Durell burial records 1820-1978

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Durell burial records
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The records of Jersey's seven major undertakers from 1820 to the late 1970s are held by Jersey Archive and have been digitised and indexed by archive staff and volunteers. We previously provided family page listings of the records of Croad's, a single business, but have now combined all the records into a single new index and are progressively updating the lists in our family pages. The full records are available to subscribers to the Archive's online service. The entries within the volumes give vital family history information such as the name and age of the person buried, their immediate relations, the place and date of death, as well as place of burial - cemetery, location of grave and even the coffin's depth. Some records also give details of the deceased's occupation or public positions held.

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The first records, from 1867, in the Croad Livre de Remarques


The books can be viewed on line or downloaded. Each set for each undertaker has an index which subscribers can view online or download.

It can be a lengthy process searching for records because there are separate indexes for each funeral director and most do not give a date of burial. This means that several volumes may have to be accessed when searching for details of an ancestor's burial. Although the Archive website has a search facility which allows a search for individual names, the results can include all manner of other records in their catalogue and, unless the exact spelling of a name is known, the required record will not be found.

Jerripedia has not only created a full A-Z index for all 66,000-plus records, with the year of burial included for the benefit of our users who have an Archive subscription, but we are adding indexes of records, such as this one, for individual families included in our 1,200-plus family pages, which include all the island's most important families.

This link is to the Archive website page containing links to the seven sets of records. The page will open for everybody but only subscribers will be able to view the records

Some records use page numbers and sequential record numbering. Most of the Archive indexes do not include dates. All our indexes and lists give dates, and having identified the undertaker and date of funeral from this listing you can then easily find the volume containing the record.

The Archive indexes contain some very unusual spellings for common Jersey surnames. We are cross-checking these with the images of the undertaker's books and finding that most are errors of transcription, which can be corrected for our index, although the process of checking against the books is very time-consuming. Some of the handwriting in the books is very difficult to read, and there may also be errors in the entries. We are correcting names when we are entirely satisfied that a common surname has been wrongly entered or transcribed. Variations of common names which may be correct are included at the end of family name indexes, and have been left in the full A-Z indexes.

Our advice is the same as it is with any other set of records included in Jerripedia. If you don't find an ancestor where you expect to, look for variations in spelling and, perhaps for names with or without prefixes, such as Le, La, L', de and du. Variations may appear next to records for names spelt in the standard form; they may also be some way out of sequence.

Please note that the work of updating all our family page burial lists to include all funeral directors is not yet complete, and some pages still link to an incomplete listing for a single business. Note also that there were other undertakers in business over the years whose records are not included in this collection. For families with a significant number of records we have created a separate page, but when there are only a few records the link may be to an A-Z index page, and you will need to scroll through the alphabetical listing to find the family you are interested in.

  • Burial records: Our main index to undertakers' registers, cemetery records and gravestone images
Page number Record number Forenames Surname Maiden name Previous
married name
Associated names Notes Year
of burial
Funeral director
217,218 Adele Durell Renouf 1923 Sinatt
3935 Albert Durell 1893 Croad
126 34 Albina Durell 1905 Sinatt
161 Alexander John Durell 1927 Sinatt
18852 Alice Ann Durell Filleul 1945 Croad
403&404 Amelia Durell 20/01/1885 Sinatt
220a, 220b 33 Amice Le Vavasseur dit Durell 1903 Sinatt
27b Amy Touzel Durell Gaudin 1969 Le Quesne
175 104 Ann Peyton Durell 1875 Croad
10070 Anne Durell Lerrier 1866 Picot
73,74 Caroline Ann Le Vavasseur dit Durell Starck 1919 Sinatt
70 23 Cecilia Durell Le Vavasseur dit Durell 1914 Sinatt
8943 Charles Durell 1911 Croad
17891 Charles Durell 1941 Croad
50 Clara Mary Ann Le Vavasseur dit Durell 1916 Sinatt
17422 Clara Victoria Durell Hubert 1939 Croad
101A Clarence Durell 1975 Pitcher and Le Quesne
18219 Dorothy Janet Durell 1942 Croad
116b Edith Rose Durell Huelin 1961 Le Quesne
16 Edward Durell 28/02/1848 Sinatt
297 Elizabeth Durell Simons 08/08/1859 Sinatt
9674 Elizabeth Durell Touzel 1913 Croad
426 Ernest Le Vavasseur dit Durell 1932 Sinatt
186 Francis Durell 17/08/1857 Sinatt
11775 Francis Edward Durell 1919 Croad
8504 Hannah Durell Renouf 1909 Croad
354a Henry Durell 12/01/1852 Sinatt
1288 Henry Durell 1885 Croad
393,394 Henry Edward Le Vavasseur dit Durell 1921 Sinatt
103 71 Herbert Le Vavasseur dit Durell 1914 Sinatt
2469 Jane Durell Perchard 1889 Croad
3896 Jane Durell Coutanche 1853 Picot
14029 Jane Ann Durell 1875 Picot
3902 Jane Eliza Durell 1893 Croad
7691 Jean Charles Durell 1861 Picot
472 Jean Francois Durell 1847 Picot
157a157b John Durell 1897 Sinatt
216 Julia Victoria Le Vavasseur dit Durell 1930 Sinatt
220 Laurence Edward Horsnell Le Vavasseur dit Durell 1918 Sinatt
7421 Louisa Durell Lyte 1861 Picot
11123 Louisa Madeleine Durell 1917 Croad
33a Lucille Durell 1969 Le Quesne
264 Madame Durell 06/01/1859 Sinatt
8290 Maria Durell Lyte 1908 Croad
5920 Marie Durell Coutanche 1858 Picot
12824 Marie Durell Olivier 1871 Picot
13675 Marie Durell Anthoine 1874 Picot
6847 Mary Durell 1859 Picot
319 - 320 109 Mary Le Vavasseur dit Durell Durell 10/10/1876 Sinatt
Mrs Durell 07/02/1829 Sinatt
136 Mrs Durell 30/08/1849 Sinatt
402 Mrs Durell 10/07/1852 Sinatt
4223 Paul Durell 1894 Croad
7075 Philippe Durell 1860 Picot
7512 Rachel Durell Fauvel Whittel 1861 Picot
803 Rose Mary Durell 1883 Croad
358 Stillborn infant Durell 09/02/1852 Sinatt
Thomas Durell 25/05/1825 Sinatt
Thomas Durell 18/02/1828 Sinatt
348 Violet Florence Le Vavasseur dit Durell Alavoine 1938 Sinatt
William Durell 22/08/1826 Sinatt
431,432 William Dupre Le Vavasseur dit Durell 1921 Sinatt
229b William Edward Le Vavasseur dit Durell 1971 Le Quesne
223a,223b 86 William Henry Durell 1882 Sinatt
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