Dobrée
From Jerripedia
Origin of Surname
The surname Dobrée is derived from the French d’Aubrée meaning grove of white poplars (see Derivation of Jersey Surnames).
The common ancestor of the Dobrées in Guernsey is said to have arrived from Vitre in Normandy in 1554[1].
During the 18th – 19th century, the Dobrée family were among the island elite, and members of the family were successful merchants, clergymen and politicians. They also intermarried with other leading families including the Le Mesurier and Carey families.
The name is now extinct in Guernsey, the remaining members of this family emigrating to England in the early 20th century[2].
Variants
- Dobree
- D'Aubrée
Related Places
- Beau Séjour – built by Henry Dobrée in the early 18th century[3]
Notable Islanders
- Peter Paul Dobrée (1782-1825), Greek scholar[4]
- Lt Col Mervyn Dobrée Carey (1877-1945)[5]
- Thomas & Nicholas Dobrée (Jurats in 1771 – see RGS Autumn 1948 and List of Jurats of Guernsey)
- Nicholas and Peter Dobrée (entrepreneurs) and Isaac (subscriber) in 1773 to Assembly Rooms[6]
- Nicolas Dobrée – who built Old Government House Hotel in 1780
- Samuel Dobrée (merchant - check Stevens-Cox’s Guernsey Merchants, for details)
- Rev William Dobrée, Rector of St Saviours, 1782 [7]
- Dobree Belt, Prize at Elizabeth College awarded to the champion in athletics, 1853[8]
- Elisha Dobrée, diarist[9]
References
- ↑ Fay, CR, Peter Paul Dobrée of Guernsey and Cambridge, Review of the Guernsey Society, Autumn 1956
- ↑ Sarre, JW, Changes in the People of St Saviour's Parish, Guernsey, Review of the Guernsey Society, Spring 1996
- ↑ Sai-Rian, Beau Sejour – and all that, Review of the Guernsey Society, Summer 1975
- ↑ Fay, CR, Peter Paul Dobrée of Guernsey and Cambridge, Review of the Guernsey Society, Autumn 1956
- ↑ Obituary: Lt Col Mervyn Dobrée Carey, Review of the Guernsey Society, April 1945
- ↑ Lee, AL, The Market Place and Assembly Rooms, Review of the Guernsey Society, Winter 1949
- ↑ Priaulx, TF, The St Saviours Rectories, Review of the Guernsey Society, Autumn/Winter 1953
- ↑ Milnes, PSC, Elizabeth College in 1853, Review of the Guernsey Society, Autumn 1954
- ↑ Warren J P, Elisha Dobrée Journal, Trans Soc Guern, Vol XI, p121
- Collas, VJ, The Bells of St Andrews, Review of the Guernsey Society, Autumn 1974 – a number of Dobrée donors to bells
- Dalgairns, Harriet, Recollections of childhood in Guernsey, Review of the Guernsey Society, Spring 1983
- Johnston, Peter, The Residences of Guernsey’s Governors, Review of the Guernsey Society, Spring 1998
- Johnston, Peter, 1803 – An Anxious Year for the Island, Review of the Guernsey Society, Summer 2003
- Mann, J de L, The Sixties and the Forties, Review of the Guernsey Society, Spring 1961
- Mann, J de L, Some Amusements of a family in Guernsey in 1938, Review of the Guernsey Society, Summer 1974
- Mann, J de L, The Houses of Les Granges de Beauvoir, Review of the Guernsey Society, Summer 1977
- Mann, J de L, Some Dobrée letters, Review of the Guernsey Society, Winter 1978
- Mann, J de L, Further Dobrée letters, Review of the Guernsey Society, Spring 1980
- Mann, J de L, Further Dobrée letters, Review of the Guernsey Society, Winter 1980
- Mann, J de L, Further Dobrée letters, Review of the Guernsey Society, Spring 1981
- Mann, J de L, Further letters of the Dobrée family, Review of the Guernsey Society, Winter 1986
- Marr, James, The Termagant from La Chasse Vassal, Review of the Guernsey Society, Autumn 1987
- Moullin, EB, Licensing hours in Guernsey in the year 1771, Review of the Guernsey Society, Autumn 1948
- Moullin, EB, An Episode with the Press Gang in 1790, Review of the Guernsey Society, Autumn 1947
- Moullin, EB, La Famille Lainé, Review of the Guernsey Society, Spring 1951
- Ozanne, Christine, Explosion at Castle Cornet, 1672, Review of the Guernsey Society, Summer 1951
- Priaulx, TF, The St Saviours Rectories, Review of the Guernsey Society, Autumn/Winter 1953
