Fauvel

Fauvel family page

du Heaumes and Fauvels photographed by Ernest Baudoux

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Origin of Surname

Fauvel means tawny; so it may be a name for someone with tawny hair. It also means a fallow deer, so it may be an animal nickname. And there is a third possibility. One of the favourite tales of the Middle Ages was the Roman de Fauvel, the story of a chestnut horse which tricked everybody; so the name was often given to an artful dodger.

The spelling Fauvel is most common in Normandy, with Fauveaux and Fauvelle found in Picardy.

Early records

The name is long established in Jersey, appearing in the Assize Roll of 1309. The Fauvel family first appears in church records in Grouville and St Clement in the east of the island in the early 17th century, but the name is found in records as early as 1299.

This was a large family and 465 baptisms are recorded in church records up to 1842.

• Johan Fauvel is listed in the Jersey Chantry Certificate of 1550
• Richard Fauvel was born in Grouville about 1572 and married Suzanne Amy, the daughter of Francois Amy and Marie Lempriere, in 1596.
• Richard Fauvel, son of Richard, owned in 1618 the Fief de la Carriere, in Grouville. The fief had formerly been called the Fief des Monts, being situated at the foot of the range of hills or Monts, in Grouville, as seen from the west. His family home thus received from the fief the name La Carriere. The fief was still held by his descendants in the early 19th century
• Michel Fauvel (1668-1748) m Sara de Quetteville (1668- ) d of Jean and Sara Dumaresq. They had a daughter Anne (1706- ) who married Philippe Messervy (1707- )
• Francis Fauvel (1682- ) married Mary Amy (1672- ) d of Jean and Elizabeth Collas
• Jean Fauvel (1608-1641) St Clement m Elizabeth Payn (1602-1639). They had sons Richard (1624- ) and Clement (1627- ). Jean's brother Matthieu (1610-1653) m Elizabeth Becquet

Variants

• Fauvel, 1299
• Fauvell 1607
• Fauvelle
• Fauveaux
• Fauwell 1528
• Favel 1309

Family records

Family trees

• Descendants of John Fauvel
• Descendants of Clement Fauvel
• Descendants of Richard Fauvel
• Descendants of Abraham Fauvel
• Descendants of Henry Fauvel
• Descendants of Richard Fauvel and Susanne
• Descendants of Richard Fauvel - 2 Added 2020

Church records

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• Fauvel baptisms in Jersey
• Fauvel marriages in Jersey (groom)
• Fauvel marriages in Jersey (bride)
• Fauvel burials in Jersey

Newspaper records

• 1848 Jersey Times report about the arrival of John Fauvel and his family at Gaspé

Great War service

• Fauvel family members who served in World War 1

Occupation records

• Fauvel Occupation identity cards

Family wills

• Fauvel family wills from 1663 to 1980 held by Jersey Archive

• Fauvel burial records 1820-1978

Prominent family members

• Francois Fauvel was Rector of St Clement from 1822-26

Family homes

• Val Feuillu Farm, St Saviour
• Brookvale Farm, St Martin
• Le Picachon, St Martin

Family photographs

The 1908 St Brelade marriage of farmer Philip Fauvel, son of clerk Philip, and Harriet Vivian Mourant, daughter of farmer Philip, was clearly a grand affair. But how did the couple know each other? Philip jnr's grandmother was also a Mourant, but there does not appear to have been any relationship between her and his bride. Bride and groom were both from St Lawrence families, but Philip was born in Wellington, New Zealand. His father emigrated with his brother Francis, in his early 20s, and married Martha Ellen Earl (1853-1909) in 1874. They had six daughters before Philip was born in Wellington in 1886. Philip snr's mother Ann, nee Mourant, followed her two sons to New Zealand after the death of their father in 1883. Although there does not appear to have been a family relationship between Ann and Harriet Mourant, it appears that Philip jnr must have gone to Jersey on holiday, married and then gone back to New Zealand with his new wife, because their first daughter, Vivian Harriet, was born there in Eketahuna, where they made their home, in 1912. She was followed by Richard in 1913, Mavis in 1915, Marjorie Clara in 1916, Keith Mourant in 1919 and Louisa Ellen. Philip died in Wellington in 1975 at the age of 89. He was serving in the New Zealand Army Reserve in 1916-1917, when he was described as a horse worker. Seated, left to right: Eva Mourant, Clara Vautier (nee Mourant) Louisa Mourant (nee Le Gallais), Harriet, Philip Fauvel Snr, Mary Ann Hougham Prigg (nee Fauvel). Back Row Thomas John Vautier, Philip Fauvel Jnr, Thom Gallichan ^[1] and John Samuel Prigg. Child in the front middle is Christina (Tina) Vautier later married John de Feu). Philip Snr met Martha Ellen Earl on board the Wennington and they married soon after. They had six daughters before Philip Jnr was born. Philip snr's mother Ann, brother Francis and sister Mary Ann Houghan all went to New Zealand. Philip Jr and Harriet made their home in Eketahuna and produced Louise Ellen 1910, Vivian Harriet 1912 , Richard Philip in 1913, Mavis 1915, Marjorie Clara 1916 and Keith Mourant 1919. Philip Jnr died in Greytown NZ in 1975 at the age of 89. Philip Snr and wife Martha are buried in the Eketahuna Cemetery

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Family businesses

• Philip Fauvel was a wine and spirits merchant at 35 Queen Street in the 1850s
• Henry Fauvel was a printer and newspaper publisher at 13 Broad Street in the 1850s

Family gravestones

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The records are displayed 30 to a page, but by selecting the yellow Wiki Table option at the top left of the page you can open a full, scrollable list. This list will either be displayed in a new tab or a pop-up window. You may have to edit the settings of your browser to allow pop-up windows for www.jerripediabmd.net. For the small number of family names for which a search generates more than 1,500 records you will have to refine your search (perhaps using start or end dates) to reduce the number of records found.

New records

Since August 2020 we have added several thousand new records from the registers of Roman Catholic, Methodist and other non-conformist churches. These will appear in date order within a general search of the records and are also individually searchable within the database search form

Notes and references

1. ↑ Probably, because he was a witness