Noel

Noel family page

The Noel family has been present in Jersey from the early 14th century to the present day

Marie Ann Noel, née Gaudin

George Edward Noel

Record Search

Direct links to lists of baptisms, marriages and burials for the Noel family can be found under Family Records opposite. If you want to search for records for a spelling variant of Noel, or for any other family name, just click below on the first letter of the
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New records

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An unknown Mrs Noel in a 19th century photograph, probably taken by Henry Mullins in the 1850s

Origin of Surname

The family name developed from the given name Noel, which is the French word for Christmas, dating back to before the 10th Century. It is a name which has been commonly used for boys born at Christmas.

The word is derived from the Latin natalis via Gallo-Roman natale and ancient French nouel.

The Noel family were recorded in Staffordshire in the 12th century and were very distant ancestors of the Pauletts who were Governors and Bailiffs of Jersey in the 16th century.

It is likely, however, that the Jersey family originated in Normandy, where the name has been very common over many centuries. Hugo Noel was recorded in 1198.

Early records

The name appears in Jersey in the Assize Roll of 1309. Baptism records start in the last decade of the 16th century, but there are other earlier records of the following:

• Julian Noel was born in Jersey about 1525. His daughter Katherine (1552- ) married Hugh Perchard
• Nicholas Nouel was born in St Martin about 1569 and married Catherine Mallet, daughter of Philippe and Frances Baudains. Nicholas died in 1625. He and Catherine had a son Noel (1595-1645) and daughters Thomasse (1600- ) and Catherine (1603- ).
• Noe married Pauline Guerdain on 20 December 1626. They had five sons, Nicholas (1630-1638), Nicholas (1640- ), Aaron (1638-1638), Denis (1633-1692) and Aaron (1644-1686) and a daughter Marthe (1628- ).
• Denis married Esther Le Breton and the second Aaron married Elizabeth Filleul on 20 December 1676. They had a son Philippe (1678-1688) and a daughter Marthe (1680-1749).
• Elizabeth Noel, who married Michel Horman in St Martin on 4 December 1601 was born about 1574
• Edmund Noel was born in Jersey about 1587
• Clement Nouel was born in Jersey about 1590 and married Elizabeth Perchard in St Martin in January 1615
• Jeanne Noel was born in St Martin in about 1590 and married a Le Riche on 21 November 1611 in that parish
• Philipine Noel was born in St Saviour, Guernsey in about 1579 and died there in April 1647. She was the daughter of Louys and married Colas Thoraude in 1601.

Variants

• Noel, 1299
• Noe
• Nouel, 1309
• Nowell
• Naull
• Noell
• Nowill

Family records

Jersey family trees

Four new 'foundation' trees have been created by Guy Dixon in 2021, and links from the other trees to these new trees are being researched

• Descendants of Jean Noel - 5: This tree was previously called Descendants of Noe Noel. The early and middle parts of the tree have been completely revised and extended
• Descendants of Thomas Noel
• Descendants of Noe Noel
• Descendants of Michel Noel - 3

There is considerable overlap between some of these earlier trees but near duplicates were included when they were from different sources. These trees will now be reviewed and either linked to the new 'foundation' trees, or removed if there is unnecessary duplication

• Descendants of Edward Noel (1767-1849)
• Descendants of Julien Noel (1480- )
• Descendants of Nicholas Noel
• Descendants of Nycollas Noel
• Descendants of Jean Noel
• Descendants of Jean Noel - 2
• Descendants of Jean Noel - 3
• Descendants of Jean Noel - 4
• Descendants of Jean Noel - 5 Added 2021
• Descendants of Michel Noel ^[1]
• Descendants of Michel Noel 2
• Descendants of Edmons Noel
• Descendants of Edemons Noel Added 2019
• Descendants of Clement Noel Added 2016, but the tree's content is now deleted, with a note explaining why
• Descendants of Clement Noel - 2 Added 2016
• Descendants of Thomas Noel - 2 Added 2021

Church records

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

Newspaper records

• Edward Noel appointed to reservoir planning committee in 1848

Great War service

• Noel family members who served in World War 1

Family wills

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

• Noel burial records 1820-1978

Occupation curfew cards

Curfew pass issued to Raymond Noel during the Occupation as a member of the St Martin Honorary Police ^[2]

Noel properties

• L'Aiguillon, Grouville
• Greenhill, St Lawrence
• Les Vaux, Vallée de Rozel, St Martin

Family businesses

• Noel and Porter, King Street department store
• H Noel was a grocer selling wines and spirits at 25 King Street in the 1830s
• Hugh Noel was a grocer at 22 Halkett Place in the 1840s and then across the street at No 23 in the 1850s

Family album

Walter Francis Noel (1878-1948) with his wife Beatrice Ada, nee Renouf (1881-1956) and their three children

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Emma Louise Noel was born in Jersey but when she married Frenchman Andre Lucien Derouet in 1925 she automatically took his nationality and needed to register for an Alien's Card

Noel/Becquet family photographs

These pictures of the Noels from the early 20th century were sent to us by descendant Angela Noel

Rogues gallery

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. ↑ Previously Descendants of Mathieu Noel, but head of tree changed in 2021
2. ↑ 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