Family Group Sheet
Family Group Sheet
NameLouis (Louis) Desormeaux, 5G Grandfather
Birth19 Sep 1673, Guines, Pas-de-Calais, France
MemoAccording to Elisabeth Burton. Or 20th.
Death22 Jan 1748, Spitalfields, London, England
Baptism20 Sep 1673, Calais, France
Residence1702, Zandstraat, Belgium
Residence1672, Rouen, Normandy, France
MemoThis makes no sense!
OccupationSilk weaver.
Origin‘Middelbourg en Zeelande’. Middelburg.
Note 1His Will of 6 Jan 1747, (almost five pages) shows he had property in both London and the ‘country’. He appears to have been a rich silk-weaver and employer. He set up complicated trusts for his surviving children (several others appear to have died).
Note 2Louis or Lewis. Also spelt ‘de Zormeaux’. Almost certainly a Huguenot (Protestant refugee) from France. Elisabeth Burton says he was a weaver and lived in Norton Folgate near Spitalfields, London.
Note 3Huguenot Society Publication v. 27 Lists Louis Desormeaux in 1709 on the Oath Roll for Naturalization. Weavers Court Books 1610-1730 entry 27 Aug 1711 - Mr Lewis Desormeaux from Holland is adnmitted as a foreign master.
God-parentsClaude Hays and Renée Le Noble.
Note 4Louis’ identity is certain. Freddie Peirce-Howe, however, calls him Louis Pierre Constant Moreau-Desormeaux which does not appear as a name in other family records. Is this the same branch of the
Note 5Was he the Louis Desormeaux Junior, of 8 Vine Court Spitalfields, who developed packets of ‘Chemical British Japan Ink Powder’ to be used by stationers dissolved in water to make writing ink?
Flags CALRel, Desormeaux, Le Noble
FatherLouis (Louis) Desormeaux (1613-1674)
MotherSuzanne (Claude) Le Noble (~1632-1678)
Other spousesMachtelije Jacobs van Dijck
Marriage6 Apr 1704
Married MemoAccording to Elisabeth Burton.
SpouseMarie Colas
Birth?
Death?
Burial30 Sep 1704
MemoAccording to Elisabeth Burton.
Note 1Or ‘Marija Colae’. “Of St Denis d’Oleron... Housewife of Louwijs Dormans”