Son of Louis Edouard Le Bouvier en Elizabeth Charlotte Levez. He was an Anglican minister; also chaplain to the Dutch Consulate. He had studied theology in Lausanne.
See on him: Robert Wilson, Victoria, Canada based descendant of the former Anglican pastor of Smyrna, Louis Le Bouvier, on: www.levantine.plus.com (incl. portraits of Le Bouvier). On the tomb: "On August 23, 1924 Louis Le Bouvier died of a stroke in the rectory at St. John before his position there could be clarified. His death created a small mystery, as two tombstones still exist, both of which effectively say, "Here lies Louis Le Bouvier". Both, in French, show the same dates. The first, at the cemetery in Bournabat, is for Louis Lewis Le Bouvier. Perhaps this marker is English in origin, with "Lewis" being the Anglicization of his first name. As St. John did not have a cemetery of its own, it it would have been reasonable to send the body to Bournabat for burial. The second marker, for Louis Charles Le Bouvier, is in the small cemetery adjoining the old Dutch Church in the heart of Smyrna, where, perhaps, his body was reburied by his former parishioners. It seems unlikely today that we will ever know the real story.".
The picture of the grave at the Dutch cemetery was made by Bert de Lange for: www.online-begraafplaatsen.nl
See on him: Robert Wilson, Victoria, Canada based descendant of the former Anglican pastor of Smyrna, Louis Le Bouvier, on: www.levantine.plus.com (incl. portraits of Le Bouvier). On the tomb: "On August 23, 1924 Louis Le Bouvier died of a stroke in the rectory at St. John before his position there could be clarified. His death created a small mystery, as two tombstones still exist, both of which effectively say, "Here lies Louis Le Bouvier". Both, in French, show the same dates. The first, at the cemetery in Bournabat, is for Louis Lewis Le Bouvier. Perhaps this marker is English in origin, with "Lewis" being the Anglicization of his first name. As St. John did not have a cemetery of its own, it it would have been reasonable to send the body to Bournabat for burial. The second marker, for Louis Charles Le Bouvier, is in the small cemetery adjoining the old Dutch Church in the heart of Smyrna, where, perhaps, his body was reburied by his former parishioners. It seems unlikely today that we will ever know the real story.".
The picture of the grave at the Dutch cemetery was made by Bert de Lange for: www.online-begraafplaatsen.nl
Son of Louis Edouard Le Bouvier en Elizabeth Charlotte Levez. He was an Anglican minister; also chaplain to the Dutch Consulate. He had studied theology in Lausanne.
See on him: Robert Wilson, Victoria, Canada based descendant of the former Anglican pastor of Smyrna, Louis Le Bouvier, on: www.levantine.plus.com (incl. portraits of Le Bouvier). On the tomb: "On August 23, 1924 Louis Le Bouvier died of a stroke in the rectory at St. John before his position there could be clarified. His death created a small mystery, as two tombstones still exist, both of which effectively say, "Here lies Louis Le Bouvier". Both, in French, show the same dates. The first, at the cemetery in Bournabat, is for Louis Lewis Le Bouvier. Perhaps this marker is English in origin, with "Lewis" being the Anglicization of his first name. As St. John did not have a cemetery of its own, it it would have been reasonable to send the body to Bournabat for burial. The second marker, for Louis Charles Le Bouvier, is in the small cemetery adjoining the old Dutch Church in the heart of Smyrna, where, perhaps, his body was reburied by his former parishioners. It seems unlikely today that we will ever know the real story.".
The picture of the grave at the Dutch cemetery was made by Bert de Lange for: www.online-begraafplaatsen.nl
See on him: Robert Wilson, Victoria, Canada based descendant of the former Anglican pastor of Smyrna, Louis Le Bouvier, on: www.levantine.plus.com (incl. portraits of Le Bouvier). On the tomb: "On August 23, 1924 Louis Le Bouvier died of a stroke in the rectory at St. John before his position there could be clarified. His death created a small mystery, as two tombstones still exist, both of which effectively say, "Here lies Louis Le Bouvier". Both, in French, show the same dates. The first, at the cemetery in Bournabat, is for Louis Lewis Le Bouvier. Perhaps this marker is English in origin, with "Lewis" being the Anglicization of his first name. As St. John did not have a cemetery of its own, it it would have been reasonable to send the body to Bournabat for burial. The second marker, for Louis Charles Le Bouvier, is in the small cemetery adjoining the old Dutch Church in the heart of Smyrna, where, perhaps, his body was reburied by his former parishioners. It seems unlikely today that we will ever know the real story.".
The picture of the grave at the Dutch cemetery was made by Bert de Lange for: www.online-begraafplaatsen.nl
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