Origin of surname
This name is derived from the ancient French quarel relating to archery terms.
Early records
The Carrel family has been present in Jersey since at least the mid 16th century. It is likely that the three family lines in the tree below share a common ancestry in the island, but this cannot be proved.
Variations
- Carel
- Carrel
Family records
Family trees
- Descendants of Thomas Carrel
- Descendants of Pierre Carrel
- Descendants of Bastion Carrel
- Descendants of Estienne Carrel
- Descendants of Moise Carrel NEW
Church records
- Carrel baptisms in Jersey
- Carrel marriages in Jersey (groom)
- Carrel marriages in Jersey (bride)
- Carrel burials in Jersey
Great War service
Family wills
Burial records
Family businesses
- Carrel's Temperance Hotel, a family business on Gorey Pier
- Edmund Carrel was a newspaper publisher at 13 Broad Street in the 1860s and also a Centenier
Family homes
- Manor House, St Lawrence
- La Maison Gruchy, St Brelade
Family photographs
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Centenier Edmund Carrel, joint proprietor of the Jersey Express and Channel Islands Advertiser
Philip John Carrel (1895-1972) and his son Gerald. Philip married Elizabeth Carre
Philip Carrel's wife Elizabeth Carre, her mother-in-law Jane Mary Le Seelleur, Lydia Eunice Carre and daughter Doris Carrel
Philip Carrel and Lydia Queree
Philip John Carrel and Gerald
Philip John Carrel
Philip John Carrel
Philip John Carrel
The Carrel family in 1890: Josue (1836- ) and Sara Elizabeth, nee Baldwin ( -1882) with Ellen, Arthur, Mary, Charles, Florence, Walter, Alice, Ernest, Frederick, Emily and Clarice
Siblings Daphne and Raymond Carrel
Daphne Carrel (1928-2012)
Edna Annie Carrel
Edna Carrel and husband Samuel Elmont, with children Peter, Jean, June and David
Edna Carrel and nephew Kenneth Brodie
The wedding of Edna Carrel and Samuel Jean
Edna Carrel with Samuel and Jean
Josue Carrel
John Carrel, photographed by Henry Mullins in the 19th century
Edna Carrel
The wedding of Philip John Carrel (1895-1972) and Lydia Eunice Carre (1899-1929)
Hilda Carrel with her grandmother Elizabeth Mary Carre, nee Le Huray, at her Guernsey market fruit stall in about 1896
Hilda May Carrel (1894-1985) born in Guernsey, died in Jersey. She married James John Brodie
Emily Carrel
Raymond Gordon Carrel, born at Cerrel's Temperance Hotel, Gorey, later the Seascale, in 1927. Most of his childhood years were spent in Guernsey, where he was raised by adoptive parents, Daniel and Alice LeCheminant. His mother, Lydia, having died of tuberculosis when he was only two years old. Philip, his father, was a builder, having served in the Merchant Navy previously, and was unable to look after Raymond, although he did manage to keep Gerald, the oldest of the children, and Daphne, the youngest. Before the German Occupation of the Channel Islands, Raymond was evacuated to the UK. He was sent to Glasgow, where he had no relatives, and was placed with strangers, siblings Paul and Bessie Jack, who had a small holding in Peel Glen, close to Bearsden. They moved to another holding in Hardgate, close to Clydebank, shortly after. The Jacks were pig breeders, and although Raymond had to work hard for them during his period of attachment, he spoke fondly of Bessie, and kept in touch with her for years. He served his national service with the Pay Corps, and he was in Edinburgh for a short time, before being posted to Palestine.
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Almorah cemetery
Old Mont a l’Abbe cemetery
Old Mont a l’Abbe cemetery
Mont a l’Abbe cemetery
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Mont a l’Abbe cemetery
St Ouen parish cemetery
St Peter parish cemetery
St Peter parish cemetery
St Lawrence
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