Syvret

Syvret family page

Charles Philip Syvret (1877-1931) and Mary Ann Syvret, nee Atkins (1878-1946). The couple emigrated to Ontario and had a son Edward and daughter Kathleen Florence

Record Search

Direct links to lists of baptisms, marriages and burials for the Syvret family can be found under Family Records opposite. If you want to search for records for a spelling variant of Syvret, or for any other family name, just click below on the first letter of the
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Origin of Surname

Syvret, according to the Rev George Balleine's Derivation of Jersey Surnames is either a French form of Selfrid (Two Selfrids, Bishops of Chichester, are called Sifroi by the Norman Chroniclers) or of the Latin Severiacus.

It is also suggested that the surname is a development from the pre-7th century English personal name 'Sigeraed', meaning "Victory counsel". The name is one of the earliest on record and is found in the Domesday Book of 1086, although the recordings as Siret and Sired are baptismal. We have doubts that the name arrived in Jersey from England and support the view that it has French origins.

The coat of arms, granted in Jersey, has the blazon of a black field, charged with a silver lion rampant.

Variants

• Syvret
• Sivret
• Siveret
• Syvrett
• Sivroy - found in some Jersey records
• Sivrait - found in some Jersey records

Possible variants, but we have doubts

• Sirette
• Sired
• Syred
• Syrad
• Syratt

Family records

Family trees

• Daniel Syvret: 17th-20th centuries
• George Syvret: 17th-20th centuries
• Jacques Syvret: 17th-20th centuries
• Jean Syvret: 17th-20th centuries
• Michel Syvret: 17th-18th centuries
• Philippe Syvret: 17th-20th centuries
• Pierre Syvret: 17th-18th centuries
• Simeon Syvret: 18th-20th centuries

Church records

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

Biographies and family histories

• Privateer Jean Syvret
• Thomas Sivret, Rector and politician
• A terrible drowning tragedy at Greve de Lecq, how George Syvret and three friends lost their lives in 1890

Newspaper records

• John Syvret on committee to examine Constable of St Helier's accounts in 1848

Great War service

• Syvret family members who served in World War 1

Family wills

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

Burial records

• Syvret burial records 1820-1978

Emigrant to Canada

• George Sivret's petition for land in Cape Breton Island, Nova Scotia

Family homes

• St John's Manor

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  Samuel Syvret, of St Peter, advertised the sale of his house and 23 vergees of land in 1815

Family album

Ministers and lay preachers of the Methodist French Circuit in 1867, including J Syvret. The picture was taken by Asplet and Green a year after they set up in business at 18½ Beresford Street and also includes P Tourgis, Philippe Amy, P Le Gresley, Thomas J Desprès, Mr Ahier, Mr Benest, P Garnier, Mr Hamon, D Bisson, G Le Masurier, Abraham Pallot, P Norman, P G Adair, G Skelton, T Binet, T Billot, Mr Vautier, E de Carteret, W Le Duc, T Lucas, H Collas and J Le Cornu

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  The wedding on Christmas Day 1924 of Francis Norman Syvret (1903-1991) and Elsie Le Lacheur (1902-1990) was held at St Pierre du Bois Church in Guernsey. Francis was the son of another Francis, of St Ouen
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  Ada Jane Syvret (1872-1958) daughter of Jane Rachel Syvret, widow of Edouard Le Gresley, married William Richardson
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  Stanley Francis Syvret (1899) son of Charles Philip and Eliza, married Ivy Geary
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  Francis Norman Syvret, born 1883 St Ouen, died 1965 Castel, Guernsey. Son of Charles Syvret and Jane Ann Le Cappelain
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  Edith Emma Syvret, born in St Mary in 1896 the daughter of George and Alice Mary, nee Le Gresley
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  An Occupation Red Cross letter
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  The Syvret family in about 1910. Adolphus Edward (1871- ) and his wife Ada Susan, nee Mourant (1874- ) with their children Adolphus Clifford and Edward Thomas
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  Adolphus Clifford Syvret, who served in the Royal Naval Air Service in the Great War and then transferred to the Royal Air Force
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  John Philip Syvret(1850-1927) and Louise Dumaresq, nee Le Bas
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  Olive May and Ellen Maud Syvret

Adolphus Syvret is among this group of RNAS men who transferred to the RAF

Rogues gallery

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  Laura Dumaresq Syvret (38), of St Ouen, wife of Alfred John Romeril, appeared before the Royal Court in 1916 charged with robbery

Family businesses

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  1795 newspaper advert
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  Jean and W Syvret advertised their school at Patriotic Place in the Chronique de Jersey in 1824

Family gravestones

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  Trinity 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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  Philadelphie cemetery
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  Philadelphie 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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  St Brelade Church cemetery
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  St Matthew’s, St Lawrence
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  St Lawrence
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  The grave of Great War casualty Arthur John Syvret at Etaples Military Cemetery, Pas de Calais
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  The grave of Great War casualty Horace Stanley Syvret at Upton Wood Cemetery, Hendecourt-Les-Cagnicourt, near Arras

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

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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