Le Conte

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Le Conte family page

Charles Emile Eugene Le Conte emigrated to Jersey from nearby Cherbourg

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Origin of Surname

This name was, in most instances, a medieval nickname of occupation for an actor, one who played the part of a count or nobleman in a travelling theatre. It is also possible that it may have referred to an actual count, or more likely it was satirical, and given to someone thought to behave in an aristocratic fashion.

The derivation is from the Old French word "conte", from the Latin word "comes" meaning comrade. It is an example of that sizeable group of early European surnames that were gradually created from the habitual use of nicknames.

The first record of the name is that of Ralph le Conte. This was dated 1196, in the Pipe Rolls of Durham, during the reign of King Richard 1

Early records

The name is more common in Guernsey than Jersey, but was a late arrival, possibly with a Huguenot refugee family of the late 17th century.

The name is very common today in Normandy, either as Lecomte or Leconte, the combination of the two being among the ten most numerous surnames in the region.

There are records to show arrivals in Jersey from France in the 19th century, but no signs of the earlier families still being present then. The family tree below started in France, but it has not been possible to determine where.

Variants

• Le Conte, 1299
• Le Counte 1309
• Le Comte 1299
• Le Compte
• Compte
• Lecomte
• Leconte
• Le Count
• Lecount
• Conte
• Count

Family records

Family trees

• Descendants of Pierre Le Conte

Church records

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• Le Conte baptisms in Jersey
• Le Conte marriages in Jersey (groom)
• Le Conte marriages in Jersey (bride)
• Le Conte burials in Jersey

Le Conte family members who served in the Great War

Two brothers

• Francis Alfred Le Conte (1895- ) (St S) son of George Philip and Mary Ann, Private, Labour Corps
• George Thomas Le Conte (1890- ) (St S) son of George Philip and Mary Ann, Private, Royal Jersey Garrison Battalion

Family wills

These wills created by members of the Le Conte 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 1980, and how to search for your family's wills there, visit our Jersey wills page

• Le Conte : Alfred Francis , of 2, Ashley Cottages, Five Oaks, St Saviour - 17/Sep/1941 , 17/Jan/1950 , D/Y/B1/3/52
• Le Conte : Alice Julia , widow of Henry Thomas Renouf, of 1, Ashley Cottages, Five Oaks, St Saviour - 13/Mar/1951 , 4/Apr/1952 , D/Y/B1/14/2
• Le Conte : Charles Francois Auguste , husband of Cecile Marie Francoise Gargent - 1/Dec/1937 , 17/Sep/1954 , D/Y/B1/26/33
• Le Conte : George Thomas , of 41, Trinity Road, St Helier - 5/Sep/1962 , 20/Jan/1965 , D/Y/B1/83/39
• Le Conte : Jacques , 07/11/1796 Desires to be buried in St John's or St Helier's Cemetery Bequeaths to the poor of St John and St Helier, £4 of the order for each parish - , 26/Nov/1796 , D/Y/A/15/122
• Le Conte : Jacques , of Serisy, Normandy, refugee in Jersey due to religion - 2/Sep/1714 , 20/Dec/1716 , D/Y/A/4/108
• Le Conte : Jane , 2 Havelock, Beach Road, St Saviour - 15/Sep/1903 , 22/Jul/1904 , D/Y/A/63/61
• Le Conte : John Charles , of 1, Oak Cottages, Five Oaks, St Saviour - 20/Jan/1950 , 7/Jan/1958 , D/Y/B1/46/3
• Le Conte : Josephine Marie , widow of Jean Marie Le Feuvre, of Sandybrook Hospital, St Peter - 3/Mar/1965 , 3/Mar/1965 , D/Y/B1/84/46
• Le Conte : Mary Ann Jane , of 2, Ashley Cottages, Five Oaks, St Saviour - 17/Sep/1941 , 6/Feb/1951 , D/Y/B1/8/25

• Le Conte burial records 1820-1978

Family businesses

• Philip Le Conte was a grocer at 61 King Street in the 1860s

Family homes

• Auberive, St Ouen

Family album

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