Family Group Sheet
Family Group Sheet
NameJames Lewis (Abraham) Desormeaux
Birth?
Death?
Baptism19 Nov 1745, Saint Dunstan, Stepney, London, England
OccupationBlack silk dyer.
Note 1Listed in Kent's 1794 Directory. He may have had a daughter Caroline. A ‘C. Desormeaux’ had a sketch book illustrating English holiday destinations from ca 1835-60. One sketch refers to Bridlington Quay which she had visited in 1812 when at school.
Note 2Is he the same person as: ‘Jacques Louis des Ormeaux, was elected a director of the French Hospital in 1798’ (see ‘Huguenot Settlers in North America and Europe’ Cyril Du Bourdieu).
Flags***, Desormeaux, Le Noble
FatherAbraham (Louis) Desormeaux (1722-?)
MotherMary CLARK (?-?)
Marriage4 Jan 1770, Christ Church, Spitalfields, City of London, England
SpouseAnn (John) Gilson, Daughter
Birth?
Death?
Baptism6 Apr 1753, Wellington, Salop, England
MemoAccording to Elisabeth Burton
Marr. WitnessJohn Gilson, Mary Ann Gilson and John Gilson Jnr.
Flags***, Desormeaux, Gilson, Le Noble
FatherJohn GILSON (1723-1788)
MotherMarianne (Louis) Desormeaux (1725-?)
Children
1 MLouis (James) Desormeaux, Grandson
Birth?
Deathbef 1855
SpouseElizabeth [Desormeaux] (~1779-1855)
Marriage?
2 FMary Ann (James) Desormeaux, Granddaughter
Birth?
Death?
SpouseThomas Dyer (?-?)
Marriage?
ChildrenMary Ann (Thomas) (?-?)
3 FElizabeth (James) Desormeaux, Granddaughter
Birth?
Death?