Seeking information on ancestors of Esmee Doreen Courtenay and Leonard Treloar Courtenay

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Subject:	Leonard Treloar Courtenay
Date:	Sat, 23 Nov 2013 14:32:27 -0800
From:	Cassandra Achermann

Hello,

My mother and grandfather have tried over 10 years ago, so I'm hoping a more current posting might spark a conversation.

To attempt this in words with maiden names and following the Courtenay connection:

-My name is Cassandra Courtenay Achermann, and my brother is Tristram Conant Achermann.

-Mother is Tanya Veryan Perry (Marcus Roy Carl Achermann.)

-Grandmother is Adrienne Carole Edwards (d. 2012) (Edmund Conant Perry (d. 2012)); (Other siblings: Veryan Courtenay Edwards and Nigel Treloar Edwards)

-Great-Grandmother is Esmee Doreen Courtenay (d. ?) (Derek Lawler Piercy Edwards (d. ?))

-Great-Great-Grandfather is Leonard Treloar Courtenay (d. ?), (Edith Marie Bennet (d. 1946-47))

From here I haven't a clue.

Any possible information would be greatly appreciated at:

Cassandra Courtenay Achermann

cassandracachermann@gmail.com

Richard Courtney, married in Newfoundland in 1851, from Enniscorthy, Co. Wexford, Ireland.

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Subject:	Courtney from Wexford
Date:	Tue, 19 Nov 2013 08:05:54 -0700
From:	JD

I am trying to find some information about my 3rd great grandfather. Unfortunatly I have very little to start with. His name was Richard Courtney, married in Newfoundland in 1851. The marriage register showed that he was from Enniscorthy, Co. Wexford, Ireland. No birth or death dates so I'm guessing born between 1810 and 1830. Any help would be appreciated. Thank you JD Fuller
mr.jdfuller@gmail.com

Calgary, Alberta

COURTENAY SCHOOL, Charleston, South Carolina (Photos and links)

Courtenay School, Charleston,

South Carolina  (original building erected 1888)

Courtenay School, (modern building 1955), Charleston, South Carolina

The original Courtenay School (upper Meeting Street, Ward 7) was erected in 1888 and dedicated on Feb. 4, 1889.  The school was named after Charleston Mayor William Ashmead Courtenay (Mayor of Charleston SC, 1879-1887).

The modern (1955) Courtenay Elementary School became the home of Charleston Progressive Academy in 2006. After spending millions in renovations, the campus was ordered to be vacated and gutted in 2010.



See link below for photo of (1955) modern Courtenay School, which can be used in accordance with the creative commons license:   (non profit use with full attribution - see details posted on website).  Photo of 1955 Courtenay School depicted below by Henry de Saussure Copeland, taken on October 26, 2006:

   
http://www.flickr.com/photos/hdescopeland/2233233830/
https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/2.0/

         
A history of the Courtenay Mill (Newry SC) is located here:
http://files.usgwarchives.net/sc/oconee/history/h-47.txt

More info here on Mayor William Ashmead Courtenay:
http://www.halseymap.com/flash/mayors-detail.asp?polID=40

download pdf - Preservation Society of Charleston
         

page 24 has a history of Courtenay School
www.preservationsociety.org/progress/NOVEMBERPROGRESS.pdf

File Format: PDF/Adobe Acrobat - Quick View
The Courtenay School project at 382 Meeting Street involves considerable new ... The project is one of four that were initiated by the Charleston County ...
         

1955 new building newspaper announcement:
http://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=2506&dat=19550707&id=d3NJAAAAIBAJ&sjid=MQsNAAAAIBAJ&pg=4086,895478

http://news.google.com/newspapers?id=_cxJAAAAIBAJ&sjid=FwsNAAAAIBAJ&dq=courtenay%20school%20charleston&pg=1740%2C1059402

http://news.google.com/newspapers?id=5XVJAAAAIBAJ&sjid=YQsNAAAAIBAJ&dq=courtenay%20school%20charleston&pg=1233%2C4964624

Ann Courtenay (and husband Gilbert Holcombe) - any living children as of 1630?

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Subject:	inquiry on documents available at Powderham Castle
Date:	Sat, 20 Jul 2013 15:29:19 -0400
From:	Ray Holcomb
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Dear Sir or Madam,

My wife and I plan a visit to Devon from the United States between September 2 and September 6. We will visit the Devon Heritage Center (Exeter), Powderham Castle, and perhaps the Devon Record Office (Barnstaple) for genealogy research. We have located several documents in the Heritage Center online catalog that appear relevant to our research, and would appreciate your advice to make our short visit efficient.

We are particularly interested in Thomas Holcomb(e) (1601-1657), the first immigrant to Massachusetts with that surname (1629). Several genealogies published in the 1930s claim that his mother was Ann Courtenay (1573-1642), a well-documented descendent of the noble Powderham family of that surname. However, two notable Devon surveys from ca. 1630  (Vivian and Westcote) are in direct conflict over whether Ann Courtenay (and husband Gilbert Holcombe) had any living children as of 1630.

While we plan to visit Powderham Castle as well as the Heritage Center, it appears that much of the Powderham Courtenay material has been transferred to the National Archives (under acquisition code D1508/M). The catalog of that deposit includes “a survey book, 1574-1640” which could hold very useful material. It is not clear to me whether it resides at Exeter or Barnstaple, and how I might arrange access to it and similar records.

We would also appreciate your advice on how we might divide our time most efficiently between Exeter, Powderham Castle, and Barnstaple to conduct our research on the progeny (if any) of Ann Courtenay. Thank you for any assistance you may be able to provide.

Sincerely,

Raymond L. Holcomb
USA

ray@rayholcomb.com

 

Seeking information regarding Mary Anne Vane - daughter of William Courtenay, 8th Earl of Devon

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Subject:	Question about William Courtenay
Date:	Sun, 08 Sep 2013 16:48:23 -0300
From:	Susan Maddin
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Hello,

My name is Susan Maddin and I was recently given a copy of some family history
that was being pieced together by my father. It's in a bit of a mess and I am trying to figure some things out. Hoping you can help. I have been looking at my Paternal Grandmothers family and if I understand what has been given to me correctly it appears that my 7x Great grandfather would be William Courtenay 2 viscount 8th Earl of Devon. I am not sure what all that means however I believe my linage is from his illegitimate daughter Mary Anne Vane ( at least I was told she was illegitimate) My 6x great grandparents are Louis Chevalier and Mary Anne Vane-Courtenay. This side of the family seems to have very strong ties to Quebec, Canada. I'm not even sure I am counting the greats right to be honest and don't even know what I am even asking but does this make sense? The source for a lot of this info is not listed and again I apologize as I don't really understand what I am looking at or even for at this point. I am very new at this. Other names in this lineage are Antel (or Antell ) Chaulker ( or Chalker) Keats Kendall My grandmother was a Strickland ( her mother was a Chevalier) She married a Maddin. Hope you can help and if you need any further info please let me know.

Susan Sent from my iPhone

Lewis Courtenay. baptised at Molland in 6th January 1677/8 to Philip & Joan Courtenay - seeking more inforomation

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Subject:	Lewis Courtenay at Molland
Date:	Thu, 5 Sep 2013 21:20:05 +0100
From:	Jan Kingshott
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Dear Sir,

 

By way of an introduction, I descend from the Courtenay family, my nearest direct Courtenay ancestor being Phillippa Courtenay (daughter of Philip Courtenay & Elizabeth Hungerford) who was my 14^th great grandmother! Distant, but still related.

I have been looking at the branch of the Courtenay’s at Molland and Meshaw in Devon and wondered if you could tell me how the following persons fit in.

 

Lewis Courtenay was baptised at Molland in 6^th January 1677/8 to Philip & Joan Courtenay. I am struggling to link Philip & Joan into the wider Molland Courtenay tree. Are you able to help?

 

Kind Regards,

 

Jan B Kingshott

Exeter, Devon, England

 

re: SUNDIAL owned by 'Thomas Courtenay Esq BALLYNACLASHY Anno Domini 1817.( Ballynaclashy is a townland near Middleton Co. Cork, Ireland)

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Subject:	Re: Thomas Courtenay
Date:	Thu, 7 Nov 2013 12:47:25 -0000
From:	Michael J. Harley
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Hello all – from Ireland, Nov 2013

 

I am not a Courtenay but I have a special interest in sundials and am currently researching a slate sundial, dated 1817 with a rusty iron gnomon. The dial is engraved with a compass rose, urns and a Coat of Arms, and is inscribed 'Thomas Courtenay Esq  BALLYNACLASHY Anno Domini 1817. Ballynaclashy is a townland near Middleton Co. Cork, Ireland and I have found that Thomas, a sixth son, and his brother George were residing there in a house called ‘Glenhill’ (which still exists) in 1823. As I am working from a poor photo (I have asked for closeups but so far none are forthcoming) I would like to see a copy of the Coat of Arms that he would have used. Can anybody help with this or any other info regarding Thomas. Regards Michael J. Harley m.j.harley@sundials-ireland.com

Need verification: Were the parents of Thomas Courtenay (b. Antrim, Ireland circa 1770) Joseph Courtenay and Mary Chalmers?

Difficult to pin down Courtenay antecedent

 

 

Dear Courtenay Society,

          I have started doing our family history and I have hit a wall with regard to my Irish Courtenay relative. I have a Capt  Thomas Courtenay born Antrim about 1770. He married Sarah Lefroy (1773-1836;sister of Thomas Langlois Lefroy). Their daughter Anne Lefroy Courtenay(b 1804) married George Holmes in 1827. Their daughter Mina (1854-1936) married David Gray in Brisbane Australia in 1874. We now live in Melbourne.

 

I am aware both the Courtenays and the Lefroys have very significant family histories attached to the.

 

Supposedly the parents of Thomas Courtenay were Joseph Courtenay and Mary Chalmers, but I have no real evidence of this.

 

Can anyone help solve this mystery for me? Thank you for this website. Liz G

 

jamesjessicak@aapt.net.au

 

Captain George Courtenay who served out of Esquimalt, British Columbia in 1840s

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Subject:	Searching Cptn Geo. W. Courtenay
Date:	Tue, 25 Jun 2013 21:59:14 -0700
From:	Dr. E. Lisbeth (Betty) Donaldson
Organization:	15 - 111 20 St, Courtenay, BC, Canada, VN9 8B1
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If you have information related to Cptn Geo Courtenay who served out of 
Esquimalt, BC in 1840s, would you please contact me.
Thank you.
E. L. Donaldson
Courtenay BC

edonalds@ucalgary.ca

 

Edwin and Eliza Courtenay of Armagh, parents of Mary Jane Courtenay who married Edward Bunting around 1836

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Subject:	Irish Courtenay connections
Date:	Sun, 30 Jun 2013 10:49:36 +1030
From:	Kerry Aldridge
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I am trying to track an Edwin and Eliza Courtenay of Armagh, parents of Mary Jane Courtenay who married Edward Bunting around 1836 and emigrated to Queensland with her family. Has anyone stumbled across any data pertaining to these people. Edwin was born about 1792...no idea about Eliza birth or her maiden name.

Would appreciate any information to help in completing my family tree.

Kerry Aldridge

Sunshine Coast

Queensland

geriatric101@live.co.uk

  

Thomas Courtney + Jane Anderson

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Subject:	Thomas Courtney + Jane Anderson
Date:	Tue, 18 Jun 2013 20:01:09 -0600
From:
Reply-To:
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Hi there,

 

I am looking for something definitive on Thomas Courtney Sr.  He is my 5XGreat grandfather in that he is my mother's mother's mother's father's father's mother's father, through his daughter Elizabeth Courtney, who married John Downie (Downey).  If you have a source to share or a document that would be great.  My ultimate goal is any image that I could include in a digital scrapbook that I am making for my son and to cousins, but going back this far means that with the exception of the occasional portrait, bookplate, or landscape photo, I'm pretty much out of luck!

 

Anyhow, this is a new discovery to me, although my grandfather always said that the Downies that came to Canada from Ireland weren't Irish!

 

Anyway, please let me know if you have anything on Thomas Sr. or Jane Anderson.

 

Thanks so much!

 

Belva Crabtree (Iam actually using my mother's computer right now - so you can just reply to this or send any replies to my e-mail address at belva.crabtree@shaw.ca)

 

PS. Either  way, it would be great to gear from you... wherever you are!

John and Abigail Courtney, maybe born in Scotland maybe around 1780.

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Subject:	looking for John Courtney and wife Abigail
Date:	Wed, 12 Jun 2013 03:45:00 -0500
From:	jmkuno tds.net
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Looking for info on John and Abigail Courtney, maybe born in Scotland maybe around 1780.

 

They had at least 1 daughter, Jane Courtney, about 1803- died in Canada, maybe 1871.

 

She married John Murphy and they had at least 1 daughter, Deborah Murphy, born in Port Hope, Canada. Deborah married George Sallans and they had 3 children, one of which was Elizabeth Jane Sallans, born in Port Hope in 1865. She married John M. Mullen.

 

Do you have any of these people in your tree?

 

Thanx

 

J.M. Kuno

re: Courtenay who married 'frances' and had two daughters

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Subject:	genealogy
Date:	Tue, 11 Jun 2013 13:08:58 -0600
From:	anne hendricks
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hi,

I am trying to identify the courtenay who married 'frances' and had two daughters (frances and elizabeth) in the late 1600s. francis was widowed and re-married a thomas hodges. widowed again, she traveled with daughters and thomas housden (friend or relative) to barbados, then to yorktown va, then to norfolk virginia, where she died in 1730. her daughters were made wards of thomas housden. any information on which courtenay might have been the first husband of frances
would be greatly appreciated. thank you, anne hendricks

Thomas Courtney of Ireland. Birthdate and place unknown. Died September 6, 1901, St. Paul MN?

   

Seaching for Thomas Courtney of Ireland. Birthdate and place unknown. Died September 6, 1901. I believe in St. Paul, MN. Married unknown. Had at least one child, Delia Courtney who married Albin Henry Larson November 16, 1898 at the St Paul Cathedral.

 

Pat Sailer

psailboat@yahoo.com