Romeril

Romeril family page

Clara Marguerite Romeril, daughter of Pierre and Anne Le Bas

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Origin of Surname

This 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.

Early records

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

Baptism records show that the family was 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 1587 and married Pierre Maret there on 16 September 1612
• Clement Romeril was born in St John about 1589

Arms

Argent, a cross indented, sable : J B Payne, An Armorial of Jersey, (1865)

Variants

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

Family records

Family trees

• Descendants of Leonard Romeril and Jehanette Le Boutillier

The first two trees below are both of Romerils in St Lawrence. They are believed to be connected in the 17th century but the link has not been positively established

• Descendants of Jean Romeril and Elizabeth Conefray
• Descendants of Philippe Romeril and Marie Pinel
• Descendants of Jean Romeril
• Descendants of Nicolas Romeril
• Descendants of Clement Romeril
• Descendants of Edouard Romeril
• Descendants of Jean Romeril - 2
• Descendants of Jacques Romeril Added 2021
• Descendants of Jean Romeril - 3 Added 2021
• Descendants of Vincent Romeril Added 2021
• Descendants of Jean Romeril and Collette Touet
• Descendants of Nicolas Romeril -2 Added 2021
• Descendants of John Romeril Added 2021
• Descendants of Jean Romeril and Marie Venement Added 2023
• Descendants of Clement Romeril and Elizabeth Esnouf Added 2023

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

• 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

Occupation curfew cards

Curfew passes issued to Bruce and Clyde Romeril during the Occupation as members of the Honorary Police ^[1]

Family homes

• La Fontaine, Ville a l'Eveque, Trinity
• Greenhill, St Lawrence
• Le Manoir de Malorey, St Lawrence
• Le Nord, St John
• Beau Rivage, St Lawrence

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

New Zealand newspaper cuttings

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

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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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

Notes and references

1. ↑ These cards are held by Jersey Archive. Visit The Archive online catalogue for more information. A subscription may be needed to view some of the site's content