Vautier

Vautier family page

Francois Vautier (1831-1896) (St My) emigrated to Victoria, pictured with Francis John (1865-1935)

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Origin of Surname

This is a surname of French or possibly German-French origins. There appear to be two possible sources. The first according to the Dictionnaire Etymologique de France is as a dialectal Normandy version of the personal name 'Gautier', itself a development of the old German 'Walter'.

The second possibility is as a nickname from the Middle French vautor meaning a bird of prey.

Early records

It is a very old name in Jersey, appearing in the Extente of 1274, with Radulphus Walteri (Raoul Vautier) in St Saviour.

In the 1309 Assize Roll, there is named Marion, daughter of Jean Wautier, St Ouen, with which parish the name has long been associated. In the 1331 Extente, the following Vautiers appear in various parishes: Pierre, Guillaume, Renaud, Colin and Raoul.

Guillaume Vautier was Rector of St Brelade, 1523-1545. His heir, in 1545, was Sire Johan Vautier, priest.

Edmond and Sire Guillaume appear in the Jersey Chantry Certificate of 1550.

The first baptism records were in St Martin and neighbouring Grouville at the end of the 16th century. This no doubt is because the earliest surviving registers of St Ouen, where most Vautiers then resided, begin only in 1634.

• Elizabeth Vautier was born in St Saviour, Guernsey about 1604 and married Jean de la Mare on 2 February 1625. She died in July 1646.

Variants

• Vautier
• Vaultier
• Vaut
• Vauter
• Vautiez
• Votier
• Vautre
• Vautrey
• Vauthier, French form
• Voutier, a change adopted by some emigrant Vautiers

Family records

Jersey family trees

• Descendants of Pierre Vautier of Portinfer
• Descendants of Abraham Vautier of Leoville
• Descendants of Pierre Vautier
• Descendants of Jean Vautier
• Descendants of Clement Vautier
• Descendants of Henry Vautier Added 2021

Church records

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

Great War service

• Vautier family members who served in World War 1
• Vautier brothers

Family histories

• Accidental death of Jean Vautier
• John Helier Vautier, emigrant to New Zealand Added 2021

Philippe and Catherine Vautier: Emigrants to New Zealand

• A New Zealand family historian's website including Vautier information

Family wills

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

• Vautier burial records 1820-1978

Occupation curfew cards

Curfew pass issued to Charles Vautier during the Occupation as a member of the St Saviour Honorary Police ^[1]

Family businesses

Family properties

• L'Aiguillon
• Alexandra House, St Lawrence, a drapery business for two families

Family album

The latest word in 1949 fashions. Geraldine Vautier, later Garnier, walking down Conway Street in a dress bought for her in Paris by her mother

Hedley Vautier and Anne in 1956

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