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ALDKYCHEGATE WARDS.
1544 Peter Gobert C li (value of possessions) x li (amount of tax) and his servant
1569 Charles Gobert (from the French Church of London)
1571 Nowell Gobert, jerkenmaker, howsholder, and Anne his wife, came into this realms about xij yeares past.
French, ij. Denizen, j. French
church.
John Hewe, Frenchman,
bookbynder, came into this
realme about ix yeares past, and Suzan his wife, came into this realme
about
xij yeares past to se the cuntrye. They sojorne withe the saide Noell
Gobert. French,
ij. French church.
1571 Charles Gobert, his wyfe, and iij children, hath by& here iiij yeares, and are of the Frenche churche. Burgonians. Frenche churche, v.
Showing when we weren’t here is just as important and finding
when we were.
The Huguenot Society also published the registers of some
of the first French churches established in England and these have
given
us a number of possible spellings. Some survive in France and
the
USA . One of our not-so-distant ancestors was George Manners GAUBERT,
christened on 29th July 1826 at St. Petersburg in
Russia.
This event is recorded by the IGI but spelling his name as ' GAUBART'.
One of HIS relatives had her travel documents needed to leave Russia,
signed by the Earl of Clarendon. He and she both spelt her name as
‘ Ann Gobert’. I’ve reproduced all the
Gaubert,
Gobert, Goubert etc records from the Society’s registers.
B.
The IGI (International Genealogical Index) compiled
by the Mormons (Church Of Latter Day Saints).
They
take
a verse from Corinthians as their right to baptise in absentia every
identifiable Christian who has ever lived. This unique project is the
family researcher's basic computer tool. Whilst this record can take
you back to the earliest written records, certainly far beyond the PRO,
it is not exhaustive. It only reflects the inspection of those church
registers examined to date but this still includes about 85 –
90%
of the registers. It is the fastest way of identifying a family and can
indicate, in the absence of an expensive PRO certificate, a general
pattern of location or migratory drift. The UK records have
provided a very full picture of our family and, whilst not conclusive,
do indicate probable dates of migration. The IGI records are freely
available on the internet at www.familysearch.org. I haven't reproduced
every single Gaubert record on the IGI as many are in the USA
and
clearly directly related to French emigrants rather than to us
in
England. At http://www.gaubertgenealogy.freeola.org/IGIEngland.html is a table of Gauberts taken from the IGI
records for Britain and Ireland. I've also included the IGI records for Australia, Holland and Russia at those countries' pages.
C.
Genealogical websites (ancestry.co.uk, findmypast.co.uk, gensereunited.com etc)
All
of these
sources include spelling errors. Firstly we face the errors created by
the writer of the original document who may have also used a phonetic
spelling. Our ancestors, arriving with a different language, may have
been ‘officially processed’ with anglicised
phonetic names
in much the same way as their counterparts arriving at Ellice Island in
the United States. Secondly we face the errors created by the modern
reader/interpreter that occur in the compilation of current
databases. 'Gaubert' / 'De Gaubert' / 'Gobart'/'Gobert' / 'Gobere' / 'Goubert' even 'Cobert' are just a
few of the variants that need to be searched for in every database. One
of our ’Russian family’ was found in the UK having
assumed
the title ‘De Gaubert’. It was only on making
contact with
other branches of the family, that I realised our surname had more than
one present-day pronunciation –
‘GORBEAR’,
‘GOBEAR’, ‘GOBERT’.
Everything
that
now follows is largely due to the information contained within these
three sources. Those sources need to be re-visited at regular
intervals, probably annually, to see if any further material has been added.
Glossary of French terms used in Huguenot records
KEITH LE MAY & BARBARA JULIEN
Common abbreviations in the Quarto Serie
anc. | ancien | elder |
bap. par | baptise par | baptised by |
demo tous deux en | demeurant tous deux |
|
la par. | en la paroisse de | both living in the parish of |
f.de | fils de | son of |
ff.de | fille de | daughter of |
M. | marraine | godmother |
mar.par | maries par | married by |
Min. | ministre | minister |
P. | parrain | godfather |
Past. | Pasteur | Pastor |
sig. | signature | signature |
tern. | temoin | witness |
Common vocabulary in the Quarto Series
acote de | next to |
abjuration | conversion from R.C. to Protestant |
aveugle | blind |
ayant perdu I'usage de ses membres | to be paralysed |
ayant perdu la vue | to lose one's sight |
billet | document certifying entitlement |
bourgeoisie. la | middle class |
consistoire | consistory |
de son etat | by profession |
diacre | deacon |
enterrement | burial |
femme, epouse | wife |
feu/feue | the late |
gentilhommes, les | aristocrats/well off |
ledit/ladite/lesdits/lesdites | the aforesaid |
mari | husband |
mereau | Holy Communion token |
mort/e, dccede/e | deceased |
mort-ne/e | stillborn |
natif/native de | native of |
ne/nee | born on (followed hy date) |
noblesse, la | the nobility |
originaire de | originating from |
orphelin/e | orphan |
Paques | Easter |
pauvres, les | the poor |
pouvoir gagner sa vie | to be able to earn a living |
promesse de marriage | promise of marriage |
reconnaissance | promise of loyalty to Protestant religion |
remercie | thanked |
soussigne | undersigned |
temoignage | proof of Protestant allegiance |
temple | French Protestant/Huguenot church |
veuf/veuve | widower/widow |
vis-a-vis | opposite |
Trades and Professions | |
boulanger | baker |
boutonnier | button maker |
chapelier | hatter |
chirugien | surgeon |
cordonnier | boot/shoe maker |
drapier | draper |
homme de joumee | day labourer/journeyman |
horloger | clock/watch maker |
maitre d'ecole | schoolmaster |
marchand | merchant/shopkeeper |
medecin | doctor |
orfevre | gold/silversmith |
oumer en soie | silk worker |
perruquier | wig maker/barber |
tailleur | tailor |
tapissier | tapestry worker/upholsterer |
tisserand en soie | silk weaver |
verrier | glassmaker |
Huguenot Institutions | |
Le Comite Francais |
The French Committee, which, overseen by an English Committee, distributed the Royal Bounty (money provided by the Crown for the relief of French Protestants in England, Edinburgh, the Channel Islands and Ireland). |
La Providence | The French Hospital, founded in 1718, now at its fourth home in Rochester, Kent. |
La Soupe | Soup kitchens that operated in London in the 18th Century for poor Huguenots |