Lesbirel

Lesbirel family page

This surname is found in Jersey records as Le Sbirel, Lesbirel and Le Sebirel

Lesbirel family: Francois (1841- ), Alice (1855- ) and their chidren Lena (1890- ), Percy (1886- ), Lilian (1881- ), Arthur (1878- ), Elsie (1876- ), Sydney (1882- ), Stanley (1888- ) and Margaret (1891- )

Record Search

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Origin of Surname

The origin of this old Jersey surname is related to Sebire, which was a medieval girl`s name, from which we have the diminutive, Sebirel. As with other French and English surnames derived from women`s names, the original bearers were probably children brought up by widowed mothers. The preposition Le is more problematic but is found in other surnames of similar derivation, such as Le Jehan. Several spellings can be found in old Jersey records, although some are undoubtedly errors. Although the various branches are believed to have had a common origin, spellings varied from parish to parish at one time.

The majority of records use one of three spellings: Le Sebirel, which was usual in older court records, Lesbirel and the seemingly unpronouncable Le Sbirel. The latter spelling, however, is how the name should be pronounced, as the e was always silent. Although we have retained separate spellings in some of the submitted family trees (below) we have grouped all baptism records together under one heading embracing the three main spellings in our database.

Sebire has a separate page with suggestions for the derivation of the name.

Early records

Andry (Le) Sybirel of St John and John Sebire of St Ouen are mentioned in the Extente of 1528

Thomas and Collas Le Syberell of St John and Collas and John Le Syberell in St Lawrence are listed in the Jersey Chantry Certificate of 1550

The first baptism was registered in Grouville in 1593, within a decade of the start of that parish`s earliest register.

The following known records predate that:

• The Le Sebirels of St Peter can be traced back to about 1475
• Thomasse Lesbirel was born in St Martin about 1500. She married Vincent Maret
• Thomas Le Sebirel was born in Jersey in about 1506 and married Laurence Messervy in about 1530 in St Martin
• Simeon Lesbirel was born in St John about 1540. His son Helier (1560- ) married Collette Cristin and they had sons Symeon (1590- ), Jean (1594- ), Symeon (1598- ), Edouard (1600- ) and daughter Marie (1605- ).
• Guillaume Le Sebirel was born in Jersey in 1548 and married Marguerite Messervy
• Richard Lesbirel was born in St John about 1550
• Richard Lesbirel was born in St John about 1564
• Simon Lesbirel was born in St Saviour in about 1566 and Married Elizabeth Neel on 8 February 1590 in St Saviour
• Elizabeth Le Sebirel, born in St John in about 1568 was the daughter of Thomas. She married Guilleaume Le Goupil on 25 February 1589 and died in 1630.
• Ann Lesbirel was born in St John about 1569. She was the daughter of Jacques and Andrice Le Marinel, who also had a son Jean (1572- ) who married Judith Sarre
• Richard Lesbirel was born in Jersey about 1580 and married Martha Pipon, daughter of Richard and Philippine Gosselin
• Sara Lesbirel was born in Trinity about 1585 and died in 1662. She was the daughter of Nicolas. She married Abraham Esnouf on 25 June 1606
• Jean Lesbirel was born in St John about 1580 and married Judith
• Cecille Le Sebirel was born in St John about 1584 and married Jean Valpy
• Pierre Lesbirel was born in Trinity about 1587. His daughter Elizabeth (1616- ) m (1646) Jean Marett, s of Jean and Jeanne Gruchy
• Jean Lesbirel was born in Herupe, St John, in about 1591

Variants

• Lesbirel1668
• Le Sebirel, 1461
• Le Sebirell 1607
• Sybirel 1528
• Le Sebyrel
• Seberell
• Sibirell 1515
• Le Sibrel
• Le Syverel
• Le Syberell
• Le Sbirel

Family records

Family trees

• Edouard Lesbirel: 16th-17th centuries
• Guillaume Lesbirel: 16th-18th centuries
• Jacques Le Sbirel: 16th-20th centuries
• Jacques Lesbirel 2: 16th-18th centuries
• Jean Lesbirel: 18th-20th centuries
• Joshua Lesbirel: 19th-20th centuries
• Nicolas Lesbirel: 16th-19th centuries
• Nicollas Lesbirel: 16th-17th centuries
• Philippe Le Sbirel: 17th-18th centuries
• Richard Le Sebirel: 16th-20th centuries
• Richard Le Sbirel 2: 17th-18th centuries
• Simon Le Sebirel: 15th-19th centuries
• Simeon Le Sebirel: 16th-18th centuries
• Symeon Lesbirel: 17th century
• Thomas Lesbirel: 16th century

Church records

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

Lesbirel family members who served in World War 1

• Edward Lesbirel (St H), Private, Canadian Infantry
• Winter Lesbirel (St O), Sapper RE

Family wills

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

Burial records

• Lesbirel burial records 1820-1978

Family homes

• Bel Air, St Brelade
• Oak View, St Mary

Occupation curfew cards

Curfew pass issued to Hedley Lesbirel during the Occupation as a member of the St Mary Honorary Police

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Family album

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  Lesbirel family
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  Sydney Herbert Lesbirel (1882-1957) and Myrtle Kemp (1893-1941) in 1916. The couple emigrated to Brisbane
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  Arthur Lesbirel (1878- )
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  Francis and Alice Ann Lesbirel and family
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  Charles John Francis Lesbirel (1850-1914) and Anne, Annie, Alice and Mabel
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  Lilian Alice Lesbirel
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  Stanley Jeffery Lesbirel (1888-1959) and Grace Martha, nee Small
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  Charles John Francis Lesbirel (1850-1914) and Anne, Annie, Alice and Mabel

Family businesses

• Auctioneers J F Lesbirel and son were at 32 Halkett Place in the 1870s

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  J Lesbirel, horticultural supplier of Commercial Street
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  An advertisement for John Francis Lesbirel's auction business
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  1875
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  1863
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  1866
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  1860 advert in Chronique de Jersey
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  J F Lesbirel advertised his auction business at 32 Halkett Place in Chronique de Jersey in 1870

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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  St Mary’s Church cemetery
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  St Mary’s Church cemetery
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  Mont a l’Abbe cemetery
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  St John’s Church cemetery
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  St Peter parish cemetery
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  Surville Cemetery

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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