Vautier family page
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Francois Vautier (1831-1896) (St My) emigrated to Victoria, pictured with Francis John (1865-1935)
Record Search
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Origin of Surname
This is a surname of French or possibly German-French origins. There appear to be two possible sources. The first according to the Dictionnaire Etymologique de France is as a dialectal Normandy version of the personal name 'Gautier', itself a development of the old German 'Walter'.
The second possibility is as a nickname from the Middle French vautor meaning a bird of prey.
Early records
It is a very old name in Jersey, appearing in the Short Inquisition of 1274.
Edmond and Sire Guillaume appear in the Jersey Chantry Certificate of 1550
The first baptism records were in St Martin and neighbouring Grouville at the end of the 16th century.
- Elizabeth Vautier was born in St Saviour, Guernsey about 1604 and married Jean de la Mare on 2 February 1625. She died in July 1646
Variants
- Vautier
- Vaultier
- Vaut
- Vauter
- Vautiez
- Votier
- Vautre
- Vautrey
- Vauthier, French form
- Voutier, a change adopted by some emigrant Vautiers
Family records
Jersey family trees
- Descendants of Pierre Vautier of Portinfer
- Descendants of Abraham Vautier of Leoville
- Descendants of Pierre Vautier
- Descendants of Jean Vautier
- Descendants of Clement Vautier
- Descendants of Henry Vautier Added 2021
Church records
- Vautier baptisms in Jersey
- Vautier marriages in Jersey (groom)
- Vautier marriages in Jersey (bride)
- Vautier burials in Jersey
Great War service
Family histories
- Accidental death of Jean Vautier
- A New Zealand family historian's website including Vautier information
Family wills
Burial records
Family businesses
Family properties
- L'Aiguillon
- Alexandra House, St Lawrence, a drapery business for two families
Family album

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
Starting in August 2020 we are adding 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
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