Origin of Surname
This French surname was originally given to someone who lived in a hamlet. There was also a medieval personal name 'Hamel', derived from the germanic Hamilo, diminuitive of Hamo
Early records
The name was known in Jersey in the 17th century, but appears to have died out until some two centuries later, when Pierre Hamel brought his family from St Remy des Landes in Manche, Normandy, and settled in Jersey in the early 19th century. Today there are nine Hamel households listed in the Jersey telephone directory.
Variants
- Duhamel
- Hamel
- du Hamel
Family records
Family trees
Church records
Hamel
- Hamel baptisms in Jersey
- Hamel marriages in Jersey (groom)
- Hamel marriages in Jersey (bride)
- Hamel burials in Jersey
Duhamel
- Duhamel baptisms in Jersey
- Duhamel marriages in Jersey (groom)
- Duhamel marriages in Jersey (bride)
- Duhamel burials in Jersey
Great War service
- Louis Duhamel (St H), Private, Royal Irish Regiment
- Clarence Pierre Hamel (1897- ) (St B) son of Pierre and Mabel Florence, Private, RAOC
Family wills
These wills created by members of the Duhamel family are now held by Jersey Archive. By visiting the archive site and using the names, dates and reference numbers shown here, it is possible to view a copy of each will. You will have to subscribe to the Archive's online service to do this. To find out more about this collection, which covers the period from 1663 to 1948, and how to search for your family's wills there, visit our Jersey wills page
- Anne Duhamel of St Helier, widow - 28 October 1867, D/Y/A/33
- George Duhamel, 6 Charing Cross, St Helier - 4 April 1895, D/Y/A/54
- Marie Duhamel of St Helier, temporarily of Lewscombe, England, widow of George Hélier Horman - 9 January 1888, D/Y/A/47
- Susan Duhamel, St Saviour - 11 October 1946, D/Y/A/116
- Thomas Duhamel of St Helier 21 November 1839 - D/Y/A/24
- Thomas Duhamel of St Helier, bequeaths to the poor of St Helier, 10s 22 April 1845 - D/Y/A/26
- John Hamel, St Helier - 7 July 1927, D/Y/A/87
Burial records
Family album
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Laura (Eleonore) nee Hamel, with her husband Thomas Woodward, said to be wearing Great War uniform. But why? He was in his 50s at the time of the war. Laura was born in St Saviour in 1854, the daughter of Francois Pierre Hamel (1816-1905) and Euphrasie Marie Josephine Le Petit dit Boucher (1826-1869). Thomas Woodward was born in Hull in 1859.
Postcard sent to George James Duhamel, of 4 Minden Place, in 1905
Family businesses
G J Duhamel took over Amy and Co's wallpaper business in Minden Place. This was not, as previously indicated, George James Duhamel, the son of George and Mary Ann Downey. The George James Duhamel who lived and was in business in Minden Place was born in 1860, the son of George Daniel Duhamel. Our family trees previously suggested that the George James Duhamels were the same person, but it has now been established that this was not the case, and that there were two men with the same names living at the same time.
Family gravestones
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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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