Thomas Courtney Born 1825/6; Died 27th April 1911

fname=Lyn
lname=Langton
address1=10 Woodmoor
address2=Finchampstead
city=Wokingham
state=Berkshire
country=England
zip=RG40 3TT
lyn.langton@btinternet.com
ancestor=Thomas Courtney Born 1825/6; Died 27th April 1911
comments= I have traced my ancestors back to the above named Thomas Courtney who was born in Chittlehampton in Devon circa 1826. I know he died on the above date. I am having problems finding his records prior to 1851 census and would be interested to know if he is connected to your family society. If so, I would like to join the society and find more family connections further back. Are you able to advise me if he is connected and/or if you have records that I could [have] access to?
I look forward to hearing from you in the near future.
Kind regards,
lyn Langton

Am I a Courtney or a Courtenay?

fname=Jason
lname=Courtney
address1=12 Nimon Place
address2=
city=Stirling
state=Western Australia
country=Australia
zip=6021
drjasoncourtney@hotmail.com
ancestor=myself
comments=Am I a Courtney or a Courtenay?
My aunt who has now died had a family history made but its whereabouts are unknown to me or my family.
I was told that our family name was de Courtney/Courtenay and that we were descended from French ancestors.
Ps-If I want to trace my family history can I do this through your society and how do I become a member?
regards Jason Courtney

Annie Moore Shull Courtney, b. Frederick County, VA, 20 Apr. 1852, d.19 Dec 1944

fname=Michael
lname=Charles
address1=420 East 58 St.
address2=
city=New York
state=NY
country=USA
zip=10022
design@mhcharles.com
ancestor=
comments=I am looking for the family and marriage for my great-great aunt, Annie Moore Shull Courtney. She was born in Frederick County, VA, 20 Apr. 1852 and died 19 Dec 1944. Courtney was her second marriage I believe and family story says that she lived in Puyallup, WA, however, she is buring in Shenandoah Co., VA in the Shull family plot. I would like to locate the name of the Courtney family she connects to and if there are any descendants of this line.

Richard Courtenay, Bishop of Norwich and Chancellor of Oxford (b. 1382)

fname=Suzanne
lname=Beaudry
address1=19916 Dunstable Circle
address2=
city=Germantown
state=Maryland
country=USA
zip=20876
SuzanneIAM@aol.com
ancestor=Richard Courtenay, Bishop of Norwich and Chancellor of Oxford (b. 1382)
comments=He is not an ancestor of mine, but I am still curious.

Does the Courtenay Society have a more specific date of birth (month and/or day) for him, besides just the year (1382)?

I guess that he was born either at a village called Chudleigh or at Powderham Castle.

Thank you.

Professor Henry Valentine Courtenay, b. Belfast, moved to USA

fname=Henry Valentine
lname=Courtenay
address1=6 Friarshall Gate. 2/2
address2=Paisley
city=Paisley
state=Renfrewshire
country=Scotland
zip=PA2 6LD
h.courtenay@btinternet.com
ancestor=Uncle, Prof. Henry Valentine Courtenay
comments=Born in Belfast N Ireland, moved to USA.

Elizabeth Longmaide De Courtenay

fname=Roger William
lname=Churm
address1=23 Galston Road
address2=
city=Luton
state=Beds
country=England
zip=LU3 3JZ
roger.churm@btinternet.com
ancestor=Elizabeth Longmaide De Courtenay
comments=Elizabeth allegedly married a William White and a daughter Amye White was born and baptised on the 10th June 1604 in Colyton Devon.
Can anyone out there confirm this? I do not know Elizabeth's parents name apart from De Courtenay and Longmaide. A De Courtenay castle was in this area - e.g., Colcomb, so it might tie up although the Courtenay family had dropped the "De" by this time. And I would say that Elizabeth was probably born out of wedlock because of the use of both parents' names.
Would apreciate any assistance in this.
Many Thanks, Roger Churm

Powderham Lady circa 1951

fname=James
lname=Gilman
address1=19 Brancepeth Close
address2=
city=Durham City
state=Co. Durham
country=UK
zip=DH1 5XL
james@agilman.freeserve.co.uki
ancestor=one who was a General in the British Army circa 1940s/1950s
comments=When I was a young soldier in the British Army during the Korean War in the early 1950s I was hospitalised for 3 months (late 1951) at the Royal Cambridge Military Hospital in Aldershot, England. During that time I became friendly with a young lady whose name -- alas -- I have since forgotten, but who was around my own age (I was born in 1932), who worked as a volunteer in the Hospital library, whose father was a General in the British Army, and who lived at Powderham Castle in Devon. I have no knowledge that she was a member of the Courtenay family, but if her father was indeed a GenerAL, it does seem likely.

In 1953 I was in the area and so called at Powederham Castle. I remember asking for her by name at the Lodge at the Castle gates, and being directed to the Castle itself, which means she must have been known to the people there. However, on my way up the drive a horse was sick all over me! The people at the lodge cleaned me up, but I was in no state to go calling at the Castle, so left, and have never since been in that locality.

I am curious, after all these years, as to what became of her in her later life, and wondered if through your website you could help? I have been in correspondence with the family at Powderham who cannot work out who she was, so you are my last resport.

If she was around 20 or so in 1951, her father would presumably have been around 40-50 or so, which means it is likely he was in the British Army during World War Two. Can anyone identify him?

Many thanks!

James A Gilman

Curtenay of Hastings

fname=Alan
lname=Edgecombe
address1=20 Buena Vista Drive
address2=Glenholt
city=Plymouth
state=Devon
country=England
zip=PL67JF
afedgecombe@blueyonder.co.uk
ancestor=Curtenay of Hastings
comments=I think a part of my original query of 16 May went missing. The question was 'Is anything known about the person listed inthe Battle Abbey Roll as Curtenay?' The Knight (Jocelin de Courtenay) is well known, but who is the lesser being further down the roll?

A.F.Edgecombe

The Roll of Battle Abbey shows two Courtenays

fname=Alan
lname=Edgecombe
address1=20 Buena Vista Drive,
address2=Glenholt
city=Plymouth
state=Devon
country=U.K.
zip=PL6 7JF
e_mail=
ancestor=Curtenay
comments=The Roll of Battle Abbey shows two Courtenays. One is the knight Jocelin? with coat of arms. The other is similar and has no coat of arms - that of CURTENAY.

William A Courtenay

fname=David
lname=Kershaw
address1=213 Conner Drive Apt 20
address2=
city=Chapel Hill
state=NC
country=USA
zip=27514
dckersh@unc.edu
ancestor=William A Courtenay
comments=I'm trying to track down a great great grandfather. He's an Irish Courtenay who was born approximately 1836. He either came into America via Philadelphia (I think 1860) or New York. He Married a Sarah Van Gorden sometime prior to 1868. Can anyone provide me a email to the Courtenay genealogy specialist. I know my grandmother talked to them several times and even visited, and I was hoping we talk.

Sincerely,
Dave Kershaw