The de Sibour family tree notes him as "Gabriel Osmund Jacques de Sibour, born April 8, 1896, Cannes, died April 1979, Lisbon. Vicomte, pioneer aviator, pilot in the RAF [Britain's Royal Air Force] during WWII, from 1939-1945."

Source: Downloaded June 2011 from http://jean.gallian.free.fr/comm2/Images/genealog/sibour/p1b.pdf

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The 1925 photograph of "Vicomte Jacques de Sibour," in the collection of the National Portrait Gallery, London, catalogues it under the heading, "Airman, son-in-law of Gordon Selfridge."

Source: Downloaded May 2011 from http://www.npg.org.uk/collections/search/person.php?LinkID=mp57484

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Jacques de Sibour and Violette de Sibour (Selfridge) are among those who signed the American Geographical Society Fliers' & Explorers' Globe.

Among the other signers are Roald Amundsen, Neil Armstrong (2000), Richard Byrd, Amelia Earhart, John Glenn Jr., Charles Lindbergh, Robert Peary, and Wiley Post.

Source: See a list of the signers at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Fliers%27_%26_Explorers%27_Glo...

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The New York Times reported August 4, 1912:

Countess de Sibour Here for Visit.==

The Countess de Sibour arrived yesterday on the White Star liner Cedric, accompanied by her two sons, Count Louis and Count Jean, to spend a few weeks visiting her relatives in this country. On the voyage across Count Louis, who is 17 years old, defeated one of the Olympian visitors on board in the athletic sports held on deck.

The reporter, although he writes about "Count Louis and Count Jean," was referring to Louis and Jacques. Neither of these two brothers was 17. Louis, born December 26, 1891, was 20 years old in August of 1912. Jacques, who was born August 4, 1896, was 16 on August 4, 1912.

Source: Downloaded June 2011 from nytimes.com

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Countess de Sibour Estate to Sons.

WASHINGTON, Aug. 20.— The will of the late Dowager Duchess Mary L. de Sibour, who died recently at Narragansett, R. I., has been filed for probate here. The bulk of the estate, valued at $40,000, goes to the Countess's sons, Count Louis de Sibour and Viscount Henri de Sibour, and a pension of $30 a month for life is provided for George Jenkins, an old servant.

Source: The New York Times, August 21, 1912.
Downloaded June 2011 from nytimes.com

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A genealogical page oriented to the Robinson family at http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=REG&db=cbryant6&...
says Jacques Blaise de Sibour was born in 1905, and had two children by his second wife, Elizabeth Mary Douglas Robinson:

37. Elizabeth Mary Douglas Robinson (Helen Rebecca Astor Roosevelt6, Helen Schermerhorn Astor5, Caroline Webster Schermerhorn4, Helen White3, Henry White2, Henry White1) was born 1909, and died 1979. She married Jacques Blaise de Sibour. He was born 1905.

Children of Elizabeth Mary Douglas Robinson and Jacques Blaise de Sibour are:

	60	  i.	Living de Sibour.

	61	  ii.	Living de Sibour.

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Records of births:

• De Sibour, Louis Blaise, b. Paris, France, 26 December, 1891; son of Count Jean Théodule Francisque Louis de Sibour (b. Charleston, S. C.) and Kathryn Louis Bailey (b. Philadelphia, Pa.).

* De Sibour, Gabriel Osmund Jacques, b. Cannes, France, 8 April, 1896; son of Count Jean Théodule Francisque Louis de Sibour (b. Charleston, S. C.) and Kathryn Louis Bailey (b. Philadelphia, Pa.).

• De Sibour, Henri Louis Jacques, b. Washington, D. C., 26 December, 1899; son of Jules Gabriel Henri de Sibour (b. Paris, France) and Margaret Marie Clagett (b. Washington, D. C.).

Source: Downloaded June 2011 from http://archives.mainegenealogy.net/2006/05/belfast-births-1875-1900...

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The last years of Vicomte Jacques de Sibour are described in the following text (translated from the original French),

"When he was demobilized on March 14, 1946, Jacques joined the London office of American Overseas Airlines, a subsidiary of American Airlines. From April 1, he served as Regional Traffic Manager in Paris, then in June 1947, he was appointed European Sales Manager in the company's London office. Although he became a reservist in the U.S. Air Force, his residence abroad disallows continuing to train.

"In 1948, Jacques and Violette separate. Resorting to a divorce, this is finalized at Reno, Nevada on Feb. 2, 1949. Jacques then married American, Elvira (Vera) Brokaw Fairchild. On the 15th of the same month, Jacques was appointed vice-president and CEO of American Airlines in Mexico. He resigned in October for personal reasons and returned to the United States. He moved with his new wife to Jamaica, more precisely to Pimento Hill, near Montego Bay.

"In August 1950, when the Korean War has just started, Jacques offers its services to the new headquarters of the Air Command Caribbean. His proposal was apparently viewed favorably at the local level, but he is turned down for administrative reasons, due to his assignment to the Army Reserve Military Intelligence. He is advised to contact the representative of the U.S. Army in the Caribbean, but this organization affects no change.

"After the deaths of his second wife in 1965, Jacques married Patricia Chewan, daughter of a New York shipping magnate. He retired later in Portugal and died, in Lisbon, at the end of April 1979."

Source: Downloaded Feb. 4, 2013, from text by Michael Barrier, on http://www.crezan.net/pag_vyg/sibour.html

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England & Wales, Marriage Index, 1916-2005 about Jacques De Sibour Name: Jacques De Sibour Spouse Surname: Selfridge Date of Registration: Apr-May-Jun 1921 Registration district: Kensington Inferred County: Middlesex Volume Number: 1a Page Number: 407 Find Spouse: Find Spouse

New York, Index to Petitions for Naturalization filed in New York City, 1792-1989 about Jacques Jean De Sibour Name: Jacques Jean De Sibour [Jacques Blaise De Sibour] Birth Date: abt 1896 Age: 49 Naturalization Date: 20 Dec 1945 Residence: New York, New York Title and Location of Court: New York Southern Distric

Social Security Death Index about Jacques Desibour Name: Jacques Desibour SSN: 119-22-7670 Last Residence: 10017 New York, New York, New York, United States of America Born: 8 Apr 1896 Last Benefit: 10017 New York, New York, New York, United States of America Died: Apr 1979 State (Year) SSN issued: New York (Before 1951)