The Jersey Boleat Family Mark Boleat August 2020 Published by Mark Boleat London, England www.boleat.com
[email protected] Contents Introduction 2 1. Overview 3 2 . Genetic origins 5 3. Brittany - Plufur and Lanvellec 6 4. 1560-1800 9 5. Yves Marie Boleat, 1818-92, and Jeanne Auffret 15 6. Yves Marie Boleat, 1853-1917, and Augustine Lhermitte 19 7. Emile Joseph Louis Boleat, 1893-1970, and Cecile Samson 26 8. Joseph Marie Boleat, 1856-1911, and his descendants 30 9. French cousins 33 Ancestors of Yves Marie Boleat, 1818 35 Ancestors of Jeanne Auffret, 1824 37 Descendants of Yves Marie Boleat, 1818 38 Ancestors of Cecile Hélène Samson, 1888 40 Descendants of Allain-Marie Boleat, 1777 41 INTRODUCTION Today, there are about 350 people who have been born with the surname Boleat. Over half of them live in Brittany, about 30% in the rest of France, 15% in Jersey and a few in the UK, Australia and other countries. Almost certainly, they are all related and have their origins in a small area in the north of Brittany, south of Lannion and east of Morlaix. This paper describes the history of the Boleat family, concentrating on the ancestors and descendants of two brothers, Yves Marie Boleat and Joseph Marie Boleat, who moved from Brittany to Jersey in the 1870s. It draws on a wide range of genealogical data, access to which has been facilitated by the Internet. Full details of births, marriages and deaths in Brittany are easily accessible, and more recently census information has also become available.