Just a reminder that the heart of genealogy archives is the Priaulx Library, in St. Peter Port, Guernsey. This is where a large de Mouilpied file is located, in addition to many other old Guernsey Family names. Blondel has a very large file there as well. The Priaulx Library is where almost all the historical records are held in Guernsey and the staff there are professional and prompt.
At The Royal Court House, visitors have access to the Greffe, which houses all charters granted to Guernsey since 1394, in addition to ancient archives.
The following web-sites are suggested as good starting points for research
on Guernsey born ancestors.
The Priaulx Library
www.priaulxlibrary.co.uk
La Société Guernesiaise
www.societe.org.gg/sections/familyhistory.php
Alex Glendenning's award winning web-site
http://user.itl.net/~glen/guernsey.html
GENUKI is the entry point for all research for the United Kingdom & Ireland.
The Channel Island pages:
www.genuki.org.uk/indexes/CHIcontents.html
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Friday, November 27, 2009
Thursday, November 26, 2009
Telling Tales - Maybe Your Ancesters on Guernsey
Just in from Susan, geneaolgy researcher on Guernsey...her new book called "Telling Tales: Guernsey news, views, ideas, snippets and gossip from the early to mid-1800s”. Not sure if a de Mouilpied is in there, but maybe another Guernsey ancestor is. You can always write her and ask for a list of names I suppose. Looks like a nice anecdotal book to have.
Click here to go to her website and book page
Are you looking for a de Mouilpied relative? Let me know. I'll post it here.
Click here to go to her website and book page
Are you looking for a de Mouilpied relative? Let me know. I'll post it here.
Friday, August 29, 2008
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
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
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