Le Gresley

Le Gresley family page

This family name, although it sounds French, probably came to Jersey from England

Mary Ann Syvret Le Gresley (1883-1975) (St O), daughter of John Francis Le Gresley and Mary Ann, nee Syvret

Record Search

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Origin of Surname

Le Gresley is derived from the Latin gracilis meaning slim. It is not at all clear how the family originated in Jersey: the name sounds French, but according to one of the family trees listed below, appears to have arrived in Jersey from England, where it started as de Gresley and can apparently be traced back to the 12th century. However, the accuracy of this tree is far from certain and there are discrepancies between it and the other trees which show the same later descent.

The name is certainly not Norman, nor have we found it in any of our usual French sources, so the best guess is that the family/families in Jersey did originate from England.

Early records

• Nicholas (1564- ) St O, father of Rachel, who married Jean Le Rossignol

Variants

• Le Gresley, 1607
• de Gresley

Family records

Family trees

• Descendants of Nicolas Le Gresley
• Descendants of Robert de Gresley
• Descendants of Jonas Le Gresley

There is considerable doubt about some of the generation links in the above trees and they should be treated with suspicion. The trees suggest that there were two marriages between a Jean Le Gresley and an Elizabeth Perree, and the children of these marriages are sometimes shown against the wrong parents. One Jean Le Gresley was born in 1708, as was his wife, and the other was born in 1740. The confusion is compounded by both Elizabeth Perrees being shown as the daughter of Josue Perree and Marguerite de Caen, but with birth dates for this couple of 1700 and 1701 respectively, they could not possibly have been the parents of an Elizabeth born in 1708.

The result of all this confusion is that the two trees below should also be treated with suspicion.

• Descendants of John Le Gresley
• Descendants of Jean Le Gresley

• Descendants of Elie Le Gresley, an abridged form of the St Ouen tree, avoiding the contentious generational links

• Descendants of Francois Le Gresley Added 2018
• Descendants of Philippe Le Gresley Added 2018
• Descendants of Francois Le Gresley - 2 Added 2021
• Descendants of Francois Le Gresley - 3 Added 2022

Church records

Tips for using these links

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

Family histories

• Le Sueur family on the ''Chimborazo'', the story of Mormon pioneer Caroline Le Sueur, nee Le Gresley, and her family

Great War service

• Le Gresley family members who served in World War 1
• Presentation to Sergeant George Le Gresley, MM, at the Town Hall

Family wills

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

• Le Gresley burial records 1820-1978

Family businesses

A banknote issued by Le Cornu, Le Gresley and Co as Jersey Caledonian Bank

Family album

Ministers and lay preachers of the Methodist French Circuit in 1867, including P Le Gresley. The picture was taken by Asplett and Green a year after they set up in business at 18½ Beresford Street and also includes Philippe Amy, P Tourgis, Thomas J Desprès, P Norman, Mr Ahier, Mr Benest, P Garnier, Mr Hamon, D Bisson, G Le Masurier, Abraham Pallot, J Syvret, P G Adair, Philippe Amy, (3rd from left seated) G Skelton, T Binet, T Billot, Mr Vautier, E de Carteret, W Le Duc, T Lucas, H Collas and J Le Cornu

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Occupation curfew cards

Curfew passes issued to Edward Falle, John Philip and John Winter Le Gresley during the Occupation as members of the St Saviour Honorary Police ^[1]

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