Irish Huguenot family of BOURSIQUOT, BOURCICAULT and BOUCICAULT of Dublin, London, New York, Melbourne, Sydney & Rockhampton (Queensland)... (including the family of DION BOUCICAULT, playwright, theatre manager and actor) Blennerhassett Family Tree (BH45_Boucicault_BOU.xlsx) revised June 2012, copyright © Bill Jehan 1968-2012 I initially looked at this family to clarify their connection with Blennerhasset-Coulson (BOU 03; p.BC 02) and found them so interesting I could not resist looking further - BJ Thanks to all who have contributed to these pages - please send additions & corrections to email: [email protected] Earlier generations of this family were initially derived from a hand-written single-page Boucicault pedigree, among Boucicault family documents collected by Christopher Calthrop (BOU 05) and in 2004 donated be his neice Anne Roberts (BOU 05) to the Templeman Library, University of Kent, Canterbury [UoK Special Collections Ref. UKC/CALB/BIO/F20551500] BOU 01 >|>>>>>>>>>>|>>> Samuel Boursiquot >>>>>>>>>>>|>>> Mary Boursiquot; b.31.10.1768 Dublin; bapt.28.11.1768 Eustace Street Presbyterian Church, Dublin | [IGI] has b.est.c1745 Dublin | | perhaps(?) bur.9.11.1804 |>>>Mercy Boursiquot; b.21.4.1770 Dublin; bapt.20.5.1770 Eustace Street, Presbyterian Church, Dublin | St Catherine (C.o.I.) Dublin | | / |>>>Sarah Boursiquot; b.9.11.1771 Dublin; bapt.1.12.1771 Eustace Street, Presbyterian Church, Dublin; d.1803 | m.1767 (marriage licence) | | Mercy Anne Smith |>>>Samuel Smith Boursiquot >>>>>|>>> Mary Smith Bourcicault | [IGI] has b.est.c1749 Dublin b.3.1.1773 Dublin; | b.20.8.1814 Dublin; bapt.19.9.1814 (as Boursiquot) at Eustace Street Presbyterian Church, Dublin; d.5.2.1831 Southwark, Surrey | / bapt.23.5.1773 Eustace | | / Street Presbyterian |>>>William Smith Bourcicault; b.7.4.1816 Dublin; bapt.23.5.1816 (as Boursiquot) at Eustace Street Presbyterian Church, Dublin; | Samuel Boursiquot was the Church, Dublin | of 42 Warwick Road, Paddington in 1871 (with his mother) and in 1881; d.Apr-Jun.1881 Croydon, Surrey | son of Pierre (Peter) Isaac / | | Boursiquot and Mary Smith wine merchant; of |>>>Samuel Smith Bourcicault; b.9.3.1818 Dublin (twin) at Sandy Mount, Dublin; bapt.18.4.1818 (as Boursiquot) at Eustace St. Presbyterian Church, Dublin | who m.2.9.1739 at St.Michan Bachelor's Walk, Dublin | | (C.o.I) Dublin / |>>>George Darley Bourcicault >>>>>>>>>>>>>>|>>> Lionel Egerton Bourcicault | and... separated from 1st wife | b.9.3.1818 (twin) | b.11.12.1860 St George Hanover Square, London; d.6.2.1862 St Margaret, Westminster, London | g.son of Jacques Boursiquot c1819; in c1828/9 moved | at Sandy Mount, a seaside | | & Jeanne Beaume (m.1694); with children to London | suburb of Dublin where |>>>Florence J. Bourcicault >>>>>>>|>>> Gerald Langford Kirby; b.Jan-Mar.1881 Hampstead, Middlesex | and... / | Dionysius Lardner resided | (a.k.a. Florence Darley Bour.) | (his birth registered as "Langford Kirby") | g.g.son of Aaron Boursiquot after some years his | (census sources have him | b.26.3.1853 probably at | | b.est.c1634; & Jeanne Guillot business failed so he | b.c1819, 1822, 1827 and 1834 !) | Melbourne, birth registered |>>>Julian Aubrey Kirby; b.Jul-Sep.1882 Bayswater/Paddington, London; | perhaps m.c1657/1670? returned to Dublin leaving | / | later at Sydney, NSW | clerk 1901; of 160 Mayl Road, St Marylebone, London 1911 | his sons in the care of | bapt.18.4.1818 (as Boursiquot) | [V1853672 39A/1853]; | (also listed in 1911 census at his parents' home, but his name struck out) | NOTE: Dr Dionysius Lardner, | at Eustace Street Presbyterian | bapt.7.9.53 St Phillip, Sydney | / | A man of same name born at a family friend who was | Church, Dublin | 1861 census has b. Australia | m.23.5.1912 Delmira Bokeham; b.c1889/90 Ealing, Middlesex | Dublin about the same time, also the godfather (and | / | 1871 census b. Sydney, NSW | | perhaps a cousin, is: reputed biological father) | moved to Victoria, Australia; | 1881/1891/1901/1911 |>>>Basil Montrose Kirby; b.Jan-Mar.1886 Fulham (nr West Kensington), | Samuel Boursiquot (b.c1780 of his wife's youngest | living at Melbourne c1847; | census all have b. Melbourne London; d.Oct-Dec.1896 Eastbourne, Sussex | Dublin; moved to England; son Dionysius "Dion" | he acquired land at Melbourne | / | bur.6.5.1856 England) Lardner Boursiquot, | when squatters runs were | attending boarding school at Aragon House Pitts Place, Fulham, London 1861; 25 Cromwell Road, Kensington, London 1871; | who m.26.8.1812 at Bristol; known as Boucicault | sub-divided c1851(?) | of 17 Courtfield Gardens, London at the time of her marriage in 1880; of 27 Belsize Square, Hampstead, Middlesex (her husband's home before their marriage) 1880-1881; | Mary Poole (b.c1774/5 Bristol; / | / | of 73 Comeragh Rd, Fulham (nr West Kensington) London 1886-1894; with her sister-in-law (Florence) Marian Boursicault (below) | d.1856, bur.19.6.1856); d.c11.4.1853; | from 1.10.1845 a newspaper | of 13 Porchester Gardens, Bayswater/Paddington, London 1901-2, with her father George Darley Bourcicault ; | both resided at 49 Queen bur.11.4.1853; | proprietor, printer & editor of | of 21 York Street, Marylebone, London 1911, with her sis-in-law (Florence) Marian Bourcicault (below) and 2nd cousin Patrice G. Boucicault Pitman (BOU 05) | Square, St Stephen's Parish, in his Will dated 23.8.1847 | "Port Phillip Patriot and | Florence d.Oct-Dec.1922 Chelsea, London; NOTE: the only daughter of George Darley Bourcicault, Florence was not mentioned in George's Will | Bristol 1841-1851 Dion Boucicault named as | Melbourne News"; renamed | / | legitimate youngest son | 9.10.1848 as "The Melbourne | m.19.4.1880 St Philip (C.o.E.) Kensington, London; James Langford Kirby (not Kerby or Kirkby); | NOTE: [IGI] has another / | Daily News and Port Phillip | b.Oct-Dec.1853 St.Neots, Huntingdonshire (not Hampshire); | Samuel Smith Boursiquot / | Patriot" and from Nov.1848 | furrier & skin merchant 1880-1881; financier 1901; stockbroker 1911 | b.c1788 Dublin m.25.6.1813 or 29.7.1813 | (until beyond 30.6.1851) as | | St.Thomas (C.o.I.) Dublin | "The Melbourne Daily News"; |>>>Brig.-Gen. >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>|>>> Iris Bourcicault >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>|>>> Damaris Joan Argles | (seperated c1819); | the office, on Collins St., had | George Pensam Bourcicault | b.Apr-Jun.1883 Salford, b.Oct-Dec.1918/20 Chelsea, London |>>>James Boursiquot Anna Maria Darley | started as a shed with a small | (a.k.a. George Darley Bourc.) | Manchester, Lancashire / | b.c1750 (not 1780) d.1812 b.c1795 Dublin, Ireland; | printing press, located behind | b.c1856 Paris, France (twin) | / m.Oct-Dec.1945 Chelsea, London | / of well-connected Dublin | the "Shakespeare Hotel"; | edu. Eton (need to verify this ) | at Ockham School, Southend, William R. Potter | m.1776 (marriage licence) family who came from the | both hotel and newspaper were | / | Ockham, Surrey 1891; | Ann Jones; who was Scalp in Co.Wicklow | established 6.2.1839 by John | Maj. Army Service Corps; | of White Cottage, Whitchurch, Oxfordshire 1911; | perhaps(?) bapt.22.5.1741 / | Pascoe Fawkner, one of the | served in the Sudan 1885; | d.Jan-Mar.1943 Wokingham, Berkshire | St.Catherine (C.o.I) Dublin of 42 Warwick Road, | founders of Melbourne, at the | Col. 1901; retired as Brig.-Gen. | / | Paddington, London 1871 | corner of Collins St. & Market | (this rank discontinued 1922) | m.14.9.1910 All Saints Church, Marylebone, London; |>>>Sarah Boursiquot where she lived with son | St. in Port Phillip, Melbourne | / | Guy Arthur Eustace Argles; b.28.4.1885 London; | / William Smith Bourcicault | / | of 25 Cromwell Road, | Stock Exchange jobber (1901); Stock Exchange dealer (1911) | m.31.12.1767 (marriage licence) d.Jan-Mar.1879 | a neighbour in 1852 at the | Kensington, London 1871; | d.Sep.1969 Kensington, London | St John (C.o.E.) Dublin; Kensington, London | "Shakespeare Hotel" was the | of 26 Hornton Pl., Kens. 1901 | | Thomas Orr; merchant / | hotel manager "Eliza" Coulson | of The United Services Club |>>>Paul George Bourcicault; b.28.4.1885 Fulham, London; | sister of George Darley, | (nee Howard) who became | London 1924; of Linden Hall, boarded at Ockham School, near Ripley, Surrey 1891; |>>>Jane Boursiquot dramatic poet, essayist | George's partner; their dau. | Twyford, Berkshire 1935 attended boarding school at Malvern College, Malvern, Worcestershire 1901 (boarding at 5 College Grounds, Malvern); b.c1742(?) d.c1807(?) & mathematican | Florence Bourcicault was | / Engineer (Company Director 1953) and world traveller; / / | b.26.3.1853 (prob. Melbourne, | d.Jul-Sep.1935 Hampshire(?) but of Bogota, Columbia 1924-28; El Hasa, Sudan 1932; Venezula 1930-39; Mexico 1946; m.13.1.1777 (marriage licence) p. 2nd c1819 | the birth being later registered | registered Marylebone, London; his UK addresses: Marconi House, Strand, London 1924-32; of 431 Oxford Street, London 1939; St Andrew (C.o.I.) Dublin Dr Dionysius Lardner | and Florence bapt. at Sydney) | bur. Twyford, Berkshire of Savoy Hotel London 1946; of Chelmsford, England 1946; of 19 Fawcett Road, Aldeburgh, Suffolk 1953 BOU 01 Henry Rippingham / | / | / / BOU 02 / | / | / / Dr Dionysius Lardner was a married family friend and a lodge | they sailed (with her daughter | m.1st Apr-Jun.1882 he sailed from: at her home during the time when Anna Maria was recently | Elizabeth Jane Coulson and | Portsea Island, Hampshire; Cristobel, Panama Canal Zone (PCZ) to New York on SS "Santa Ana" arriving 7.4.1924; separated from her husband, she becoming his mistress c1819, | presumably the infant Florence) | (Florence) Marian Galt New York to Plymouth, UK on SS "President Roosevelt" arriving 27.4.1924; he probably the father of her youngest son Dion Boucicault Sr, | from Melbourne to Sydney, | (not Marion) Port Limon, Costa Rica to Plymouth, UK on SS "Cranje-Nassau" arriving 18.9.1928 (with Alice); who he supported fanancially until 1840 | arriving 16.8.1853; | b.Oct-Dec.1860 Southsea, Port Limon, Costa Rica to Plymouth, UK on SS "Cartegena" arriving 12.3.1930 (with Alice); / | Florence was bapt.7.9.1853 | Portsea Island, Hampshire; Port Said, Egypt to Southampton, UK on SS "Chr.