Le Masurier

Le Masurier family page

A Miss Le Masurier photographed by Ernest Baudoux
in the 1870s

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Origin of Surname

Le Masurier was a man who had to pay masurage, a particular kind of quit rent.

Early records

The name is quite common in Normandy but no records have been found of it before the 16th Century.

Variants

• Le Masurier, 1607
• Le Masuier (de Abrincis) (Avranches) 1312
• Le Messurier
• Le Mesurier
• Le Mazurier
• Le Massurier

Family records

Church records

Tips for using these links

• Le Masurier baptisms in Jersey
• Le Masurier marriages in Jersey (groom)
• Le Masurier marriages in Jersey (bride)
• Le Masurier burials in Jersey

Le Masurier family trees

Four variations on the same tree from different sources, and with different details

• Descendants of Jean Le Masurier (1525)
• Descendants of Jean Le Masurier
• Descendants of Jean Le Masurier and Jane Cabot
• Descendants of Jean Le Masurier - 3

• Descendants of Philippe Le Masurier
• Descendants of Charles Le Masurier
• Descendants of Jean Le Masurier - 2
• Descendants of Jean Le Masurier (1630)
• Descendants of Thomas Le Masurier (1660)

Biographies

• Robert Le Masurier: Bailiff of Jersey
• Nicholas Le Messurier, master mariner

Great War service

• Le Masurier family members who served in World War 1

Family wills

• Le Masurier family wills from 1663 to 1980 held by Jersey Archive

• Le Masurier burial records 1820-1978

Family businesses

• C Le Masurier and Co, one of Jersey's oldest companies and family businesses
• Edward Le Masurier was a fruiterer at 9 King Street in 1911
• C Le Masurier was a grocer and spirits dealer at 11 King Street in 1833
• Guernseyman James Collas Le Mesurier had a painting, plumbing and glazing business at 34 Halkett Place in the 1860s
• Tailor and draper John Le Masurier was in business at 3 Queen Street for a short time in the 1870s before emigrating to Australia with his family
• Le Masurier and Vibert were ironmongers at 5 Queen Street in the 1870s

Family homes

• La Vallette, St John

Family album

Ministers and lay preachers of the Methodist French Circuit in 1867, including G Le Masurier. The picture was taken by Asplet and Green a year after they set up in business at 18½ Beresford Street and also includes P Tourgis, Philippe Amy, P Le Gresley, Thomas J Desprès, Mr Ahier, Mr Benest, P Garnier, Mr Hamon, D Bisson, P Norman, Abraham Pallot, J Syvret, P G Adair, G Skelton, T Binet, T Billot, Mr Vautier, E de Carteret, W Le Duc, T Lucas, H Collas and J Le Cornu

John Le Mesurier, Mayor of Quebec. John Lemesurier was the son of Mary Thompson and Charles Le Mesurier, the latter of whom was born in Jersey, and served in the Royal Navy under the British Vice Admiral, Lord Horatio Nelson, for nine years and was present at the famed engagement at Trafalgar. John was born on 28 January 1826, in Gaspé, and in 1847, sailed on board the schooner Antelope for Quebec City. It was wrecked coming up the Saint Lawrence River. He returned to Gaspé and embarked on the Mary and was then wrecked a second time. Enduring great hardship and privation, he and his fellow crew members walked over the snow and ice to Sault-au-Cochon. He stayed there with two crew members and worked for the Price family. The remaining crew members headed for Quebec City. The following spring, Lemesurier crossed to the south shore and made his way on foot to Quebec, then returned to the fishery business in Gaspé. Young Le Mesurier set out a third time for Quebec City. The schooner took 21 days, but this time he made it to his destination. His first job was with William John Withall, another Jerseyman, who became vice-president of the Quebec Bank. In the second year a trifling increase was made to his small salary. Finally, Withall sold his business to Lemesurier, who made a success of it. From January 1861 to January 1868, he was a member of the Quebec City Council, and in December 1867, was elected mayor, and following his first term, the people of Quebec re-elected him by acclamation.

Ernie Le Mesurier with his mother-in-law Eva Fuszard, his wife Irene and her sister May, at the Battle of Flowers

Occupation curfew cards

Curfew passes issued to George and Ralph Le Masurier during the Occupation as members of the Honorary Police ^[1]

Rogue's Gallery

Family gravestones

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Tips

The church record links above will open in a new tab in your browser and generate the most up-to-date list of each set of records from our database. These lists replace earlier Family page baptism lists, which were not regularly updated. They have the added advantage that they produce a chronological listing for the family name in all parishes, so you do not have to search through A-Z indexes, parish by parish.

We have included some important spelling variants on some family pages, but it may be worth searching for records for a different spelling variant. Think of searching for variants with or without a prefix, such as Le or De. To search for further variants, or for any other family name, just click on the appropriate link below for the first letter of the family name, and a new tab will open, giving you the option to choose baptism, marriage or burial records. You will then see a list of available names for that type of record and you can select any name from that list. That will display all records of the chosen type for that family name, and you can narrow the search by adding a given name, selecting a parish or setting start and end dates in the form you will see above. You can also change the family name, or search for a partial name if you are not certain of the spelling

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. ↑ These cards are held by Jersey Archive. Visit The Archive online catalogue for more information. A subscription may be needed to view some of the site's content