LELIEVRE, FRANCOIS (1803-1902) was born in France. He went to sea and first came to New Zealand in the whaler Nile in 1837. He was present when Captain Langlois purchased part of Banks Peninsula, and again in the Cachelot (1838). In 1840 he came to Akaroa as one of the emigrants in the Comte de Paris. He entered into business as a blacksmith, but was also a sheep farmer. Lelievre died on 12 Jul 1902, the last of the French settlers.

Jacobson; J. Hay; Buick, French at Akaroa; The Press, 14 Jul 1902.

Reference: Volume 1, page 263

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