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 Searle & 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.
Recent
Changes |
Photos of Katharine Beatrice Serle (Betty) added 5 Apr 2010 |
Notes on Kate Serle nee Grocock on page 6 added 2 Oct 2009 |
Notes on Agnes DUNSFORD on page 4 added 18 Sep 2009 |
Addition of page of record of descendants of James Sarel and Susanna Sparkes on a new page (other Kenton records) due to William Cann Searle of page 6 living with Thomas Searle, eighth child of the above couple, in the furniture business at Barnet in the 1861 census (called nephew but no relationship found). This page added 18 Mar 2009. |
Deletion of all material relating to Samuel Collier Thearle who was believed to have married Elizabeth Triggs Hodge - this has been proved to not be true. Changes made 12 Mar 2008 |
Contact Libby Shade
for further details
email: lshade@melbpc.org.au
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provided for mutual information within the family.
The information given will be referenced by official documents,
family bibles etc.
Information that is uncertain or unreferenced will not be
published.
For privacy of the present generations, the family tree will halt
at the generation born around the start of the 20th century.
Discussion gladly entered into.
