Henry Pasteur, who was born in Rô, Maré (Loyalty Islands) on July 30, 1924, was a teacher of philosophy and an avid traveller. He sailed the Atlantic alone in the 80s and after retirement, continued to work as a consultant for NGOs in all continents.

Henry Pasteur was preceded in death by his parents Paul Emile Pasteur and Hélène Pasteur. He is survived by his ex-wife and mother of his sons, Gil Pasteur Tiano; and children, Olivier, Laurent and Jérôme Pasteur.

ARTICLE 1 – PREAMBLE

The subscribers by signing this memorandum of agreement agree to form an association to be known as the “Association des familles Pasteur” under the terms of the [French] law of 1 July 1901 and the decree of 16 August 1901 and to become its first members.

ARTICLE 2 – OBJECTS

The objects of this association are:

• to establish contact between and unite in an association any person bearing the patronymic Pasteur or who is related to a Pasteur family in the world or who is interested in such a family;
• to further by any appropriate means, the promotion, development and dis-semination of the history, the genealogy or any other matter concerning the Pasteur families throughout the world;
• to encourage any person disposing of genealogical data on a Pasteur family to enter it into a common genealogical data base and to communicate to the association any documents, photos or archive documents which may help to a better knowledge of the history, past or present, of the Pasteur families in the world;
• in pursuit of the above-mentioned aims, to organise or give lectures, to hold meetings or exhibitions; to edit and distribute any publications, including electronic publications; to participate in symposia or congresses;
• to solicit for this purpose and to receive from any government, institution, physical or moral person, private or public funding.