English Connection for a Different Susanne deMouilpied

Below is an email from Bob. The deMouilpied connection goes back to Suzanne deMouilpied.
Thanks for sharing Bob! ... Can anyone help?

"I do not have much more information than was included in the spreadsheet that I forwarded. This information was obtained in the main from the 1841, 1851 and 1881 Census that I looked at at the St Peter Port Central Library during a visit to Guernsey about 10 years ago. I was at that time more interested in my wife's Phillips family who had a tobacconists shop in Fountain Street, St Peter Port and also my ancestor who married in the Town church in St Peter Port in 1815. It was during that visit and research on the Phillips family that I became aware of the de Moulpied connection.

The de Moulpied information that I have gleaned from the Census is that Nancy Moulpied was born about 1814, living in Fountain St at the time of the Census, and her mother was Susan de Moulpied born about 1776 and eventually living with her daughter.

Janet Phillips is the one more interested in this branch of the family and she would be happy for you to include this information in your Blog."

Cousin in England from Susanne deMouilpied b. 1803

So here you go. A cousin from England found some deMouilpied roots here online. I will copy the email for you all to read below. What is exciting is the Suzanne in question is right on the chart that is on the blog dated Oct. 19, 2008 - The Descendants List. So here goes from Christine and Michael:

"hi,i saw your blog while doing research on my wifes family tree,we have a jean le lacheur (my wifes line) b.1781 son of guillaume le lacheur and ester simon.jean marries (13june 1805) susanne de mouillepied daughter of nicholas de mouillepied b1746 d.1842 and mother marguerite martin b1749 d1842 they had a son isaac who marries rachel vaudin they then had 3 children, james,gustavus,adelphus.

gustavus turns up next in the states (u.s.a ) where he marries mary louise who is an 8th.generation descendant of "william brewster of the mayflower"leader of the pilgrims of plymouth colony (see boston library,BREWSTER ANCESTRY LINE ,their marriage is entered in the records ) i hope this might be of interest"

(me) Nicolas b.1746 is the seventh generation near the bottom of the first page of the descendant list, that is where I found it. His daughter Susanne (8th generation) is actually on the second page. Nicolas had a lot of children! Our common grandparent is Nicolas b. 1721, generation 6.

"dear Deborah, We live in Fakenham, North Norfolk,England.I am norfolk born and bred ( we are nicknamed carrot crunches ! ) ,my wife christine has roots in Guernsey on mother and fathers side with family members still living there.I will send you an invitation to view my tree on ancestry if you click the link it will take you to our tree, you will find marriage entries for Jean and Susanne which you might find interesting.Am i correct in saying this would make you and christine distant cousins ? all the best Deborah.Christine and michael2008/11/8"

From me (Debby) We would have in common the 6 th generation and believe Joseph, my GGGreat Grandfather was generation 10, so I would be generation 14 so we are 8th cousins? maybe something removed too.? there is a link to understanding cousins on the side of my blog, down the left side.
Thanks again and I will post this.

Joseph deMouilpied - America's East Coast de Mouilpied Patriarch

Joseph deMouilpied was born in Guernsey on June 5, 1824.I (I have one source that says June 22, 1824) He was baptized at St. Martin's Church, the seed of all de Mouilpieds. Joseph was the seventh child born to Thomas de Mouilpied b. 1780 and Marie Blondel deMouilpied b. 1786. Joseph's siblings were:

Marie b. 1810
Thomas b. 1812
Rachel b.1814
Jean b.1816
Sophie b.1818
Charlotte b.1821

We know only a little about him. We do know that he was a minister of the Anglican Faith. Joseph did marry Sophie (Joseph also had a sister Sophie, love the name) Ogier on October 16, 1848. My notes say they were married in St. Martin's Parish.

I recall coming across something that said Joseph attended Elizabeth College, perhaps preparing him for being a minister. Verification of this would be wonderful.

Joseph had three children before he left Guernsey for Canada. Their baptisms were recorded in St. Martin's Parish as:
Emilie Sophia b. Sept. 13, 1849, ( d. Dec. 13, 1904)
Sophie Hamelin b. Sept.17, 1850 (d.?)
Francis Arthur b. Nov. 20, 1852, (d. Seattle, Washington,he remains the mystery child)

The last three children were born in Canada, they were:
Charles b. April 7, 1854, d. May, 22, 1929
Walter b. April 4, 1857, d. ? 1929
Alfred b. March 12, 1861, d. Sept.5, 1925

So we think Joseph arrived in Canada in 1853. His first official sighting is as the first permanent Minister for the St. Peter's Church in Malbay in 1860. Some entrees refer to Joseph as a missionary. Perhaps he was temporary before 1860, for all the local little churches. Joseph was at this church for almost 10 years.

Joseph then transferred to Saint Bartholomew's in Nicolet, near Trois Rivieres, Quebec in 1869. I have some copies of church records that he signed. It was a thrill to see his actual hand writing of the entrees for births, marriages and deaths. Unfortunately there wasn't a lot of action which is perhaps why the church seemed to go out of action. Not surprised given that he was trying to minister a Protestant church in Catholic Quebec. The church has since burned down. He stayed in Nicolet until either 1873 or 1877, I have 2 different records.

We have been told that Joseph did some time ministering on an Indian reservation near Montreal, but we cannot verify it. There are also some entrees for Montreal but just a date. His wife Sophie died 1876 but we can not find the records about her death or where she is buried. We also can not find any records about their daughter Sophie.

The younger 3 boys, Charles, Walter and Alfred attended the local Seminaire de Nicolet from 1870-1875.

Three of Joseph's children remained in Canada: Emily, Sophie and Walter. The other 3 "boys" left Canada and headed for Lowell, Massachusetts, America. And that's another blog...

Joseph eventually came to America, at least by 1900, where he shows up on a Census in Manchester , New Hampshire living with his son, Alfred. It is a guess to say he moved to live out his life with family after having lost his wife and having no remaining children near by in Canada. Joseph died in Manchester, NH on March 19,1903. He is buried at the Pine Grove Cemetery, on Brown Ave in the de Mouilpied Family plot, located in the Chapel Lawn section, lot number 3707, along with his son Charles's family. Joseph other son Alfred, has a separate plot.

What a life he must have had. Early-Mid 1880's in quiet Guernsey and then taking such risk to move to Canada to minister with the hardships of such a remote area. And then finishing his life in bustling Manchester, the heart of mill yards and the industrial revolution. Oh the changes he would have witnessed: first cameras, electricity and cars. And you just have to love those mutton chops on his face! Joseph was my great-great grandfather.

Vaurioufs - deMouilpied Homestead

I was able to dig up these photos provided by a cousin, of the Vaurioufs homestead in St. Martins, Guernsey, the heart of de Mouilpieds. This is where Thomas b. 1780 lived with his wife Marie Blondel, and their many children. I believe that his son, Thomas, continued to live there but I am not sure. I'm also not sure when they obtained the home. Census reports would probably confirm some of this. Anyone have information?

Cousin Kathy has been inside and has lots more photos that I hope to get posted some day. I have seen the photos and the current owners have done a magnificent job renovating. It is a spectacular old place.

If you double click on the photo it enlarges a little bit.

Enjoy!

deMouilpied and Blondel Family Coats of Arms

This is the colored version of the de Mouilpied Family Coat of Arms. Also included on the right, is the Coat of Arms from the Blondel family. Thomas de Mouilpied, over in the left column there, was married to Marie Blondel, also pictured over on the left. These are the oldest photos known from the deMouilpied family.

DOUBLE CLICK ON THE COATS AND THEY WILL ENLARGE

Anyway, these coats are from another cousin who had them and aren't they wonderful! This dates back to the late 1500's. As a reminder, this Coat refers to a "Du Port, Seigneur de Mouillepie et de Boismasson."

There are several Blondel Coats but this is the one passed down to Marie. Supposedly there is a Blondel Coat of Arms in the St. Saviour Church on Guernsey up at the top of a column. I am hoping someone will visit the church and report back letting us know if it is the same. As I explained in a previous blog, families would alter Coats as they changed generations and/or families.

Australian Cousin Responds - for Betsy de Mouilpied

Roger from Australia has been in contact. Here you go:

My great grandmother on my mother's side was Betsy Tardif de Moulpied b. Dec. 26, 1873, (listed in the St. Martin's Church birth records) from the Channel Isles. She married a La Galle, also from The Channel Isles in the late 1890s and went to live in India where my Great Granfather's regiment was posted. After he died (1919?) My Grandfather, his two brothers and one sister, with their mother migrated to Australia (around 1920).

Now, I was responding to the last two posts:

1. While Grandma La Galle as she was known, was the only de Moulpied that we know of, we do use the space between the de and the Moulpied part.

2. We also pronounce de Moulpied as described by the Guernseyman.

There must be quite a few de Moulpieds in the US. So far I can only find one here in Australia.
I would be interested in hearing from any others in Australia.

Well done for putting the blog up and the information contained. It's prompted me to look for my family tree notes that I have stored somewhere. I am happy to send relevant details of names, births and deaths etc of what I have here regarding the de Moulpieds if I can find it.

Grandma was a lovely lady, She died in about 1964 or 65. I can barely remember her. Mum used to take us to visit her. I still remember a painting she had on the wall in the lounge-room of men working in the rain trying to repair a dam that was bursting.

rtyshing@bigpond.com

PS on my father's side we have an interesting story to tell of the Tyshings. Interesting mix too -Guernseyman and Chinese!!

BUT THERE'S MORE!

Betsy Tardif de Mouilpied was born in 1873 (possibly in England) but the family was back on Guernsey by the time of the 1881 census she had a brother Thomas John who it says in my notes died in 1882 but I have no birthdate yet. The census records they were living at Moulin Huet Rd, St Martin, Guernsey

Their parents were Thomas John de Mouilpied who is listed on the 1881 census as a Carpenter who was born in 1843 and died in 1891 his wife was Marthe Manger (as shown in the records) or maybe Mauger (as I have in my notes) who died in 1912.

Betsy married Alexander Charles La Galle in 1899. If she hadn’t left Guernsey by then it must have been very soon after as my Grandfather was born in March 1900 in Sangor in India where his father was posted

That’s all I have in the notes I’ve found from a de Mouilpied perspective The only new bits I gained from them were the dates of death of both her parents, Her father’s middle name (which is useful as there are so many Thomases and Betsys (mostly spelt Betsey) and Betsy’s date of marriage

There seems to be a bit of an interesting quirk with the middle names of girls Betsy’s was Tardif which may possibly be a maiden name of her father’s mother. The reason I think this is that Betsy’s daughter was given de Mouilpied as a second name. So while it’s not consistant there may be a pattern of maiden names being passed on as second names.

Descendant List of deMouilpieds

Well here it is. Not exactly what I had in mind but I was not able to attach it in slide show format. However, I believe this is at least readable for you. Pardon the scribbles from over the years however they might be helpful. We do have more details in proper genealogy format thanks to cousin Kathy which is available and will be in the future, so stay tuned.

Please note that half way down the page, a Nicolas b. 1819, generation 9, son of Nicolas and Rachel Martin is the father of the Mid west deMoulpieds. Just below him is Jean b. 1822, who went to Australia. On the second page below you can see Joseph b.1829, father of the East Coast deMouilpieds. The common grand parent these 2 lineages share goes back to Nicolas b.1721, generation 6, married to Rachel Thoume.

As you can see this needs modernizing! But for the moment, where do you fit in?

de Mouilpied Descendants

From de Mouilpied Descendants

From de Mouilpied Descendants

Who Was Charlotte de Mouilpied?

Charlotte b. April1, 1821, was Thomas de Mouilpied's 6th child, out of 7, and 3 years older than Joseph. At 27, Charlotte married Francis de la Mare, a Reverend from Jersey. This was his second marriage after his first wife, Marguerite Gavey, died during the birth of her second child. As an instant mother, Charlotte and her new husband set sail for Gaspe, Canada. Charlotte's first child, Theophilus, was probably born in Gaspe, around 1850, but later died in 1852 from diphtheria. Charlotte was busy having almost one child every year. Alpheus, whose grand daughter shared the lovely photos for the Thomas Slide Show, was born on April 23, 1853, Gaspe. Two more children would die before Charlotte would return to Guernsey, only momentary.

Charlotte's husband was sent to Mauritius and Africa to minister. It is thought that Charlotte also went, leaving the children behind in Guernsey. Upon returning from South Africa, Francis was washed over board in 1869.

In the meantime, Alpheus, at only 15, headed to America to make his fortune in 1868. Charlotte's other son, Clarence b. April 10, 1862 ( we have so many photos of him) headed to Rio de Janerio. The story goes that Clarence was told to stay on board to avoid yellow fever but he had a reputation for being naughty. And so Clarence did indeed become ill and died May 4, 1884, in Rio.

Charlotte stayed in Guernsey, living next door to her father's manor house until her death at 88 on May 31, 1902.

Thomas de Mouilpied and Marie Blondel

Finally I have loaded the pictures of Thomas de Mouilpied and his wife, Marie Blondel that you can see to the left. They are fantastic photos for the age. A few cousins have several photos all from the same time frame, copies etc. We are guessing since Marie died in 1849, that the photos must have started to be taken prior to that. Also, Joseph, Thomas's son, left Guernsey around 1853. Photography was so new then, it must have been the grand thing to do because there are so many photos these cousins have. I am curious if the photo galleries that took these still have the originals back on the Island.

Thomas de Mouilpied, from the photo, was born in 1780, lived to the ripe old age of 92, and was the eighth generation from the original Nicolas de Mouilpied (approx late 1500's, as far as we now know). Thomas de Mouilpied's parents were Thomas de Mouilpied 1749-1843 and Caroline Le Lacheur. Acording to my records, Thomas had 2 brothers, Nicolas 1785-1821 and Pierre 1792-1827, and a sister Caroline 1788-1841.

Thomas married Marie Blondel ( a well known Guernsey name) and they had 7 children: Marie 1810-1891; Thomas b.1812, married Elizabeth Torode (another well known Guernsey name); Rachel 1814-1873; Jean (John) b.1816; Sophie 1818-1852; Charlotte 1821-1909, married Francis de la Mare; and Joseph 1824-1905, married Sophie Ogier (my great great grand parents). Thomas, Charlotte and Joseph were the only ones we know that had children.

Anyone else have photos to share? Can you add information to the people mentioned? Please share!
I will upload a slide show with some more photos...stay tuned

de Mouilpied in the Guernsey History Books

I came across this very good and old book about the History of Guernsey (click). What is interesting is the reference concludes that de Mouilpieds were not on the Island in the 1300's (we knew that) but later as a well know name in the 1700's. Of the names listed in the paragraph, half of them connect in our genealogy charts. When you get right down to it, an Island such as Guernsey probably has a high percentage of everyone being related.

The fifth name on the list is Blondel, a very old and famous name on the island. My GGGreat Grand Mother was Marie Blondel who lived with Thomas de Mouilpied in Des Vaurioufs (homes were often named in Guernsey). The Blondel name goes back to a 1204 document preserved on Guernsey with the name Blondel clearly written. More will unfold about the connection with Blondel. Any one out there descendant from Marie Blondel hearing about the famous story? Please let us know what story has passed to you.

Getting back to the History of Guernsey, it is a very interesting book and wonderful that google has it on line.

To Capitalize or Not - That Is the Question

It has been...shall we say...interesting having a name that begins with a small "de". Luckily we have a large French influence here so people aren't too weirded out by it. But go outside the safety of New Hampshire and most people don't know what to do... cross out the big "D" they just wrote even though you said "small" "de"...they hesitate, look at you for assurance and wait for more instruction. Or how about trying to figure out where to alphabetize it. Does de Moulpied go under "d" or "m"?

I can see the temptation of changing the small "d" to capital as in Demouilpied. And then there is the decision to make the "m" small. For me, I am glad I kept my name original, at least how it came to me.

Now comes the other problem. Do you put a space in between the "de" and "M" as in de Mouilpied? Or not? I can tell you the original, way back on the Mother island, is with the space separating the "de" from the "M". This list of names from a book about island life in the late 1800's has many "de" names, http://history.foote-family.com/hugo/hugod.htm This should not be confused with Victor Hugo who was actually exiled on Guernsey around the same time.

I haven't made that big of a deal about the space. I suppose I do use the space, but I don't make an issue out of it. (the small "d" on the other hand I do fuss a bit about) As you can see in the blog, there are inconsistencies about the space - it's my way of making everyone feel welcomed!

So do you capitalize the "d"? Do you have "the space"?

Pronunciation from a Guernseyman

I received a lovely quick note from a Guernseyman named de Mouilpied. He confirmed the name translation to "of wet foot". He also said that he, and assuming most de Mouilpieds still on the Mother Island, pronounces the name "du mul pee-ay".

So there you have it, live from a Guernseyman on how to pronounce de Mouilpied. Sounds romantic, doesn't it?

How Do You Pronounce deMouilpied?

In all my some many years, I can remember only 3 teachers ever pronouncing my name correctly on the first go around. My guess is that you are in the same boat.

So how about it, how do you pronounce deMouilpied/deMoulpied? My pronunciation is sort of close to the French way. "de", I pronounce as "duh". I suppose the real french way should be pronounced "do"or "dew". (This is a great challenge doing phonetics without those little extra thingies) I definitely do not say "dee".

"Mouil/Moul" I pronounce "Moe" with the "l" being silent. If I want to have fun, I might say "Moo"

For "pied", I say the French way without the "d", "pee-ay", accent on the end. I always chuckled when a teacher would say "peed", like duh mole peed.

So here we go with acceptable close to french pronunciations: "duh moe peeay" "due moo peeay" "do mool peeay". But never "dee mole pide" or "dee mole peed".

Having fun yet?

What Does de Moulpied Mean?

Starting with the shortest version which is prevalent in the U.S., the name maintains the beginning and the end translations. The "de" means "of" or "from" which is how the French hundreds of years ago created their last names/surnames. In my neck of the woods in New Hampshire we have a lot of French last names so I am very used to names beginning with "de".

The ending "pied" means "foot". I always thought that was kind of nice since I like to dance and took ballet which uses a lot of "pied".

Now the "Moul" takes its origins from "Mouil". I am not sure how or why that first "i" was dropped but in the East Coast deMoulpieds, it was dropped the generation after Joseph, a little over 100 years ago. The Mid West de Moulpieds also had the "i" dropped within one or two generations based on records. On one reference it's there, on the next reference it's gone.

"Mouil" is alive and well in Guernsey and other places like England and Australia as well. "Mouil" survived, according to records, from the early 1600's. Even on the island, the records get loose in their writing once you go back to the 1600's, sometimes phonetic but closer to original. The early records do show some transitioning from Mouillepied to Mouilpied.(thank goodness, imagine the length). This is also verified by cousin Deborah from Maine, who has copies of the Coats of Arms and was told by her insisting mother that the original name was spelled de Mouillepied. Personally I am fascinated how Deborah's mother knew this - had she seen the Coats before? Was it such strong pride that this information was sure to be passed down the generations? Cousin Kathy has also been to Guernsey and has copied records showing very early genealogy entrances "Mouillepied" then switching to "Mouilpied". In Addition, "Mouil" is tough to translate. Typing it in does not offer anything but other suggestions, one of which is "mouille". So I am confident that to derive meaning from the name, we need to go back to the original spelling, so "mouille" it is.

Mouille does translate into "wet", also closely associated with anchor, port, water damage, river, and spring fed. My Dad used to say moldy which prompted a yuck. But he would quickly switch to liking the thought that it meant athlete's foot (another yuck). Since he was a runner (qualified for the 1934 Olympics, but so did 6 other people) that made sense. I always thought we were on the low end of Guernsey, perhaps surrounded by swamps but luckily that is not the case. If we take the original name "Mouillepied", assume its origins are as they say on the description of the Coats of Arms, this takes us back to the area in France called Mouillepied. And voila, the area, including a lovely Chateau named de Mouillepied, is spring fed with bubbling fresh water coming out of the ground, some even feeding fountains. (by the way, I hear the Chateau is up for sale!)

So there you have it "of wet foot" relatives. Any thoughts?

de Mouilpieds in Guernsey

There is no doubt that the de Mouilpieds are from Guernsey. The Island has many birth, death and marriage records in addition to land documentation and historical reference. Though it might seem logical to research French genealogical resources, France produces absolutely nothing for the surname de Mouilpied, except the land Mouillepied as in the Chateau. The early, pre 1800's genealogical data on de Mouilpieds world wide all come from Guernsey. The White Pages has about 16 de Moulpieds listed.

The majority of de Mouilpied births occurred in St. Martins Parish, a section of Guernsey. This is where a street is name Les Mouilpied, a small section is Mouilpied (click on this and Google Map shows the section if you zoom in-cool) and 2 old homesteads are labeled deMouilpied, one dating back to 1623. St. Martins is clearly the deMouilpied Parish. A grand home stead called The Vaurioufs, owned by Thomas deMoulpied, (my great great great grandfather) is also located in St. Martins. (photos coming soon) The St. Martin's Parish church is where many deMouilpieds are buried prominently in gracious tombs. As I recall, the birth records from St. Martins Parish date back to the early 1600's and perhaps includes the 1596 reference. The records are now all kept at the Priaulx Library. There is an entire file devoted to the deMouilpied Family.

What's In a Motto?

The de Mouilpied Coat of Arms that was passed down the family had the traditional ribbon spanning across the bottom. On the ribbon it says: Cingit Et Obstat. In addition, on the several copies obtained, there is in French the explanation: "Du Port, Seigneur de Mouillepie et de Boismasson". Remember we are surmising this Marquis, Lord of Mouillepie, but with the name Du Port, is the one who fled to Guernsey to set up shop and changed his name to deMouilpied. Actually very early birth and genealogy records on Guernsey show the early spelling of de Mouillepie often before the spelling was solidified. In addition, a cousin in Maine, Deborah deMoulpied (yes same name, but more distinguished than I) was told early in her child hood that the original spelling was Mouillepied. So interesting.

The Motto seems to not be from modern typical French, perhaps from old Occitan French or partially Latin. It certainly is several hundred years old which would fit in with the time frame of the late 1500's.

After much researching, obstat comes up more frequently to mean "obstacle, one to interfere". That makes pretty good sense if you were a knight or Marquis defending an area.

Cingit on the other hand has been very difficult to find. The only translation I can come up with is the word "scathing". I suppose this also makes sense if you were in the business of being a Marquis.

The colors of the shield also might mean something, they had to have chosen them for a reason. Blue typically means strength and loyalty and silver means peace - interesting combination.

If anyone can find out more, please let us all know!

deMouilpieds Go to England

Guernsey is a hop , skip and a jump to Britain. Guernsey has always considered England the Mother land despite its fierce independence and close location to France. So it seems obvious that there should be a lot of de Mouilpieds in England, but there really are not that many-at least the actual name.

There is a chance however that there are many deMouilpied descendants from the Mother's side in which case the surname is lost but not forgotten. My logic goes like this:

In 1939 the Germans began what would be a 5 year occupation of the Island of Guernsey. Prior to the beginning of the occupation, Britain sent ships to Guernsey to evacuate the islanders. The population was about 40,000 and it is estimated that 17,000, mostly children and women, were evacuated to England. It is logical to assume that out of 17,000, mostly women and children, that many women stayed in England, married and had offspring. Were any deMouilpieds? We would love to know!

de Mouilpied Coat of Arms

In the left column there is a small Coat of Arms that is said to be the deMoulpied/deMouilpied Family Coat of Arms. Not to be confused with a shield, which is just the shield, or the Crest which is the top of the Coat of Arms.

Several cousins had the same exact Coat of Arms, even though the cousins had not known each other and were from distant branches. So we can assume that this Coat of Arms must be authentic.

The words that come with the Coats are in French. The owner of the Coats was Lord of Mouillepied et Boismasson. The other explanation that came with the Coats is that the name was actually Du Port, Marquis of Poncherra, when the family was in France.

Now, Lords in France were land owners. Marquis were an additional title given by the King through Letter Patents. (tracking down historical documents of the Letters Patent might confirm this. Anyone going to Paris?) A Marquis is like a Duke or Governor, usually also protecting the area. France in the 1500's had a very well established feudal system. Guernsey on the other hand, always had a semi-feudal system - No Dukes , Counts, Marquis or Knights, just Lords who were land owners.

So we have concluded that this Coat of Arms originated near the La Rochelle area since that is where there still exists the land area Bois Masson and Mouillepied. What is very interesting is the name says Du Port (of Port) which perhaps has to do with being the Marquis of La Rochelle which is a city on the water. As I had said in the first blog, we also concluded that this original Du Port fled France in the late 1500's to Guernsey ( a lot of Huguenots fled to Guernsey) and took on the name de Mouilpied in honor of from where he came.

So back to the Coat of Arms. These were often held by an individual family. Sometimes the Coats would change through marriage or through each generation. For instance, another family on Guernsey, the Blondels, have several Coats because of changing over the times. It appears that the deMouilpied Coat of Arms remained the same as far as we know. ( I think because of the cool story) Unless of course someone out there tells us all other wise. There is also somewhere "out there" a large genealogy chart, printed by hand, around 200 years old with the family Coats on the very top. More later about the motto on the Coats...

Ausie Connections

There are several deMoulpied/deMouilpied families in Australia. I know of the origins of at least one of them.

According to the lineage chart that I have (I tried like crazy to get it on line today but couldn't, hopefully tomorrw) Jean (John) deMouilpied was first to go to Australia (and had a twin, Thomas). His birth year was 1822 and I have a death year of 1886. Jean' s parents were Nicolas deMouilpied, b. 1791, and Rachel Martin. Jean's older brother was the Nicolas who went to South Dakota and Wisconsin and became the Mid-West deMoulpied branch. Pretty adventuresome brothers.

According to my records, John (Jean) married Emma Sterling and both are buried in Minyip. They had one son (maybe more) Henry William deMouilpied b. 1859, married Mary Jane Bennett b.1869. Both buried in Nhill.
They had a son Henry John deMouilpied b.1888 who married Eva Olive Harris b 1891.

It gets a little fuzzy around here. Perhaps someone can help me out. Looks like Henry John had a son John de Mouilpied b. 1912 in Warracknabeal, in addition to maybe Gladys Eva deMouilpied. That would make sense having the Eva carry on. Gladys Eva married Raymond Geirge Allen b. July 7, 1913. and had lots of Allens.

John had a daughter Evie whom I visited in Australia. So we were related going way back to the common grandparent of the Nicolas (1721) mentioned in the second paragraph. This is just a start. Let me know if you fit in somewhere here. Cheers!

Mystery in Maine

Four weeks ago I joined cousin Kathy and Deborah, who's from Maine, to go to Gaspe, Canada to finalize information about Joseph and his early life. While in Maine, I revisited my notes about a lineage there that I would like to clarify.

Starting with Joseph, he had 6 children - Emily Sophia, Sophia Hamelin, Francis Arthur, Charles, Walter and Alfred. I come from Charles, who settled in Manchester, NH.

Charles had six children - Clara, Walter (my grandfather), Maybelle, Elizabeth, Maude and Charles Kenneth. Charles Kenneth went to Maine.

Looks like Charles married an Elizabeth Pinkham and had only one daughter- Sandra. A Maine obit reads: daughter of Charles K. and Elizabeth
M.
(Pinkham) deMoulpied. Sandra was employed by Sears for
several years before retiring in 1990. She is survived
by her
three daughters, Julie A. Perkins and her husband, Kevin
of
Bucksport, Suzanne E. Brown and her husband, Bruce of
Veazie and Carol A. Hanscom and her husband, Ronald of
Brewer; six grandsons, William "BJ" Mooney, Matthew
Perkins, Daniel Hanscom, Jared and Justin Brown and
Samuel Hanscom.

What's fuzzy is it looks like Kenneth married again to an Eleanor and there is a Virgie name floating around too that I would like information on.

Any Maine cousins out there? I would love to hear from you: demoulpied@gmail.com

More later

deMoulpieds in the USA

Hello all. I and some cousins have been researching the deMoulpied family in the USA and Guernsey for a few years now. I will briefly go over what I have pieced together so far.

The deMoulpied line in the USA I come from originated with Joseph deMouilpied, a minister, who came to Canada around 1853, eventually having 6 children. Three of his sons came to America, 2 settling in Manchester, New Hampshire. I will call this the East Coast deMoulpieds.

Joseph had a sister, Charlotte, who also spent time in Canada and married Francis de la Mare. Joseph and Charlotte's parents were Thomas deMouilpied and Marie Blondel back in Guernsey. THAT will be another blog.

A couple of generations before Joseph, a Nicolas deMouilped, came to the USA and settled in Wisconsin. I will call this the Mid-West deMoulpieds.

Both Joseph and Nicolas are from the same lineage, a few generations apart but related for sure. I am fairly certain that these are the only 2 deMoulpieds who came from the Isle of Guernsey to the USA. Please let me know if you know otherwise. So, I guess we are all related!

Both Nicolas and Joseph originally had the Island spelling of deMouilpied. It can be tracked which generations dropped the "i" before the "l".

Also from this lineage, a brother of Nicolas went to Australia and there is a line there too. Other deMoulpieds might have also gone to Australia but I do know this one related line.

My circle of cousins and I have compiled quite a comprehensive family tree which I hope to get on line soon. The East coast deMoulpieds are fairly well accounted for. The Midwest group, well we need some help. I have LOTS of fantastic photos starting with Joseph and even his Parents in Guernsey. Again, I will try to get these on as soon as I can.

Back in Guernsey, we have the family lineage well established back to the late 1500's. The deMouilpieds were land holders and enjoyed good status on the island. We have copies of the family shield and motto. There is a road and section of the island named after the family name, and beautiful still standing homesteads.

The shield that so many different cousins have/had are all the same. It says in french the name is actually Du Port, Lord of Mouillepied and le Bois Masson. It also says he was a Marquis. So our detective brains have concluded that deMouilpied came from the La Rochelle area of France and owned the Land parcels of Mouillepied and Bois Masson, and his name was actually Du Port. Du Port fled to Guernsey because of the first wave of Huguenots slaughter and upon arriving in Guernsey, changed his last name to, from where he came, de (from) Mouillepied. This was a very common way to name yourself back then. Now check this out: Chateau Mouillepied

This is all very exciting. Hope to hear from you! Debby deMoulpied