Cantell
This family came to Jersey from Hampshire
Lilian Cantell (1865- ) pictured in 1931
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Origins of surname
Stevens, Arthur and Stevens, in Jersey Place Names, Volume 1, 126, write that Canté, Cantel.. means tilted. They also mention the surname as occurring in Jersey in 1299 as Cauntell. From this, it would seem that the original bearers of the surname perhaps lived on, or farmed on, tilted land. The English surname Cant, found mostly in Northamptonshire and Huntingdonshire, is likely to be of a similar origin although, in that instance, the bearer of the name may also have been a singer or teller of `tall stories`. In Jersey, the early 19th century Cantells evidently arrived from Hampshire. Whether they were returning to an earlier place of residence is not yet known.
Early records
Variants
- Cantell
- Cantel
- Cantle
- Cantall
Family records
Family trees
Church records
- Cantell baptisms in Jersey
- Cantell marriages in Jersey (groom)
- Cantell marriages in Jersey (bride)
- Cantell burials in Jersey
Family histories
Great War service
- Donald Beatie MacKay Cantell (1898- ) son of John and Claudia Agatha Nicolle, Sub-Lieutenant RN
- George Francis Cantell (1900- ) (Gr) son of John and Beatrice Elizabeth, Sick Berth Atendant, RN, HMS Leander, gave birth year as 1896
- John Cantell (1860- ) son of John and Isabel Mackay, Mercantile Marine
- Reginald John MacKay Cantell (1893- ), son of John and Claudia Agatha Nicolle OV, 2nd Lieutenant, RAF
Notes on our list, abbreviations used etc
Family wills
Burial records
Family album
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Mark Philip Cantell, born in St Martin in 1839, the son of Mark and Jane, nee Triggs. He married Sarah Taylor in St Saviour in 1862 and they had ten children, two of them in Jersey, and the others in Sussex, to where they moved in about 1867. -
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Albert Cantall's Master's Certificate
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Family gravestones
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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
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