Noel

Noel family page

The Noel family has been present in Jersey
from the early 14th century to the present day

Marie Ann Noel, née Gaudin

George Edward Noel

Record Search

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A very early portrait of an unknown Miss or Mrs Noel, taken by Henry Mullins in the 1850s

Origin of Surname

The family name developed from the given name Noel, which is the French word for Christmas, dating back to before the 10th Century. It is a name which has been commonly used for boys born at Christmas.

The word is derived from the Latin natalis via Gallo-Roman natale and ancient French nouel.

The Noel family were recorded in Staffordshire in the 12th century and were very distant ancestors of the Pauletts who were Governors and Bailiffs of Jersey in the 16th century.

It is likely, however, that the Jersey family originated in Normandy, where the name has been very common over many centuries. Hugo Noel was recorded in 1198.

Early records

The name appears in Jersey in the Assize Roll of 1309. Baptism records start in the last decade of the 16th century, but there are other earlier records of the following:

• Julian Noel was born in Jersey about 1525. His daughter Katherine (1552- ) married Hugh Perchard
• Nicholas Nouel was born in St Martin about 1569 and married Catherine Mallet, daughter of Philippe and Frances Baudains. Nicholas died in 1625. He and Catherine had a son Noel (1595-1645) and daughters Thomasse (1600- ) and Catherine (1603- ).
• Noe married Pauline Guerdain on 20 December 1626. They had five sons, Nicholas (1630-1638), Nicholas (1640- ), Aaron (1638-1638), Denis (1633-1692) and Aaron (1644-1686) and a daughter Marthe (1628- ).
• Denis married Esther Le Breton and the second Aaron married Elizabeth Filleul on 20 December 1676. They had a son Philippe (1678-1688) and a daughter Marthe (1680-1749).
• Elizabeth Noel, who married Michel Horman in St Martin on 4 December 1601 was born about 1574
• Edmund Noel was born in Jersey about 1587
• Clement Nouel was born in Jersey about 1590 and married Elizabeth Perchard in St Martin in January 1615
• Jeanne Noel was born in St Martin in about 1590 and married a Le Riche on 21 November 1611 in that parish
• Philipine Noel was born in St Saviour, Guernsey in about 1579 and died there in April 1647. She was the daughter of Louys and married Colas Thoraude in 1601.

Variants

• Noel, 1299
• Noe
• Nouel, 1309
• Nowell
• Naull
• Noell
• Nowill

Family records

Jersey family trees

Four new 'foundation' trees have been created by Guy Dixon in 2021, and links from the other trees to these new trees are being researched

• Jean Noel: 16th-18th centuries
• Thomas Noel: 15th-20th centuries
• Noe Noel: 16th-18th centuries
• Michel Noel: 16th century

• Clement Noel: 17th-18th centuries
• Edemons Noel: 17th-20th centuries
• Edmons Noel: 16th-20th centuries
• Edward Noel: 18th-20th centuries
• George Noel: 19th-20th centuries
• Jean Noel: 19th-19th centuries
• Jean Noel 2: 16th-20th centuries
• Jean Noel 3: 17th-18th centuries
• Jean Noel 4: 17th-20th centuries
• Jean Noel 5: 16th-18th centuries
• Julien Noel: 15th-20th centuries
• Michel Noel: 16th-18th centuries
• Michel Noel 2: 16th-18th centuries
• Nicholas Noel: 17th-21st centuries
• Nycollas Noel: 16th-20th centuries
• Thomas Noel 2: 17th-18th centuries

Church records

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• Noel baptisms in Jersey
• Noel marriages in Jersey (groom)
• Noel marriages in Jersey (bride)
• Noel burials in Jersey

Newspaper records

• Edward Noel appointed to reservoir planning committee in 1848

Great War service

• Noel family members who served in World War 1

Family wills

• Noel family wills from 1663 to 1980 held by Jersey Archive

Burial records

• Noel burial records 1820-1978

Occupation curfew cards

Curfew pass issued to Raymond Noel during the Occupation as a member of the St Martin Honorary Police

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Family properties

• L'Aiguillon, Grouville
• Greenhill, St Lawrence
• Les Vaux, Vallée de Rozel, St Martin
• Tivoli, St Martin

Family businesses

• Noel and Porter, King Street department store
• H Noel was a grocer selling wines and spirits at 25 King Street in the 1830s
• Hugh Noel was a grocer at 22 Halkett Place in the 1840s and then across the street at No 23 in the 1850s

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  1871 advert for Clement Noel's hosiery business at 10 Queen Street, previously occupied by C Taroni
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  Edouard Noel announced an incoming shipment of Newcastle coal in a 1860 advert in Chronique de Jersey
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  David Noel sold butter, soap, olive oil, candles and other items at his shop on the quay in February 1804
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  David Noel adveretised soap, butter, grapes and other items in Gazette de l'Ile de Jersey in 1799

Family album

Walter Francis Noel (1878-1948) with his wife Beatrice Ada, nee Renouf (1881-1956) and their three children

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  The wedding of Ken Noel and Evelyn Mallet (1911-1945) in 1932
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  Ann Magdalene Noel (1758-1787), a miniature by Philippe Jean, her husband
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  Henrietta Louisa Noel (1882-1964) (St Mt - USA) d of Thomas John and Pelagie Hartel, m John Adolphus Winter Pallot
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  Mary Ann Noel (1844- ) m William Porter
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  Louisa Noel
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  Philip Noel 1876
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  Pelagie Felicite Noel, nee Le Hartel, wife of Thomas John Noel and mother of Henrietta Philippa Louise Noel
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  Mary Jane Le Masurier, born in Grouville in 1846, the daughter of Thomas and Marie, nee Moulin, wife of Charles Godfray Noel
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  Edith Bertram Noel (1876-1949) born in Grouville, the daughter of Charles Godfray (1847- ) and Mary Jane, nee Le Masurier
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  Edith Bertram Noel, married Francis Boyd (1874-1934)
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  Elizabeth Rachel Noel (1842-1906), daughter of Jean (1811-1885) and Marie, nee Gruchy (1812-1886) wife of William Joseph Dickinson (1824-1909)
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  Ernest Wilfred Lawson Noel, born in Jersey in 1872, the son of John William (1837-1906) and Sarah, nee Berry (1835- ), he married Ethel Heatherington-Bromilow (1876-1953) and they had three daughters
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  Irene Noel (189-2003) daughter of Ernest Wilfred (1872-1959) and Ethel, nee Heatherington-Bromilow. She married William McAndrew (1900-1970)
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  Gorey plumber Frank Noel and his wife Louisa. It was not until late in his life, after the death of his wife, that Frank ventured away from the Gorey area and was taken on an outing to St Ouen
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  Taxi driver Alec Noel with his daughter
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  A postcard sent to Mr Noel in Midvale Road in 1931
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  Amelia Henry, nee Noel, with Gladys and Phyllis in 1915
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  A wartime Red Cross letter from a Noel family member evacuee to a de Gruchy relative in Jersey
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  Philip John Noel's wartime ID card issued by the Parish of St Helier in 1940. These parish cards were a precursor of those ordered by the Germans for all islanders the following year
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  Lilian Beatrice Noel, nee Tucker (1882-) and Ruby
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  Louisa Georgina Jane Gilbert, nee Noel, Doris and Irene
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  Adolphus Gilbert and Louise Georgina Jane, nee Noel, and Irene
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  Alice Ellen Short, nee Noel
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  Charles Philip De Ste Croix (1862-1914) and Clara Susan Noel
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  Beryl Joyce Noel (1920-) in 1938
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  Clement Cuthbert, Arthur and Lionel Noel in the 1920s
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  Iris Bertram Forsyth, nee Noel (1876-1949) in Shanghai
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  George John Noel (1886-1951)
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  Lillian Maud Noel (1911-1994)
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  Louisa Georgina Jane Noel (1877-1925) and fellow protesters warning of the need for face masks during the Spanish Flu oubreak in 1918
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  Noel Telegram
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  Marguerite Noel (1851-1934)
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  Mary Jane Masters Dowden, nee Noel, with her great-grandson Douglas Ross Flute in 1930

Emma Louise Noel was born in Jersey but when she married Frenchman Andre Lucien Derouet in 1925 she automatically took his nationality and needed to register for an Alien's Card

Noel/Becquet family photographs

These pictures of the Noels from the early 20th century were sent to us by descendant Angela Noel

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  Philip John Noel and Mabel Elise, nee Becquet, with their son Philip Edward, born in 1909
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  Philip, Mabel and Philip Edward
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  Philip, Mabel and Philip Edward
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  Mabel and her mother Elise, nee Bellot, with Philip Edward
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  Fanny Hocquard, nee Noel

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  Philip, Mabel and Philip Edward
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  Afternoon tea in the Noel household was a formal affair. Mabel is pouring
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  The wedding of Philip Edward and Beatrice Lydia Messervy

Rogues gallery

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  Charles John Noel, a 47-year-old native of St Helier, was convicted of misappropriation (embezzlement or theft) by the Royal Court in 1915 and sentenced to 12 months hard labour.
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  Alexandrine Noel, nee Delphine, wife of Henry, of St Helier, was convicted by the Royal Court in 1914 of prostitution and keeping a disorderly house. She was sentenced to two months prison with hard labour

Family gravestones

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  Almorah cemetery
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  Almorah cemetery
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  Almorah cemetery
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  Almorah cemetery
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  Almorah cemetery
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  Trinity Church cemetery
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  Trinity Church cemetery
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  Trinity Church cemetery
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  Old Mont a l’Abbe cemetery
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  Old Mont a l’Abbe cemetery
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  Old Mont a l’Abbe cemetery
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  Mont a l’Abbe cemetery
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  Mont a l’Abbe cemetery
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  Sion cemetery
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  St Brelade Church cemetery
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  St Brelade Church cemetery
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  Surville Cemetery
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  Surville Cemetery
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  St Matthew’s, St Lawrence
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  St Matthew’s, St Lawrence
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  St Lawrence
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  St Lawrence
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  St Saviour
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  St Saviour
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  St Saviour
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  St Saviour
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  St Saviour
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  The grave of Great War casualty William James Noel at Puchevillers British Cemetery, near Abbeville
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  The grave of Great War casualty Alfred Felix Noel at Dud Corner Cemetery, Loos
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  The grave of Great War casualty Stanley John Noel at Le Touret Military Cemetery, Richebourg-L'Avoue
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  The grave of Great War casualty Walter Noel at Le Vertannoy British Cemetery, Hinges, near Bethune

Tips

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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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