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esquilland — 2012-03-06 19:34:05Z

My name is Sue Esquilant and I am the middle daughter of my deceased parents Sheila and Geoffrey from Dunedin, New Zealand. My father's ancestors are directly related to Les Esquilant in Sydney, Australia - both grandfathers or further back being brothers - one son decided to stay and live and farm in Australia while the rest of the family settled in New Zealand. My father related the story that as a child he saw either French or Spanish pistols in his grandparents house and that we are connected to the French aristocracy, I do not know anything more or can substantiate this.

When working for the newspaper in Dunedin I sighted a map of the French settlement of New Caledonia or Noumea as it is now known with a bay named Esquilland Bay over 30 years ago, again I have not been able to substantiate it.

Towards the summer, I will be travelling to Rome in Italy for a relaxing few days - I am learning Italian which I simply love especially their food and have read up on their culture. My great-aunt Mabel was trained in Italy for opera singing in New Zealand and I have a love of the opera stars of long ago through my father's family - there is a hill called the Esquiline Hill and Esquilino Plaza, can anyone help whether it is part of our family name and what were we called originally?

I have had a psychic reading done some time ago and she told me I was once a Roman gladiator and that my intuitive senses are very strong, I feel a pull to Italy to visit, perhaps u can help me in some way?

Thanking you.

Sue Esquilant

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gesquilant — 2011-06-03 05:35:37Z

Testing computer to see if this posts

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bandm33 — 2011-03-31 04:16:21Z

Hi,
I have just started my family tree and came across your post.My Great Grandfather was married to Maria Louisa Esquilant, Whose parents where Edward Adophus Esquilant and Louisa Jane Burdick.
My Great Grandfather name was Alfred Ernest Wyburd. Could you inform me if this information is correct.
Hope to her from you soon.

Maureen

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brianlesley_1 — 2011-03-29 05:36:48Z

Hi Maria Louisa was my grandmothers aunt. Her father was Alfred Thomas. They came from Dunedin in NZ. My grandmother was Evelyn Rachel Esquilant. She was born in 1900. I f you want anymore let me know. Email brian.lesley@bigpond.com.au I live in Adelaide
Lesley Warde

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bandm33 — 2011-02-13 01:02:21Z

hi
I have just started doing my Father's Family Tree and have come across your emails about the Esquilants. I don't know if this is any use to you, but Maria Louisa Esquilant was married to my Great Grandfather, Alfred Ernest Wyburd. They married in Dunedin New Zealand in 1878.They also had 4 children.
Could you let me know if this is of any use to you.

Maureen

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Brook_esquilant — 2008-08-22 09:10:56Z

Trudi
That sounds great.
My email is brookdavis@msn.com
Talk to you soon.
Brook

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Trudi_Esquilant — 2008-08-20 11:51:08Z

Brook,

Thankyou for the offer and lovely to be contacted by a member of the family. I have fond memories of your father from my younger days visiting Charlie and Sadie in Fairfield with my parents and sister. I do remember your mother and her sister Lorraine I believe being married to Steven and David and that there where a few babies from both marriages so the list of cousins is obviously quite a substantial one.

I currently live in Stanhope Gardens and would like to catch up at some stage if you are interested.

Kind regards
Trudi

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Brook_esquilant — 2008-08-20 00:17:36Z

Hi trudi
I'm a daughter of Stephen which is son of Charles and sadi (sarah).
I live in Campbelltown in NSW can fill you in with our side and lead you to my cousin's.
My mum and Her sister married brother's David and Stephen.
Brook

Re: Peter Esquilant

tyryma — 2008-03-11 02:44:20Z

David,

My name is Debra Lee Esquilant. I am the youngest daughter of Peter whom you speak about.

Please contact me directly if you wish tyryma@hotmail.com

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LesEsquilant — 2008-02-25 23:22:52Z

Hi I am a first cousin of Peter Esquilant. I don't know what you know of his history but he was electrocuted at work some fews ago. His wife now lilves in Sydney. Please let me have a reply and perhaps we con communicate more details.
Regards

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TEsquilant — 2007-03-22 23:26:18Z

David,
I am Trudi Esquilant, eldest daughter of Peter Charles Esquilant born 1941 at Paddington NSW.
Peter married my mother ELaine Esquilant in Taree Nsw in 1964 and myself and my sister Debra were born in 1973 and 1975 respectivelly.
Peter passed away in a workplace accisent on June 27 1994.
Trudi

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davidjmiles — 2007-03-11 05:43:45Z

Sorry for the cross post, but if anyone can help find more information about a Peter Esquilant, please see the thread I started.

Thanks,

David

Peter Esquilant

davidjmiles — 2007-03-08 02:19:49Z

Hello all,

I'm looking for information about a Peter Esquilant from NSW Australia. He is a relative of my wife. In the early 70's he was a lineman with the phone company and probably lived in or around Taree NSW with his wife and children. I would guess he was born in the 40's, but I may be wrong.

Any help would be appreciated.

Thanks,

David

Re: Esquilant Family

2006-08-29 11:26:07Z

Martin - had a session with my sister this weekend, sorting out quite a few photos she recovered from Jim and Alice Patterson's daughter Ivy (known as Pansy) before she died.
There are pix of Edward E and Ellen Millidge (Milladge?) and of various people down the lines which you and your aunt Cinthia may be interested in - but my scanner's knackered so i can't send them as emails - but if you give me your address I can photocopy them and send them snail Mail - there's one skeleton in the cupboard, a couple of mystery ladies whuch Cinthia might be able to help with and some questions about children of Edward and Ellen which might be missing from the tree.
Jim

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2006-08-15 15:41:06Z

PS I'd also love to have a copy of that death certificate - there are some commercial family tree blueprints which allow you to add notes, images and photos to particular names to fill the gtree out.
Jim

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2006-08-15 15:38:21Z

THat's terrfic - fills oiu that top line and below nicely - Gerard Esquilant in Australia will be really interested - I've got some photos too but I'm not sure exactly who they are so if we can compare them and put a name to some that are so far anonymous that would be really useful.
Jim

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martin1tnano1ut4rlml8t5pmjmjsr96707 — 2006-08-15 12:16:13Z

HI Jim , Thanks for the tree , That will help me alot , I have so far found out that my great great grandad was Albert Edward Esquilant ( think you said he was born in 1870 ) I have his certificate of where he is burried in High Wycombe , he died in 13.06.50 which would have made him 80 , I have also found some photos of which i think is him , I was talking to my great aunt ( Cynthia Stepneski (nee Esquilant) my nans sister and she says that Albert re married but i cant find out his wifes name . His son was my great grandad ( Lenard Cecil Esquilant who was born 29.09.03 - 23.04.79 ( age 76) I would have been age 8. by the tree it makes my great great grandad and your great grandad brothers . I will send you the tree back once i have filled it in more , if you find and more info let me know it was great to hear from you

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2006-08-05 22:32:07Z

Hi There , Thank you so much for your valuble inforamtion , i am very new to this and just started to try to do the famly tree for my great Aunt - Cinthia Esquillant . it would be great if you could send any information or tree you have to help, I am 35 and Cinthia's great Nephew as she is my mums aunt and my nans sister , I lost my nan two years ago but managed to get a bit of information from her some time before she died. I will leave my e mail it is martin_liggins@hotmail.com

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2006-08-05 20:28:53Z

Hi - nice to hear more - I've got back to an Edward Esquilant who married Ellen Millidge, probably around 1850 - they started having quite a large family in 1869 anyway.
Between then and 1887 they had at least nine children - Florence, Albert Edward, Henry Joseph, Beatrice Adelaide, Frederick Christopher, Joseph, Alice Gertude, Ellen Maude and Herbert Morris.
Our family comes down through Beatrice Adelaide - so the odds are you come down through one of the male line - quite a few of them had long lives - at least two of them lived to be over 100.
Haven't got an end date for Albert Edward (he was born 1870 - the dates for Henry Joseph are 1871-72, Frederick was born 1874, Joseph 1877-1952, Herbert 1887-1950 - wonder whether Albert or Herbert was yours?
There's a guy in Australia called Gerard Esqilant who's chairman of the Australian Huguenot Society - you'll know that the Esquilants were Huguenots and in the silk trade - slung ut of France by the ruling catholics
He's been back to UK to research and I'm supposed to have swapped family trees with him- except I've been too busy - I think his tree goes bck another three generations from Edward
I'll have to bring our tree up to date - more grandchildren andwould be ahppy to send you a copy.
Jim Latham

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2006-08-04 23:41:18Z

Hi There , I am just reading all the postings on teh Esquilant Families , My Grandmother was Rose Elisabeth Esquilant and her sister Cinthia Esquilant of high Wycombe, my great gran her mum was Emily Florence Esquilant and Husband Lenard Cecil Esquilant and aparently they came to high wycombe from Plumstead east london in the 1900's and had my nan in 1928, my great Aunt Cinthia and me are trying to find out more history , we havent much as we have only just began, but it is funny how they came from plumstead too ! aparently lenard had a sister Rose , sister Ethel and a brother Albert . Their Father was also called Albert Esquilant , I hope this may help

my e mail is martin_Liggins@hotmail.com

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2006-08-04 23:28:52Z

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2006-08-04 23:16:17Z

Hello , my Grandmother was Elisabeth Rose Esquilant and Her Mother & Father was Emily Florence Esquilant (ne Barclay ) and Lenard Cecil Esquilant of high wycombe england, the moved up from london .Lenard had a brother Bert and sisters Rose and Ethel their Dad was Albert Esquilant . I am desperate to find out any history if you have any

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carlybus — 2005-09-29 22:26:58Z

hi my partners name is esqulant and his father was from the east end of london, and most his family is still living there. I was trying to research his family and i had the same problem as you. i cant seem to find many with the same spelling as his. they all seem to be spelt diffrently. Maybe you are related to him if you are from london. thanks carly.

New Email Address

2005-03-20 06:00:41Z

My new email address from 18 March 2005 is:
entgdr@ozemail.com.au

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2005-03-07 06:48:59Z

Just found your Nov 2004 message. The only details I have of Herbert is his birth under ESQUILENT (prob spelling mistake), and his parents of Samuel & Hannah. He had a sister Anne Emily and a brother Charles William. Herbert was born on 29 Jul 1897. Samuel's father might have been another Samuel but according to his M/C it was George! His mother might have been Emily BURLEY. If you have more info to swap please email me at my new address of
entgdr@ozemail.com.au

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2004-12-30 20:53:04Z

East London is a large area. It would be helpful if you could narrow the field a bit. Contact Gerard Esquilant who might have some info. Also Contact the Hugenout Organisation in London.

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2004-11-27 10:58:37Z

Caroline/Gerard - I haven't received any reply to several messages I've sent direct to your addresses since your contact - getting a bit worrried either that you haven't received them or I haven't received yours - of course if you haven't replied than OK.
The figure 1 is quite important in my address - I think there is a Jim Latham somewhere in the world who gets quite a bit of mail intended for me.... or use sec@bjtc.org.uk.
Jim

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2004-11-04 12:47:22Z

Hello Jim
In my searches for the Esquilant Family in the archives in London I did come across the birth of a Beatrice and her name came up several times and I think that she and my great-grandmother could have been cousins! I am at work at the moment and therefore can't get access to my notes at home. If you want to email me directly caroline_matheson@yahoo.com and I will email you by return with what I have. You may have come across in other websearchs a gentleman called Gerard Esquilant in Australia, he along with other Esquilants down under have done a considerable amount of family research and has a massive family tree with countless branches of the family. He has been trying to trace back the family to find out when they left France for the UK but it has been a long time since I have communicated with him. Looking forward to hearing from you.
Caroline

ESQUILANT

Lizziejane17 — 2004-11-01 16:10:44Z

MY MOTHERS MAIDEN NAME IS ESQUILANT SHE CAME FROM EAST LONDON HER PARENTS WERE HERBERT ESQUILANT AND FLORENCE WEST HER MOTHER DIED IN 1923 MY MUM WAS ONLY 1 MY GRANDADS PARENTS WAS SAMUEL AND HANNAH I AM FINDING IT DIFFICULT TO FIND THEM ON THE CENSUS ANY WHERE IF ANYONE CAN SHED ANY LIGHT AS TO WHY THIS WOULD BE GREAT

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2004-10-24 14:19:56Z

Dear Caroline - my sisters and I were talking yesterday about the new family history programme on BBC1 and inevitably started talking about our own family backgrounds, including my maternal grandmother's family - surname Esquilent - slightly different spelling, but as spelt in the family bible.
My grandmother was Beatrice Adelaide Esquilent - from a large family including sisters, Alice, Julia and Patricia.
My grandmother was born in 1890, died 1963, married a Wilson (whose first name we can't at the moment come up with) - they lived in Plumstead, near Woolwich in East London and their background was of Huguenot immigrants - glove makers from Paris.
I showed your posting to my sisters - they're now arguing downstairs, so I've left them to it - I've never seen the bible - indeed it's not clear whether it's in the UK or Australia - one of the things they're arguing about - but I'll try to get some more information from - I'm assuming it will have other family members listed in it.
Hope this is helpful - probably just makes things more complicated.
Jim Latham (Lincolnshire, UK)

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2004-10-15 23:15:02Z

HI,
My name is Trudi Esquilant and I believe that the Charles and Sarah Esquilant that you refer to are my grandparents on my fathers side.
They lived in Fairfield in NSW, were married in October 1928 ( i think), had 6 children, Patricia, Barbara, Peter (my father) born 1941, David, Robert, and Stephen.
Charles died in 1986 (born 1906? ), Sarah and Patricia in 1990, Peter in 1994, all others are married, Barbara being the only one not to have had children.
My fathers cousins ( not sure of name, but can get details ), has prepared quite a thorough family history, and if you would like contact details for him, I am more than willing to get them.

Hoping any of this is of any assistance.

Cheers
Trudi

Is my surname the same as urs

2004-09-17 08:24:37Z

Hi everyone, my name is Ryan and i live in east london. i am trying to find out about my surname and if it is the same as Esquilant. i know my name is french and all my familyu live in east london. my fathers name is John Esqulant and my mothers is Terry Esqulant. my nan and granddads names are joyce and john esqulant. my great grandads name was albert Esqulant but cant remember my great nan. i know there are alot of Esqulants and Esquilants out there but i wonder if we are in some way related.

My addy is ryanesqulant@yahoo.co.uk and i would like to hear from anyone who knows anything

Cheers

Ryan

Im just updating my email address

sheddybear741 — 2004-03-27 11:19:26Z

My new address is sheddybear1974@pacific.net.au
THANKS MICHELLE

Wanted any info about the ESQUILANT Faimly

sheddybear741 — 2003-12-13 06:32:08Z

Hi my names is Michelle ESQUILANT & I am just starting to do my faimly Tree any and all info is helpful. My Email addi is sheddybear74@pacific.net.au I will reply to all Emails sent to me. Thanks Michelle

1901 census - Esquilant

2003-03-01 13:41:06Z

My grandmother Amy Alice Esquilant is listed as being 20 in the 1901 census. Her parents are Frederick Esquilant 43 and Eleanor 42. His occupation is listed as Gas fitter and they live at 9 Exeter Road, Edmonton.

Esquilant

checker1ag — 2003-02-26 17:14:43Z

Hi I would like to join the listed members of the Esquilants. (Hi Caroline and Gerard!) My grandmother was Amy Alice Esquilant who lived in Stoke Newington, London born 1880 and died 1949.

Esquilant Family

corrinaj_1 — 2003-01-02 06:43:28Z

I have just replyed to a message already on the board, however theought I would ask generally to anyone as well.

I am looking for a connection to my Great Grandmother Louise Mondinia Esquilant, she married Arthur Vincent Pridmore and had Thelma Kathleen Pridmore in 1921 in Australia, she married William George Semmens also in Australia

I think Lousie's parents are Arthur and Lousie and her siblings were Charles E, Edward, Alice, Gertude R, and Kate.

Can anyone help retrace this family connection.

Thankyou for your time
Corrina james

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corrinaj_1 — 2003-01-02 06:37:18Z

Hello, May name is Corrina James, i live in Australia. I have discovered that my great grandmother was an Esquilant. I am hoping you may be able to help me as my grandmother really can not remember much about her parents.
The information I have is Louise Mondinia Esquilant was born to possible Arthur and Louise, she has the following siblings:
Charles E Esquilant - married - Sarah or Sadie
Edward Esquilant - married - Edith
Alice Esquilant - married - Arthur Dickman in 1912 in Sydney Australia
Gertrude R - married- Eric E Wyburd in 1927 in paddington Australia
Kate - married- William Steel.

Louise M Esquilant - married - Aruther Vincent Pridmore we think possible in Australia, they had my grandmother who is Thelma Kathleen Pridmore born 13/7/1921 in Australia and she married William George Semmens on 5/3/1942 in Leichardt NSW Australia.

Can you help track down any more information for me about the Esquilant family side of my family.

If you can please contact me at corrinaj@austarnet.com.au

Thankyou for you time
Corrina James

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gesquilant — 2002-01-31 05:23:02Z

I am looking for any Esquilant named people as we all seem to be related.
The Esquilant's left France about 1737-1780 (unsubstantiated)
and went to England. They settled in the London area.
I am a descendant of EDWARD ADLOPHUS ESQUILANT
and his wife Louisa Jane BURDICK who left England on 4/7/1855
and settled in Melbourne Australia. They moved to Dunedin New Zealand
in 1862. It appears that Esquilant's went to America also as I have
noted entries in Census records.

Esquilant Family

gesquilant — 2002-01-31 05:23:02Z

Hi Carole,
Thanks for making contact. Please contact
me direct at and we can
compare notes.
Gerard

Esquilant Family Tree

gesquilant — 2002-01-31 05:23:02Z

Hi Caroline,
Just collected your message re our family.
I am still checking my Esquilant Family
Directory on the information you have
provided. There are several Joseph's in the
family and it is hard to link them.
Please contact me at <entgdr@idx.com.au> and
we can compare notes.

Esquilant family

CaroleEsquilant — 2001-11-27 23:11:47Z

I have only just started searching for details of my ancestors but some brief info. My part of the Esquilant family remained in England, in East London. Deatils of when they came from France still not known either. Various famil members eventually moved to different parts of the UK and USA. I did fnd details of your ancestor in the searches I have done so far.

Anyway just a brief note to add myself to the esquilants out there..any further info I find I can pass onto you.

Esquilant Family

2001-02-16 05:16:35Z

Hi Carole,

I too am researching the family history of Esquilants in East London as my great grandmother was Ada Esquilant, daughter of Charles & Emma (nee Long) Esquilant married in 1865. Charles' father was Jospeh Esquilant.

Obviously I would love to hear from other members of the Esquilant family to assist in putting together the bigger picture of our family tree. I look forward to hearing from you.

Esquilant Family

2001-02-15 15:17:39Z

I am also searching the family history for Esquilant in East London. My paternal great grandmother was Ada Esquilant who married James Beith McNeil in 1900. Her parents Charles and Emma (nee Long) Esquilant were married in 1865. Charles was born circa 1844, father was Joseph Esquilant.

I haven't gotten any further back, but I have also found names of lots of other Esquilants - I've just not fitted them into the bigger picture of the puzzle.

I would love to hear from any other link minded Esquilant hunters, especially those who still have the name - it is quite unique!

I look forward to a response and swappping information.

ESQUILANT

2000-11-09 13:57:10Z

I know a connection to ESQUILANT family from Dunedin, New Zealand who currently lives in Sydney, Australia and recently attended a family reunion in Dunedin. Details in local press. They also have connections in U.K.
Contact me for further data, if necessary.

Paul Martin 9.Nov.2000