Origin of Surname
This is a French name meaning little toad. Clearly the original Botrel was not particularly well liked!
Early records
Pierre Botrel, born in Cotes du Nord, Brittany, in 1873, arrived in Jersey in the late 1880s as a farm worker and settled there. He died in 1953. See tree below.
However, the name, spelt Botterel, was known in Jersey as early as the 1309 Assize Roll. It features in a deed of 1461 and in the 1528 Extente, appearing in various spellings until the mid-17th century. It has been largely associated with St Ouen, where the surname survives to this day in the property name "La Botterellerie". There is also a baptismal record in St Saviour, namely of Ester, daughter of Clement, in 1580. After an absence of a century and a half, there is the marriage record of a French couple, Joseph Botterel (St Brieuc) and Marie Gestin (St Malo) in St Martin in 1767.
Variants
- Botrel
- Bottrelle - this was the spelling used in the 1911 census for Pierre and family; see tree below
- Botrell
- Botterell 1528
- Boterel 1309, 1461
Family records
Family trees
Church records
- Botrel baptisms in Jersey
- Botrel marriages in Jersey (groom)
- Botrel marriages in Jersey (bride)
- Botrel burials in Jersey
Occupation records
Family album
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Adelina Florence Bottrel (1902-2000) nee Renouf, known as Lillian, with her children Pamela, Louie and Valerie and her sister-in-law Mary. Adelina was the daughter of James and Louisa Victoria Le Neveu, and husband of Louis Marie Botrel, who emigrated to the USA from Jersey with his family
Family gravestones
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