Origins of surname
This was the name given to someone who worked with a shovel or made them for a living.
Early records
The name first appeared in the St Helier baptism register in 1837 with the baptism of the first of four children of Henry and Mary Beckford, not Pickford as is shown in some online trees. The couple came to Jersey from Alvechurch, Worcester, and already had one daughter born in 1831. They are said to have married in Jersey in 1836, but we have not found a record of the marriage.
Variants
- Showell
- Shovell
Family records
Church records
- Showell baptisms in Jersey
- Showell marriages in Jersey (groom)
- Showell marriages in Jersey (bride)
- Showell burials in Jersey
Family trees
Great War service
Sons of Joshua and Ann Dora Neill
- Archibald Neill Showell (1884- ), Sergeant, Machine Gun Corps
- Seth Reuben Showell (1882-1970) Bombardier, Royal Horse Artillery
- Richard Henry Joshua Showell (1878-1946) Gunner, RGA
Burial records
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.
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New records
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