Francois ROMERIL
NOTES: 1. He was baptized in the LDS Church 14 Aug 1849, and he gave his birthdate as 13 Aug 1799. (Gorey Branch Records) 2. A christening record in St. Laurens and St. Jean Parish 18 Aug 1800 for Francois Romeril, son of Jeanne Hotton. 3. Francis Romeril and wife Mary crossed the ocean with Samuel Langlois and wife Anna Marie (half-sister of Francis), and some of their children. 4. Channel Islands Conference, British Mission was organized 5 Jan 1850 with Wm C. Dunbar - President. The 3 Jun 185_ this conference was transferred to the French Mission. (Call No. G.S.F. 105,975, Gorey Branch, Bristol Conference, Channel Islands, British Mission, where Francis, Mary and their family were baptised.) Repeated searches in St Laurence Par Reg, Jersey Island by Anne J. Mourant (4 Abbotsmount, St Johns Road, St Helier), daughter of Rector of St Laurence Parish. 5. (Letters to Orlin R. Oleson 1 Aug 1972 and 10 May 1972. 6. Fanny Amelia (Romeril) Oleson Family Record. 7. Endowment of Francois Romeril (Chr 18 Aug 1800) from TIB, p
Channel Islands, British Mission was organized 5 Jan 1850 with Wm C. Dunbar, President. A few years later it was transferred to the French Mission. Francis Romeril and wife, Mary, crossed the ocean with Samuel Langlois and wife Anna Marie (half sister of Francis), and some of their children. Swingewood Family Records in care of Mildred Bauman. Mary's death - Ogden Cemetery. Death Certificate St Helier Parrish, Jersey Island.
Birth: FHL #178087 Logan Temple "Sealing Children to Parents" 30 Nov 1887 This is the earliest source to list complete birth & death dates for this family. (This lists #4, Mary, died 15 May 1880.) FHL #026261 Lynne Ward Membership Records Utah FHL #105975 Gorey Branch Membership Records, C.Is. FHL #464353 1841 Census-Grouville, Jersey, C.Is. Marriage: Autobiography of Patience Swingewood (Copy in possession of Lucy O. Thurgood) FHL 289.3,G286gDeath: FHL #486186 Ogden City Cemetery records (This gives only death dates and burial places.) Obituary, Deseret News, Wed, 1 Jan 1913, p10. Obituary, Deseret News, Fri, 3 Jan 1913, p10. Obituary, Deseret News, Wed, 25 June 1924, p.5. Baptism: Endowment: FHL #183408 Endowment House Living Endowment 1878-1884 Sealing to Parents: Sealing to Spouse: FHL #183402 Endowment House Living Sealing Par. Reg. St. John = certified copy of christening of George (11 Oct. 1974); Jersey Branch, London Conference, British Mission records (George's baptism.); "Romoriel, George, age 16, residence - Gorey, baptised 26 Aug 1849 by Treseder" (Letter 16 Dec 1949); Shipping List; 1851 Census; Family Records of George Romrell; All children in this family were born at Lynne Ward, Ogden, Weber, Utah Lynne Ward was a locality as well as an LDS Church unit. Originally that area was called "Bingham Fort" then "Lynne Ward" and later "Five Points". It is located approximately two and one-half miles north of the center of Ogden.
He married Mary Billot 16 Dec 1826 at St. Helier Par., Jersey, Channel Is. . Mary Billot was born at St. Laurence Par, Jersey, Channel Islands 18 Apr 1801 daughter of Joshua Billot and Elizabeth Magdelaine Gibout .
They were the parents of 11
children:
Mary Romeril
born 22 May 1824.
John Abraham Romeril
born 19 Feb 1827.
Francis Thomas Romeril
born 31 Jul 1829.
Charles Romeril
born 1830.
George Romrell
born 14 Oct 1832.
Ann Mary Romeril
born 1 Sep 1834.
Jane Nancy Romeril
born 23 Feb 1837.
Fanny Mary Ann Romeril
born 19 Feb 1839.
Ann Romeril
born 29 Sep 1841.
Charles Abraham Romeril
born 18 May 1842/43.
Sophia Jane Romeril
born 23 May 1846.
Francois Romeril died 9 Oct 1875 at Ogden, Weber, Utah .
Mary Billot died 11 May 1866 at Ogden, Weber, Utah .