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This surname is frequently found spelt Le Clerc and Le Clercq
Elsie Louise Le Clercq (1881-1957), born in St Helier, married Thomas Michael Cooney (1879- ) in 1909. Their son Thomas Michael was born in Ireland in 1911. They had emigrated to the USA by 1930
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Origin of Surname
Le Clerc was probably a member of the clergy, but could also have been someone with a lay clerical role. Clerc, meaning 'clerk' or 'cleric' was applied to a wide range of functions both in the church and outside in France in Medieval times.
The name is very common in Normandy, spelt Leclerc and Leclercq, and can be traced back to 1184 there. Le Clercq is the predominant spelling in Jersey records
Early records
- Thomas Le Clerc was born in St Saviour, Jersey about 1500 and married a Miss Anthoine
- Abraham Le Clercq was born in St Clement about 1595 and died there in 1660. He was the son of another Abraham and married Marie Le Feuvre
Roger Le Clerc features in the Jersey Chantry Certificate of 1550
Early Le Clerc coat of arms researched by Julian Wilson
Variants
- Clercq, 1668
- Le Clerk, 1309
- Le Clerc 1402
- Le Clercq 1461
- Leclerc 1331
- Le Claere
- Le Clarc
- Le Claire, sometimes given as a variant, but a separate family in Jersey, and found in Brittany rather than Normandy
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Jane Le Clercq (1853-1917) daughter of Elias (1826-1899) and Ann. Born in Grouville, she married David Wright (1861-1954) in Hampshire in 1881. They had five children
Thomas Michael Cooney and Elsie Louise, nee Le Clercq, with their son Thomas Michael
Edmund Philippe Le Clercq (1916-1995) and his wife Emilienne Simonne Louise, nee Mauger (1920-2016) with their three children. Emilienne was born in Manche, Normandy, the daughter of Gustave Mauger and Flamani Souchet
Alfred Thomas Kingston Le Clercq (changed name to Noel)
Philip John Le Clercq and Marie, nee Quiedeville
Philip John Le Clercq and crewmates
Philip John Le Clercq served on HMS Venus in the Great War
Raymond Tirel and Phyllis, nee Le Clercq, cut their wedding cake in 1940
Edmund Philippe Le Clercq (1916-1990)
The wedding of Cyril Le Clercq and Amelie, nee Le Clercq
The wedding of Richard Walker and Madelaine, nee Le Clercq
Cyril Donald and Amelie Le Clercq, nee Le Chevalier
Donald Le Clercq (1921-1947)
Edmund Le Clercq, Raymond Tirel and Cyril Le Clercq, 1940
Edmund Philippe Le Clercq and Emilienne, nee Mauger
Edmund Philippe Le Clercq (1916-1995)
Edmund Philippe Le Clercq with a catch of dogfish
Edmund Philippe Le Clercq fishing in Mimi
Edmund Philippe Le Clercq with his lobster pots
Le Clercq family at their Icho View Tea Room, 1957
Leslie Charles Keeping and Nora May, nee Le Clercq
Joseph Thomas Le Clercq and Madeleine
Michael Burnard Churchill and Marilyn Ann, nee Le Clercq
Mike, Emilienne and Edmund Le Clercq, 1968
Philip John Le Clercq (1889-1977)
Charles Ferdinand Le Clercq (34) and Eva Pinel (24) were married at St Brelade's Church on 11 August 1917, Charles, an able seaman in the Navy, was the son of Pierre Isidore Le Clercq and Anne d'Aubert, the daughter of St Brelade farmer Jean. Pierre Isidore was born in Melleville de Vingard, Manche, Normandy. He was a widow when he married Jeanne in St Helier in 1882
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