Romeril

Romeril family page

Clara Marguerite Romeril, daughter of Pierre and Anne Le Bas

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Origin of Surname

The "Rom" of the Romeril surname is found in over 70 known spellings including Roman, Romain, Roma, Romao, Romeo, Romero, Romeril, Romanet, Romilly, Romanski and Romero, to give just a few of the forms. It is recorded in almost every European country.

In general there are two origins, the first being that the name identifies a former citizen of Rome, but as the only place that most people had ever heard of outside their own country was Rome, this surname also became a description for all Italians!

Secondly the religious revival of the Middle Ages and the Crusades to free the Holy Land, created a major boost for any name associated with centres of Christianity. Rome being the centre of Christianity, the name was even given to people who had been to Rome on a pilgrimage.

No explanation has been found, however, for the latter part of the surname.

Early records

Bearers of this surname have been residing in Jersey from at least 1440, mostly in the northern parish of St John, which is almost certainly the cradle of the family. Anthony Romeril is listed in the Jersey Chantry Certificate of 1550

Baptism records show that the family was also established in St Saviour in the middle of the 16th century, and then in St Helier and Trinity, before spreading throughout the island. The following records predate church registers.

• Vincent Romeril of St John was born about 1470, married Jane, and founded one of the three Romeril families that lived in that parish in subsequent centuries
• Leonard Romeril was born in Jersey about 1500 and married Jeannette Le Boutillier of Trinity, with which parish he was subsequently associated. He died in 1570
• Francoise Romeril was born in St Saviour about 1536 and married Guyon Ahier in 1557
• Servaise Romeril was born in Jersey about 1572 and married Vincent Marett
• John Romeril was born in St John about 1574 and married Jane
• Susanne Romeril was born in Jersey about 1576 and married Jean Pinel
• Matthieu Romeril was born in St John about 1575 and married Perronelle Le Montais
• Anne Romeril was born in St John about 1592 and married Pierre Maret there on 16 September 1612
• Clement Romeril was born in St John about 1589

Arms

Argent, a cross indented, sable

Variants

• Romeril, 1668
• Romerill 1607
• Rommeril 1597
• Romeryll 1528
• Romilly
• Romery
• Romeri
• Rumerill

Family records

Family trees

• Clement Romeril: 16th-18th centuries
• Clement Romeril 2: 17th-20th centuries
• Edouard Romeril: 18th-20th centuries
• Jacques Romeril: 16th-20th centuries
• Jean Romeril: 18th-20th centuries
• Jean Romeril 2: 17th-18th centuries
• Jean Romeril 3: 18th-20th centuries
• Jean Romeril 4: 17th-18th centuries
• Jean Romeril 5: 17th-20th centuries
• John Romeril: 15th-17th centuries
• Leonard Romeril: 16th-18th centuries
• Nicolas Romeril: 16th-20th centuries
• Nicolas Romeril 2: 15th-17th centuries
• Philippe Romeril: 17th-20th centuries
• Simeon Romeril: 17th-19th centuries
• Vincent Romeril: 15th-18th centuries
• Pierre Romeril: 17th-18th centuries Added 2026

Church records

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

Family histories

• The Romeril family, by the Rev J A Messervy
• Mary Billot and Francis Romeril
• Francois Romeril and Mary Billot
• Who was Francis Romeril's father? - a genealogical detective story
• Francois Amice Romeril, journalist

Great War service

• Romeril family members who served in World War 1
• Presentation to stretcher bearer John William Romeril, MM, at the Town Hall

Family wills

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

Burial records

• Romeril burial records 1820-1978

Family businesses

• Edward Romeril was a tailor at 69 King Street in the 1860s ...
• ... whether the same Edward, or perhaps his son, there was an Edward Romeril, draper and tailor, at 74 King Street in the 1870s and '80s

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  Romeril's, Dumaresq Street
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  1995 newspaper report of a Romeril's US appointment. 'Barry Romeril was at First Tower School in the 1950s and was a good friend of mine', writes Jerripedia editor Mike Bisson. 'He was a couple of years older than me and went to Victoria College before me. I always wondered what became of him until I found this cutting in 2021
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  1833 advert in L'Impartial
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  1833 advert in L'Impartial
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  In 1830 Charles Romeril advertised the availability of a large quantity of French glass
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  In 1825 tobacconist G Romeril announced that he was no longer trading as Romeril and Company but continued in business at his father's premises in Seale Street
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  Charles Romeril was manufacturing and selling tobacco goods near the Parade in 1825
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  George Romeril, of Seale Street, advertised snuff ‘prepared after the London process’ in 1828
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  George Burr, guardian of the children of the late Philippe Romeril, announced the sale at his St Helier house of carpenter’s equipment in April 1804

Occupation curfew cards

Curfew passes issued to Bruce and Clyde Romeril during the Occupation as members of the Honorary Police

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  Bruce Romeril
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  Clyde Romeril

Family homes

• La Fontaine, Ville a l'Eveque, Trinity
• Beaupre, St John
• Greenhill, St Lawrence
• Le Manoir de Malorey, St Lawrence
• Le Nord, St John
• Beau Rivage, St Lawrence
• Le Douet, Hautes Croix, St John, sold by Charles Romeril in 1793 to Philippe Nicolle

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  In 1808 Jean Romeril was selling his house at the west of the town between those of Mathieu Le Gallais and Marie Gallichan
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  1833 advert in L'Impartial
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  Philippe Romeril, son of Clement, of St Lawrence, advertised the sale of a house in St Lawrence and another in St John in Gazette de l'Ile de Jersey in 1799

Family album

After the death of Charles Durell Romeril, born in Jersey in 1852, his home was moved across family land in Utah for his widow, Sarah, nee Bean, by her son-in-law Rudolph Shurtz

Bruce Romeril and his wife Anita, nee Marshall, on their 1970s wedding day

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  Clara Marguerite Romeril (1845-1932) m 1 James Charles Bramble; 2 Lewis Lewis (Jersey to Salt Lake City)
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  Francois Romeril
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  Emilie Mary Romeril (1852-1911) m Samuel Griggs
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  Sophia Jane Romeril (1848-1906) (Gr, Jersey to Salt Lake City) daughter of Francois and Mary Ann, nee Billot
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  Sophia Jane Romeril
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  George Robert Romeril
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  Mr Romeril
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  Jean Romeril (1822- ) ...
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  ... and his wife Marie Jeanne, nee Le Brocq
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  Evelyn Amy Romeril, born in St Peter in 1887, on her 100th birthday. She was the daughter of John Philippe (1848-1934) and Alice Jane, nee Marett (1854-1930)
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  Francis, Glenn and Bruce Romeril
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  Francis Romeril and family
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  Francis Romeril with potato diggers
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  Glenn Zoe Romeril and son Bruce in the 1930s
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  A Romeril family with a favourite garden urn which is still in use in 2020
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  Louisa Cudlipp, nee Romeril
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  Louisa Cudlipp, nee Romeril
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  Louisa with four of her daughters at the family home, The Limes, Mont a l'Abbe
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  Glen Zoe Romeril, 1920s
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  Capt John Romeril, master of the 85
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  Corporal John William Romeril, MM, stretcher bearer in the Great War
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  F P Romeril's Midland Bank account book. This was Francis Poignand Romeril of Malorey Manor
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  John George Cudlipp and Louisa Esther, nee Romeril (1851-1928) and their children, 1907
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  Elsie May Romeril and daughter Zena May du Feu, 1955
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  Albert Romeril and Ruth Betty, nee Strang
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  Albert Romeril and Ruth Betty
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  Albert Romeril (1894-1989)
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  Elizabeth Jane Romeril (1891-1960)
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  Francis Philip Romeril (1854-1928)
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  Francis Philip Romeril
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  Joan Romeril (1925-2003)
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  John Romeril (1823-1912)
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  John Romeril (1859-1943)
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  Mary Romeril (1855-1930)
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  Percy duFeu and Elsie, nee Romeril
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  May Louise Romeril and grandson George Evans
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  May Louise Romeril (1871-1930)
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  May Louise Romeril
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  Wilfred Romeril (1888-1973)
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  Harold Ernest Romeril and Marguerite May, nee de St Paer
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  Bruce Romeril
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  Farmer Bruce Romeril standing potatoes in the late 1980s
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  Bruce Romeril collecting vraic in the 1980s
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  An unidentified Mr Romeril photographed by Henry Mullins in the mid-19th century

The Romeril family outside their home, Malorey Manor, in 1921. Francis and Glen Zoe Romeril, with their young son Bruce, born that year

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  Bruce Le Cappelain Malorey Romeril (1921- ), with his father Francis Poignand Romeril (1880- ), of Manoir de Malorey
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  Francis, and his wife Glen Zoe, nee Le Cappelain, with young Frankie

New Zealand newspaper cuttings

These articles and photographs relating to descendants of Jersey Romeril families have been found in New Zealand newspaper archives

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  Auckland Star 1892
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  Hawkes Bay 1898 - Captain George Romeril (1844-1922) commanded the Kahu and Toroa, and traded for many years in Chatham Islands. These ships provided a service between New Zealand and the Chatham Islands. Captain Romeril retired in 1900 after fourteen years of service on these two ships.
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  Colonist 1894
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  Otago 1881
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  1933 - ‎Arthur Edwin Ernest Romeril (1889-1971) born in Dunedin, the son of Albert Romeril (1857-1945), of St Helier, Jersey, and Georgina, nee Powell (1857-1937)
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  Evening Post 1934 - Percy Powell Romeril (1909-1955) was the son of Percy Samuel Romeril (1884-1937) and Joan Rubina Graham, nee Reynolds (1888-1969), and grandson of Albert and Georgina, nee Powell
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  Evening Post 1936
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  Evening Post 1939 - William Campbell Romeril (1910-1940) was another son of Percy Samuel and Joan

This photograph is believed to show the Romeril brothers of Dunedin, New Zealand - Percy Samuel (1884-1937); Arthur Edwin Ernest (1889-1971); Albert William (1882-1963) and Cyril James (1894-1989)

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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  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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  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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  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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  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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  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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  Mont a l’Abbe cemetery
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  St John’s Church cemetery
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  St John’s Church cemetery
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  St John’s Church cemetery
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  St John’s Church cemetery
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  St John’s Church cemetery
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  St John’s Church cemetery
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  St John’s Church cemetery
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  St John’s Church cemetery
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  St Ouen parish cemetery
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  St Ouen parish cemetery
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  Sion cemetery
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  St Peter parish cemetery
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  St Peter parish cemetery
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  St Peter parish cemetery
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  St Peter parish cemetery
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  St Peter parish cemetery
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  Surville Cemetery
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  Surville Cemetery
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  Surville Cemetery
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  St Brelade Church cemetery
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  St Brelade Church cemetery
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  St Brelade Church cemetery
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  St Brelade Church cemetery
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  St Brelade Church cemetery
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  St Lawrence
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  St Lawrence
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  St Lawrence
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  St Lawrence
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  St Lawrence
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  St Lawrence
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  St Lawrence
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  St Lawrence
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  St Lawrence
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  St Lawrence
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  St Lawrence
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  St Lawrence
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  The grave of Great War casualty George Robert Romeril at Dranoutre Military Cemetery, Belgium

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