Leonard
This name can be traced back to the 16th century in Jersey
Lionel Frederick Leonard, better known as playwright Freddy Lonsdale
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Origins of surname
This surname is probably derived from the Germanic personal name Leonhard, leon meaning 'lion' and hard meaning 'brave' or 'hardy'. It is a name which is found in both the British Isles and France.
Early records
The name was present in Jersey as early as 1477, when there is a record of Martina, widow of Jean Leonard, being buried in St Saviour`s Church.
The bearers of the name have never been numerous, so may well have been present in the Island at an earlier date, leaving proportionately fewer records.
There were undoubtedly later immigrants from England, who may even have reintroduced the name, as the early family appears to have died out in the 17th century and there is a gap in baptisms for the name from 1629 to 1791.
- Marie Leonard, daughter of Michel, and sister of the priest Sire Philippe Leonard, married in about 1510 Nicolas Gallie, of St Saviour. The bride`s father was born about 1460.
Variants
- Leonard, 1527
- Lennard
- Lienard, 1461-78
- Lieonard 1617
- Lyonard 1528
Family records
Family trees
- Michel Leonard: 16th-17th centuries
- Germain Leonard: 16th-17th centuries
- James Leonard: 18th-20th centuries
- John Leonard: 19th-20th centuries
Church records
- Leonard baptisms in Jersey
- Leonard marriages in Jersey (groom)
- Leonard marriages in Jersey (bride)
- Leonard burials in Jersey
Leonard family members who served in World War 1
- William Herbert Lennard (1895-1914) son of Herbert and Emma, Private, Dorsetshire Regiment, killed in action
- Edwin L Lennard (St H), Private, Devonshire Regiment
Two sons of Alexandre and Ada Maria of St Ouen
- Clarence Alexander Leonard (1896- ) (St O) Private, East Surrey Regiment
- Edward Stanley Leonard (1898- ) (St O) Private, Dorsetshire Regiment
Burial records
Notable family members
- Freddy Lonsdale, playwright and librettist, born Lionel Leonard
Family businesses
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Emile Edouard Leonard, from Cherbourg, France, farmed at Brampton Farm, Ville au Neveu, St Ouen, in 1914 and advertised his bull in the Chronique de Jersey. He married Alice Rachel de La Haye -
... and 1924 advert in Chronique de Jersey -
... and 1924 again -
... and 1930
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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