Tuhia he haere tonu mo tenei irava - I whanau ia i te 25 o Mei 1826 i Chegnieu-la-Balme (Rēhita o Contrevoz), ka rere mai i Calais ki Rānana (ka whakarere i tana mahi hei kaipūkaha) i te Mahuru 1854 hei rerenga tōrangapū i muri i te 1848 French revolution
He aha? I heke ia ki New South Wales Ahitereiria i te mutunga o te 1854/te timatanga o te 1855 hei waahanga o te haerenga keri koura a French ki Bathurst. I neke ia ki Hīnia i te tīmatanga o te tau 1856 i reira i mahi ai ia hei kaitohutohu i te Royal Botanic Gardens, i Hīnia i mua i tana kukume atu ki Rokohampton na te koura koura o Canoona. I a ia e noho ana i Poihākena ka tutaki ia ki a Maria Isabella Berthold, he manene Tiamana, a he tama ta raua, ko Auguste.