Unusual forenames!

Post by **erika** » 06 Jun 2011 14:24

Whilst researching my family history I came across one of my gt uncles's sons.
He had a really unusual name compared to his 8 siblings! Alfred Jeanrenaud. I couldn't work out where it would have come from.

Yesterday whilst looking on Ancestry for the death of his mother, I came across his baptism at Oratory of St Philip Neri. This was another surprise as I wasn't aware they were Catholics, no one else in the family is.
The point is, the name of the parish priest was Alfred Jeanrenaud, so obviously he was called after him

Later I found more baptisms of a couple of his siblings.
Also I finally found his mother, buried at Ford cemetery along with a son.
They are in grave 2A199, is this likely to have a headstone?

Quite a few surprises for me yesterday, so really enjoyed myself

Cheers
Erika

Post by **Tina** » 07 Jun 2011 08:26

The French Connection!!
Great news Erika and thanks for sharing.
It gives us all a boost when one of us has some good luck.
Tina

Post by **Blue70** » 07 Jun 2011 08:47

Hi Erika

What are the dates for these events? I know there were French priests in the early 19th Century in Liverpool who had fled the French Revolution which was hostile to the church. There were also French prisoners of war in Liverpool. The original St Anthony's Church was founded by a French priest.

The Ford Cemetery grave 2A 199 is a "private" grave or family plot so there is a chance it might have a gravestone.

Blue

Post by **erika** » 07 Jun 2011 09:58

Thanks girls for your replies and interest.

This website gives a little info about St Philip Neri and mentions the priest Alfred Jeanrenaud, after whom my relative was probably named.

http://www.cathchap.org.uk/history.htm

Thanks Blue for your info.
The dates I have for the burials are
Mary Owen buried 9th March 1938 age 56
Jesse Samuel Owen 28th February 1949 age 46

Incidentally Alfred Jeanrenaud Owen died in 1995 age 90. I don't know what his occupation was or where he was buried. He died in Whiston.

Cheers
Erika

Post by **Blue70** » 07 Jun 2011 10:07

So much later than the revolutionary and Napoleonic wars era then. The RC Church always had links to France and Belgium so there wouldn't have to be a link going way back it could be more recent.

Blue