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
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