Serle
Family
Descendants of George Searl and Sarah Harris
of Kenton, Devon, England
(married 1697)
It is a tradition in our family that we are descended from the same family as that of the Abbot Serlo (1036-1104), "a man of strong will and high personal character" (Dictionary of National Biography), chaplain to William the Conqueror and Abbot of Gloucester, where he laid the foundation of the cathedral.
The name Serle is, according to 'Surnames of the United Kingdom' (Hy. Harrison), derived from the Norman 'Serlo'.
Various relatives appear to have spelled their names Searle and Searl (in many cases the spelling was a clergyman's interpretation) and in some cases two or even three of the variations were applied to the same person.
At a certain point in our family the spelling Serle became constant, as the following pages show.
The direct line to
Libby is (1) George Searl & Sarah Harris, (2) George Searl
& Jone (3) George Searl & Mary Tucker,
(4) James Serle & Agnes Dunsford, (5) James Serle & Mary
Southon,
(6) Walter Henry Serle & Kate Grocock, (7) Percival Serle
& Dora Beatrice Hake,
(8) Katharine Beatrice Serle & John Sampson Grierson.
Photos from trip to Devon 2010 - Libby & Fred
Shade
Recent
Changes |
Many 1911 census records and information about the Andrew family added to generation 6 on 4 Apr 2013 |
Newspaper articles about George Serle, boatman of Starcross, added to generation 6 on 25 Feb 2013 |
Robert William Horsman married Eliza Serle, generation 5, further details of descendants added 22 Jun 2012 |
Contact Libby Shade
for further details
email: lshade@melbpc.org.au
P.O. Box 105, Rosanna 3084, Victoria, Australia
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The information given will be referenced by official documents,
family bibles etc.
Information that is uncertain or unreferenced will not be
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For privacy of the present generations, the family tree will halt
at the generation born around the start of the 20th century.
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