cheynet's death record
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A contracté mariage à LYON le 25 Avril 1958 avec : Jean Marc René Cheynet Rectifié par décision de Mr le Procureur de la République en date du 8-03-1985 en ce sens que le nom du père est PUSTIANAZ VON PRIEL. Ses prénoms sont Franz Joseph Henricus Marie, il est âgé de 26 ans et non de 28. Le nom de la mère est ZIULU Marie Geneviève et non SIOLO Geneviève. Ajaccio le 28-3-85 Le greffier |
Rectifié par décision du Procureur de la République de Lyon en date du 26 mars 1986 en ce sens que : “Le nom patronymique est : CHEYNET de BEAUPRE” |
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The Father's True Name [Back to contents]
On
Angele Pustianaz's birth record, her father signed Puistianaz
Guiseppe even though the town hall clerk had Francized the name as Joseph
Pustianaz.
On the 1983 death record[2], Guiseppe is still called Pustianaz and not Pustianaz von Priel. His occupation is listed as "cleaner" and his father was a "farmer".
Yet on his death notice he was turned into a "Baron de Priel and of the Holy Roman Empire":
We also see in the Australian immigration records[3] that Angele Pustianaz's father, whose first name was Guiseppe, his wife Dorotea, and their daughter Sonia, Angele's half-sister, were all named Pustianaz and not Pustianaz von Priel when they arrived in Australia on April 11, 1954.
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Arrival card in Australia for the father, Guiseppe Pustianaz[4]
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Arrival card in Australia for the half-sister Sonia[5]
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The Grandmother's True Name [Back to contents]
Guiseppe Pustianaz's death record shows that his mother's maiden name was Eufemia SANDRI and not Maria Antonia Elisabeth Euphemia d’ADDA. Guiseppe Pustianaz therefore had no family connection with the Borghese or the de La Rochefoucauld families.
Notes and References
1. Ancestry tree of Angele Pustianaz on geneanet.org by fratnernelle.org
2. Civil records archive of Victoria, Australia
3. National Archives of Australia
4. Arrival card in Australia for the father, Guiseppe Pustianaz - identifier no. 1467632
5. Arrival card in Australia for Sonia Pustianaz - identifier no. 5914451