
Origin of Surname
Le Vesconte is a corruption of Vicomte, meaning Viscount
Early records
The name first appears in the Assize Roll of 1309 and two Johans and Pierres are listed in the Jersey Chantry Certificate of 1550
Variants
- Le Vesconte, 1668
- Le Viscount 1607
- Le Vicon
- Viscounte 1309
- Vesconte
- Le Viconte 1299
Family records
Family trees
- Descendants of Jean Le Vesconte
- Descendants of Jean Le Vesconte - 2: A different Jean
- Descendants of Jean Le Vesconte - 3: Another different Jean Added 2021
- Descendants of Thomas Le Vesconte
- Descendants of Michel Le Vesconte
- Descendants of Thomas Le Vesconte and Foy Le Brocq
- Descendants of Philippe Le Vesconte - 2
- Descendants of Elizabeth Le Vesconte
- Descendants of Charles Le Vesconte
Church records
- Le Vesconte baptisms in Jersey
- Le Vesconte marriages in Jersey (groom)
- Le Vesconte marriages in Jersey (bride)
- Le Vesconte burials in Jersey
Family histories
- La famille Le Vesconte, the story of Henry Thomas Dundas Le Vesconte and the Franklin Expedition to the North-West Passage
Great War service
Family wills
Burial records
Emigrants to Canada
- Peter Le Vesconte's petition for land in Cape Breton Island, Nova Scotia
- Philip Le Vesconte's petition for land in Cape Breton Island, Nova Scotia
Family businesses
The family had a shipbuilding business at West Park in the mid 19th century. The Daniel Le Vesconte who placed this advertisement married Alice Deslandes, daughter of another shipbuilding family.
Family homes
Prominent family members
Family album
A postcard sent to Mrs Le Vesconte in 1910. This was Mary, wife of blockmaker Philip John. They lived at 31 Havre des Pas, where Mary ran a lodging house, assisted by Mabel Connell. Philip John (1849- ) married Mary Elizabeth Le Gresley (1845- ) in St Martin in 1884. They had a daughter, Alice, born in 1888
Family gravestones
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