Elvira Juliane de Sibour

• Child of Elvira and Carl Fischer-Hansen. Adopted by Wm McNair
• Elvira's birth and death information are available at https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/199702599/elvira-juliane-de_sibour

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Elvira [Vera] Fairchild's relationship to Vicomte Jacques de Sibour is described in this 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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From The Bar Harbor (Maine) Times of Wednesday, Aug. 19, 1925:

Fairchild-Hutchinson Wedding Wednesday

Mrs. Elvira McNair Hutchinson was married last Wednesday at Leeward, the summer home of her parents, Mr. and Mrs. William McNair, of New York, to Mr. William Fairchild, a son of Mr. and Mrs. William Fairchild, also of New York.

Rev. Isaac Brindley of the United Baptist Church of Bar Harbor officiated at the ceremony which took place under an arbor in the garden. The bride, who had no attendants, wore a gown of ecru chiffon with hat to match and carried orchids. Mr. Fairchild's father was his best man.

A small wedding breakfast, for only intimate friends of the bride who attended the wedding, was served on the veranda of Leeward. Mr. and Mrs. Fairchild left immediately for New York and spent a few days at Huntington, Long Island. They left last Saturday on the S.S. Paris for a six-week trip abroad and will make their home in New York upon their return in September.

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From the Bar Harbor (Maine) Times of Thursday, Feb. 17, 1949:

Former Elvira McNair married in New York City

Mrs. William S. Fairchild, daughter of Mrs. William McNair, of 5 East 79th Street, was married last week at her mother's home to Jacques J. de Sibour, of Paris. The Rev. Dr. Kenneth Neal Alexander, of Christ Church, Methodist, performed the ceremony in the presence of members of the family. Mr. DeLancey Fairchild gave his stepmother in marriage. Mrs. C. Whitney Carpenter 2nd was her mother's only attendant, and J. Blair de Sibour, of Washington, was best man.

Mrs. De Sibour, the former Miss Elvira McNair, was the widow of William S. Fairchild. Her other daughter is Mrs. Alessandro Ripamonti, of Capri, Italy. Mr. De Sibour is the son of the late Countess Kathryn de Sibour, of Philadelphia, and Count Louis de Sibour, of Charleston, South Carolina. Graduated from the University of Paris, he served in the French Air Force in World War I, and was wounded. In the last war, he was in the French Air Corps and in the Royal Air Force. While in command of a fighter wing, he transferred to the United States Army in 1942, and was attached to the United States Air Transport Command in Africa. In 1943, he joined the O.S.S. and commanded its Kunming detachment in China. He was awarded the Legion of Merit for work behind the Japanese lines. He was mentioned in dispatches while with the R.A.F. and was awarded the Legion of Honor and Croix de Guerre and received citations and decorations from other countries.

Mr. De Sibour has just been appointed vice president and general manager of American Airlines de Mexico, with headquarters in Mexico City, where they will live.