Family of Elizabeth Rachel le Gresley

Date: 1850 [unknown]
Location: Jersey

Contents 1 Introduction 1.1 Passenger list 1.2 Children of Philip/John de la Cour and Elizabeth Rachel Le Gresley 1.3 The father 1.4 Likely parents' marriage 1.5 Second marriage 2 Sources

Introduction

This profile pertains to the following records

• Elizabeth Rachel (Le Gresley) Syvret (abt.1833-1908)
• 1871 census - St. Peter, Jersey^[1]
• 1861 census - St. Helier, Jersey^[2]
• 1874 migration to New Zealand on the Apelles sailed 26 Jan 1874.^[3][4]

Passenger list

• Elizabeth Syvret (34, Jersey, dairy woman)
• Elizabeth De la Cour (18, Servant)
• Philip De la Cour (11)
• Hannah De la Cour (10)
• Francis De la Cour (9)
• John De la Cour (8)
• Clara Syvret (5)
• John Syvret (2)
• Amanda Syvret (9mo)

The family on the passenger list is certainly the same one as on the census , the similarities are too great.

Children of Philip/John de la Cour and Elizabeth Rachel Le Gresley

A Jerripedia search for children born to de la Cour / Le Gresley in the time frame has four results:

Place	Birth	Baptism	Child Name	Family Name	Relationship	Father	Mother
St. Peter	23 Dec 1855	27 Jan 1856	Elizabeth	de La Cour	Daughter	John	Elizabeth Rachel Le Gresley
St. Helier	24 Oct 1858	21 Nov 1858	Melvina Susanne	de La Cour	Daughter	John	Elizabeth Rachel Le Gresley
St. Helier	19 Apr 1861	02 Jun 1861	Philip John	De La Cour	Son	Philip	Elizabeth Le Gresley
St. Peter	23 Nov 1862	21 Dec 1862	Anna Rachel	de La Cour	Daughter	Philippe	Elizabeth Le Gresley

This appears to be the record for child John

Place	Birth	Baptism	Child Name	Family Name	Relationship	Father	Mother
St. Peter	14 May 1864	14 Aug 1864	Francis	Le Gresley	Son	unknown	Elizabeth Le Gresley

• Manual scan for Francis Le Gresley, born May 14 1864, mother Elizabeth Le Gresley, father not recorded

I think we can conclude from this:

• "Philippe" and "John" on the birth table above and the marriage record below are the same person.
• Elizabeth had separated from John before 1864, hence naming Francis with her name instead of his.
• She later married a Syvret, who was the father of Clara.
• "Hannah" on the 1861 census is Melvina, and she died or otherwise emigrated before 1871.
• "Hannah" on the passenger log is Anna Rachel.

Problems:

• We don't know who the father of Francis is.
• No birth record found for John or Clara -- although the Jerripedia indexing is incomplete.

The father

Matching birth record from JerripediaBMD to the 1861 census age and birthplace:

Place	Birth	Baptism	Child Name	Family Name	Relationship	Father	Mother
St. Brelade	19 Jul 1830	30 Jul 1830	Philippe	de La Cour	Son	Nicolas	Anne Elizabeth Salmon

Likely parents' marriage

Ancestry.com John de la Cour (23), carpenter / Elizabeth Rachel Le Gresley (19), St. Helier, 2 Mar 1851.

I feel this is likely as the date is roughly right, and the full name Elizabeth Rachel that appears on some of the birth records.

Second marriage

There are three children named Syvret appearing on the 1874 passenger log. However no birth records have been found for them. Nor has any compatible marriage record been found for Syvret / Le Gresley or Syvret / de la Cour.

Arecord in the Jersey Heritage archive cites "Jean Syvret, wife of Elizabeth Rachel Le Gresley".

See Jean's profile for speculation about his identity. But it seems like a strong possibility that they did not in fact marry -- and perhaps Jean Syvret is also the father of the last two "de la Cour" children.

Sources

1. ↑ "England and Wales Census, 1871", database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VFTP-SRH : 16 November 2020), Francis De La Cour in entry for Elizabeth Syvret, 1871.
2. ↑ "England and Wales Census, 1861," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M75Q-NM4 : 18 August 2020), Elizabeth De La Cour in household of Philip De La Cour, Saint Helier, Jersey; from "1861 England, Scotland and Wales census," database and images, findmypast (http://www.findmypast.com : n.d.); citing PRO RG 9, The National Archives, Kew, Surrey.
3. ↑ "New Zealand, Archives New Zealand, Passenger Lists, 1839-1973," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FSB9-625 : 8 July 2019), Clara Syvret, 6 May 1874; citing ship , Archives New Zealand, Wellington; FHL microfilm 004412061.
4. ↑ "New Zealand, Archives New Zealand, Passenger Lists, 1839-1973," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FSB2-332 : 8 July 2019), Francis De La Cour, 5 May 1874; citing ship , Archives New Zealand, Wellington; FHL microfilm 004411948.