Lepine - Family History & Genealogy Message Board

Re: Ambroise Didyme Lepine

cbmc2691 — 2012-04-15 00:26:17Z

Hi... I don't have a middle name for Louis. The only info I have is he was born in 1864 in St. Vital/Grand Point) and married Azilda Perreault. Does that help?

Re: Ambroise Didyme Lepine

Pacomann — 2012-04-14 17:00:15Z

Ambrose Lepine is my Great x 4 Grandpa lots of us relatives living here in Cold Lake Alberta.

Re: The Eccles Family

RMattes0791 — 2012-03-04 19:26:03Z

While searching for my Lepines, I stumbled across several Sarah Eccles in the 'workhouse' records for London area. You might try looking there. I have found a lot of 'Sarah Eccles' there...

Lepine's in Louisiana

clepine_rn — 2012-02-24 02:32:31Z

I am researching my husband/son's family history. My husbands grandfather was Alexandre Lepine, born appx 1877 (believed to be born in Begium). I have found the record of Alexandre's marriage to Marie Catherine "Gustavine" Garot . They left the Crowley area & moved to Arkansas with the Garot's between 1900 to 1905 . I am searching for Mr Alexandre's history. I believe he possibly had a sister named Charlotte & brother named Victor. Also, family story is that Alexandre's father had somehow upset the church which led the family to bury him at night. Any help will be great. Thanks

Re: William Lepine baptism Clerkenwell, Middlesex, 1803

JonWicken — 2012-02-11 19:09:06Z

I have now found the baptism of William Lepine in 1803 at the non-conformist Spa Fields Lady Huntingdons, Clerkenwell.

The reason this wasn't found before is that it is on the IGI as William 'Lecpine'. However it must be him as a George Lepine was baptised there in 1805. William was born on 28 Jan 1803 and was baptised on 10 Apr 1803 and was the son of Thomas and Susannah Lepine.

I would think that this Thomas is Thomas Finch Lepine who was baptised in Canterbury in 1767 as son of John Lepine and Alice Finch, but will need to do a bit more digging to be as certain as you can be.

Kind regards,
Jon

Re: George Lepine born St Pancras c1831

JonWicken — 2012-02-01 00:22:36Z

Hi Renee,

I am replying to your messgae on here so maybe someone in the future will find this reply through and internet search and give you further information on your branch of the family.

I have been researching the Lepines for some years now and did have your George in my tree but with little details I'm afraid.

I do however have the following children for him by his apparent two wives. Bizarrely the second marriage states he was a bachelor rather than a widower, but I have come across this before. Given the locations and ages they must be the same George.

He married first wife Mary Haywood\Lepine in 1851. She died after 1861, most probably the Mary Lepine death found in the March 1864 quarter for Marylebone.

They had the following children:

George Alfred Lepine 1852 – 1852
Richard Henry 'Henry' Lepine 1853 –
Mary Elizabeth Lepine 1855 –
Emily Lepine 1857 – 1861
George Ellis Lepine 1859 – 1860

He married second wife Frances 'Fanny' Humphrey\Lepine 1847 – 1901. They had the following cxhildren, with the two ? children being highly likely due to the locations of their births and deaths.

Walter Lepine 1870 –
Alice Arabella Lepine 1872 – 1872
Frances Florence Lepine 1873 –
?William George Lepine 1875 – 1876
Edwin Charles 'Charles' Lepine 1877 –
Flora Kate 'Kate' Lepine 1879 –
Rose Minnie Lepine 1880 –
Arthur Alfred Lepine 1882 –
?Ann Henrietta Lepine 1883 – 1883
John Albert Lepine 1885 –

From his age at marriage and the census George Lepine appears to have been born in 1831 in Clerkenwell. However his baptism entry has never turned up and so while his father's name is known to be William Lepine from his marriages, his mother is unknown.

His father William Lepine is known from the census to also to have been born in Clerkenwell about 1802-1803, but like his son his baptism has not turned up either.

However from what I have found, this William is known to have been married twice, firstly to Susanna Howell Dobson at St Pancras on 21 July and secondly to widow Ann unknown/Gee at St Leonard Shoreditch on 25 February 1836.

He is then listed with a third woman called Emma in the 1871 census who is named as his wife but I have found no marriage for them.

With first wife Susanna he is known to have had a daughter Eliza who was baptised at St George Bloomsbury in March 1830. She had been born on 6 October 1828. However Susanna was buried at St Pancras aged 23 in August 1830.

This raises the questiona s to who George's mother was. Could he have been born at this time and Susanna died in childbirth, or was his mother the Ann who his father married in 1836?

There is also potential confusion as there was another couple named William and Susanna Lepine in the same area at the same time.

From the census William is known to have had a daughter Mary Ann Lepine c1837/8 in St Pancras with this second wife Ann.

As for the parentage of your William I just no idea. The lack of a baptism rather draws a blank for now and there were a few William Lepines around at the time, which make things very difficult.

However having studied the Lepines there were two main branches, the Lepine family of Canterbury and the Lepine family of Middlesex.

Some of the Canterbury Lepines came to London but the names William and George are only really found in descendants of the Canterbury branch so I would assume this is where your origins are. I am just afraid I cannot prove anything right now.

If I come across anything else in the future I will let you know.

Kind regards,
Jon

Re: The Eccles Family

JonWicken — 2012-01-27 00:00:39Z

Thanks for your reply to my previous post and apologies for the delay in replying. I am afraid that time doesn't allow as detailed a reply as I would like but I will give as many thoughts as I can here.

As I think are said in previous posts here, the Times advertisement of 1818 naming Maria L'Epine and her parents Edward L'Epine and Mary Jency Eccles, led to many families with these names going on wild goose chases.

I have read all the files at the National Archives in Kew and there were numerous claimants who when faced with the prospect of a windfall started digging into their family lines. In the majority (all?) of cases there was no link at all.

In fact as I have said in these posts the 1927 court case was brought about by descendants of an Eccles family of Yorkshire who were not connected to Mary Eccles in the way they thought they were and nearly bankrupted themselves in the process.

Other claimants were a Portsmouth family of Eccles who to this day still give Lepine as a middle name to members of the family following on from their own belief they were connected. They weren't either. It just so happened that Mary Jency Eccles and her brother Holland Eccles appear to have lived in Portsmouth with their uncle William Matthews who happened to work there. Both children were baptised in the London area and not connected to the Portsmouth Eccles.

I am afraid you have to take a huge pinch of salt with anything to do with the Lepines and Eccles claims and while I don't think I have investigated your ancestor's claim yet, the will reference does unfortunately not mean anything at all.

My own ancestors first made a claim on the estate of Maria L'Epine in 1806. From the documents at Kew what appears to have happened is that after Maria's death intestate and as a lunatic in 1798, her family solicitor asked a friend of her father's if he knew of any further family.

The friend did not, but later saw an advert in a newspaper naming Edward Lepine (1761-1822), a shoemaker of Westminster. He contacted Edward about the case to see if there was a link. Now to confuse matters further there were several branches of families named Lepine who were not related to each other, but Edward contacted a woman from a totally different branch of Lepines.

She was an ancestral aunt of mine named Susanna Lepine/Hunter/Crawford/Boston (1727-1814). She went on to make her own claim on the estate along with a second cousin of hers, along with various supporting statements of other friends and family of hers and Maria L'Epine.

They were unsuccessful in their claim but talk of the lost money continues to this day in the extended branches of my family. I myself have known about it since I was a child when I was told the story by my father.

Regarding the mention of the money in that will you have, well I think this was commonplace when it came to this money. My own great, great, great grandmother Susannah Robey (1811-1905, formerly Denham and descendant of Susanna Boston's brother Adam Lepine 1725-1789) signed a document with her relatives in 1897 (which a distant cousin still has) outlining their division of any possible money to come from their claim. But by that time it appears they had forgotten how on earth they were supposed to be related to Maria in the first place!

It is a very complicated and fascinating story so I am always very happy to hear threads such as yours to further the details surrounding the various claim. I have amassed a great amount of information on the case and am compiling it all together into a Lepine A-Z reference document. However I fear it will be some years before this is anywhere near complete.

I have some papers which I will forward to your email address and please do reply here with further thoughts.

Kind regards,
Jon

Re: The Eccles Family

roberthodgson41 — 2012-01-14 17:27:24Z

Hello Jon

My name is Robert Hodgson. I have just stumbled upon your messages about the L'Epine and Eccles family and have some information about Mary Jency Eccles and Edward L'Epine that may be of interest to you.

I descend from a wealthy Eccles family who were resident in Liverpool during the 18th and 19th century. Briefly, my gggg grandfather John Hodgson married Sarah Eccles of Liverpool in 1792. They had nine children. The last surviving member Sarah Hodgson, a Gentlewoman spinster died at Rock Ferry, Cheshire in 1879. She left a will that was written in 1876.

I ordered that will about three years ago trying to find out more about where my Hodgson's of Liverpool may have originated. After reading it I became bemused and baffled at two names that appeared in it. This is a snippet of what 'I thought' the names read; "........ I devise and bequeath to the aforesaid William Slater absolutely for his sole use and benefit, one tenth of any monies property estate or effects real or personal coming to me or hereafter to come to me or to which I may at any time be entitled from the late Mary Jenny Eccles who was married to a Mr Laphone, a native of France. The aforesaid Richard Eccles or in the event of his death before me, his sisters and their children as before named to take the remaining nine tenths ......."

I tried for a few years to trace this Mary Jenny Eccles and Mr Laphone, Lephone etc but gave up without success. Then a few days ago I decided to go back to those names then I noticed your posts and realised the names were infact Mary Jency Eccles and Edward L'Epine.

Mary Jency L'Epine died in 1772 so I can't quite work out why my Sarah Hodgson born 1801 would write that name in her will more than a hundred years after the death of Mary Jency. Surely there must be a connection?

Sarah Hodgson's Lineage from her grandfather John Eccles is as follows:

1740 abt John Eccles snr born in unknown

1765 John Eccles snr married Elizabeth Wilkinson at Liverpool

1771 only daughter born at Liverpool Sarah Eccles

1792 Sarah Eccles married John Hodgson at Liverpool

1801 daughter born at Liverpool Sarah Hodgson

* John Eccles and Elizabeth Wilkinson also had an only son John Eccles jnr. It was he that carried on the Eccles name. I have some of their wills but none of them mention Mary Jency or L'Epine

I wonder if there really is a connection between my Eccles/Hodgson and Mary Jency Eccles or if it was written in the will as pure speculation.

Any help would be gratefully apreciated

Best wishes

David Lepine and Clemence Gauthier

kathleenleoeva — 2011-11-04 01:37:15Z

They are my g-g-grandparents. I managed to go back a few generations but stop at Jacques Chevalier dit Lepine (Chevalier name spelled differently depending on the record, etc.), and his wife Catherine Barilou (spelled differently etc.), but I can't get beyond that. Does anyone know who their parents were? I've tried everything. (kathleenlepine@yahoo.com)

Would appreciate any info. Thanks.
Kathleen

Re: Ambroise Didyme Lepine

marlenelepine — 2011-10-31 22:49:50Z

I believe I am related to this family through my north dakota connection. What was the middle name of Ambroise son Louis?

Re: Delaspine / Lepine left France around 1598

jeannemann49 — 2011-08-12 20:13:32Z

Hi Gerry,
I've just read your massage on Ancestry regarding the 'Lepine Report'which sounds interesting. I have been researching my Lepine connection for many years and am directly related to other researchers and back to 17th century.
This is my email address iloveviolins@hotmail.com and I wonder if you would email a copy to me. Thanks, Jeanne Mann

Re: Delaspine / Lepine left France around 1598

jennybithell1 — 2011-07-07 02:30:30Z

I am a Lepine and myself and cousins have traced the lepine family to Flanders. We are descended from Daniel. As the years went on they used English names; John for Jean Etc. Yes the original name was Delaspine and they did attend the French Walloons Church. I do not have all the family names from Daniel in front of me, but do know that John Lepine, wife and 2 sons went to Hobart Tazmania in 1822. They had 2 more sons (one of them was Henry - my great grandfather) and went back to England in 1829. They then came to Renfrew Ontario (do not know the date) One of my cousins in Michigan wrote to the Tazmanian Gov't and they sent her a whole package of info. A lot of info is in the Church of Latter Day Saints records. Are you descended from William?

Re: Also from the Chevaudier dit Lepine line

gauthierjr — 2011-04-01 05:45:01Z

I am also from the chevaudier dit Lepine familly, as far as I can remember, my familly come from France in the 1600 two of my ancestor moved from France to Quebec, Canada, I am trying to find more about them if any has some information please could you contact me. at rob5453@gmail.com

thank you all.

Robert Lepine

Re: wrong information posted abt. David Lepine & Clemence Gauthier

jewel1_23 — 2011-01-12 08:50:33Z

Do you happen to have other info for these two people such as dates of birth death marriage and names of spouses?
Marie

Re: De Lespine-Lespine-Lepine

GerryBolton63 — 2010-12-15 17:42:01Z

Hi, I sympathise with your frustration. I'm descended from the Canterbury Lepines and I should think there's a good chance that your Edward came from the Canterbury family originally. Is your tree public on Ancestry? If so, it makes it easier for other people to spot links with their own trees and this can help move things along. Have you tried looking on familysearch.org? That can sometimes provide clues. Recent additions to Ancestry like the probate records might also be worth checking out if you have been away for a while. And there is also the huguenotsociety.org.uk But I expect you've already tried these things...
If I discover any links with my Lepines I'll let you know.
Gerry

Re: De Lespine-Lespine-Lepine

harrisongaynor1 — 2010-12-15 07:57:04Z

Thanks for info but no "dits" on my names.Like looking for a needle in a haystack with all the 'Lepines'.

Re: De Lespine-Lespine-Lepine

linm227 — 2010-12-13 14:06:08Z

Check to see if there is a "dit" name on any of your records, many times this will help find what branch of the Lepine family he came from and you may be able to narrow down your search to only a few areas. For example: my Lepines are Marrett dit Lepine. I know they lived in the Portneuf Quebec area. Searching records from that area helped me track them.

De Lespine-Lespine-Lepine

gaynorharrison21 — 2010-12-12 14:55:39Z

My grt.grt.grandfather was Edward Lepine born abt:1823? Maidstone Kent,I think!.He married Susannah Jones 1846 in St.Nicholas Gloucester.On various registers their forenames seem to change Edward,Edwin. Susannah,Susana,Hannah,confusing at my ripe old age!.
I have hit a brick wall with Edward as I cannot link him to any of the families that left France as I have failed to find a positive birth for him.I only have his fathers name on the marriage certificate as Samuel occupation,'Soldier'...
Edwards occupation at the time of marriage was 'Waterman'.
The Canterbury and Maidstone families are now confusin me as I thought my Edward was born in Canterbury.
I have 'rested' my search for the past 18mths or so as I was getting very despondent,but I now have renewed energy.
Anyone throw light on the matter

Re: The L'Epine Millions & Gray connection

JonWicken — 2010-11-20 22:04:15Z

Hi Jo,

I would assume that your grandmother was Gertrude A. Gray who was born in 1918 in Islington. Her parents were William Thomas Gray and Emma Charlotte May. Please confirm this and if so I already have her in my tree and can give you details of your Lepine ancestry.

There were indeed various claims on the estate as you say starting within a decade of the death of Maria in 1798. The reason our ancestors failed in their claim then was that the name of Maria's grandmother as appeared on her father Edward's baptism entry of 1728 was listed as Ann not Susanne.

The family claimed again in 1818 following an advert in the Times and were again unsuccessful and we know that stories in the family rumbled on for decades after. The person who appears to be our shared ancestor (as long as the above is correct in my placing of your Gertrude) was Susannah 'Susan' Denham/Robey (1811-1905). In 1897 Susan Robey and the family are known to have been attempting to claim the lost fortune then.

Also in the 1850s the Canterbury Lepines (unrelated to Maria as a different line but incorrectly thinking they were) also tried to make a claim but this came to nothing.

Then in the early 1920s Amy Knight Mason and her family started making a claim based on the fact that she was a descendant of a family member on the side Maria's mother Mary Jency Eccles. During my research I suspected what she was saying was incorrect and this has been proven by my recent discovery of Mary Jency's baptism entry in London - not Yorkshire as Miss Mason claimed. Mary Jency's parent's were Abraham and Abigail Eccles, not the couple Miss Mason claimed.

Anyway it was Miss Mason who started all these claims about Maria's supposed illegitimacy and that finding her parents marriage would prove everything. They eventually 'found' it but my ancestors had submitted the 1761 marriage in their papers of 1806 so it was never really lost in the first place. With the tales of Maria L'Epine you have to take many stories you hear with a huge pinch of salt as they have become incredibly distorted down the generations.

The court case of 1927 - before the subject of Amy Knight Mason's claim was even tested - was thrown out as the judge ruled it was barred by the Statute of Limitations. This is that one hundred years had passed since Maria's death in 1798 so there was no case to be heard.

It is all fascinating however and I have compiled a great deal of research on it to clear up all of the myths and false stories. I am researching with others and you will not find another branch of your tree like this one as so many people are interested in the case and there is alot of dialogue to be had. Eventually I plan for this research to be depositied in the Huguenot Library for future researchers or the curious.

Drop me an email at jonwicken@yahoo.co.uk to tell me a bit more about how you descend from Gertrude Gray and I can also send you some more information as attachments.

Along with others who descend from Isaac de Lepine the Elder of Picardie (c1648-aft 1726) we are planning a 'Lépine Gathering' in London around the autumn of 2011. So maybe a future date for your diary.

Kind regards,
Jon

Re: The Eccles Family

johadland — 2010-11-20 20:41:44Z

Dear Jon,

Have just picked up on this thread.

One of my mother's ancestors made a claim on the Estate of Maria L'Epine in the 1920s or 1930s. Their surname was O'Grady. My mother had retained a newspaper cutting, I think from The Times, about the failed legal bid by family members. I remember she told me the claim had been disallowed on the basis of illegitimacy or maybe it was insanity in the case of one of her forbears in the L'Epine line. She had a well-researched document -her family tree, traced back to the L'Epine Huguenots who came from France. It was a long time ago that she told me and she has been deceased 24 years and the documents are now lost.

My grandmother's name was Gertrude Gray.
Do you know, were there numerous claims on the L'Epine Estate in the ninteenth and twentieth centuries?
Thank you for sharing your hard-won research and knowlege.

Regards,

Jo

Lepine-Bibeau

rboyteca — 2010-09-14 22:41:00Z

Joseph Lepine-1852 married to Marie Elise Bibeau-1856(father Paul Bibeau).
Joseph&Marie Elise were living in Berthier Quebec in 1911.
Looking for Joseph's father or marriage certificate.
Thanks.

Re: Ambroise Didyme Lepine

jittypop — 2010-08-13 18:05:01Z

I am also looking for information on the Lepine ancestry, however, I am unsure of names. All I know is that my grandparents names were Peter and Celina Lepine and they lived in St. Lazare, MB. I know that my dad, Harvey had a brother Norman and a sister, Marianne but other than this information, I have nothing. If anyone could help me out it would be greatly appreciated.

Objet : Also from the Chevaudier dit Lepine line

raymondl4772009 — 2010-08-04 19:03:52Z

Charles Chevaudier Année 1734

Re: Lepine in Quyon Quebec Canada

barry01 — 2010-07-16 01:41:10Z

Hello LouAnn, I do have some info but not a lot,I have pictures of Ernie and his family, if you send me your EMAIL address I can add you to my tree on ANCESTRY .COM, then you can veiw all the info. My EMAIL is blprentice@netscape.ca
I would like any info about your mothers side of the family

Re: Samuel Lepine & Anne Milleman

JonWicken — 2010-07-15 14:42:08Z

This is an interesting tale indeed. I have found Jane's marriage to John Nolloth took place on 5 November in either 1735 or 1735 (the IGI dates vary).

Her name is given as Milliman on this. It is not on the main IGI site but at pilot.familysearch.org which has different information including many burials for Canterbury so have a look at that as I have found lots of things on this database.

I am not quite sure why there are two family search sites with different information, but I assume at some point they will be combined.

My email address is jonwicken@yahoo.co.uk so I would love to see this document and then will let you know my thoughts.

All for now,
Jon

Re: Samuel Lepine & Anne Milleman

carausti — 2010-07-15 12:42:12Z

I wish I could send you a copy of the abstract of title, but I wasn't allowed to xerox it. I abstracted it but am not able to attach it here because it is a Word document. The document was many pages long, on vellum or the like, and tied together. They were afraid xeroxing it would damage it. I didn't have my digital camera with me at the time and I've kicked myself many times for not going back to the hotel to get it. If you will send me your e-mail address, I can send it to you that way. The abstract makes it clear that Anne's mother died before the grandmother did since the property was left to the children of her daughter Jane deceased. The fact that it was not known in 1777 whether Aaron was living or dead suggests to me that he was very likely my ancestor Aaron Milleman who married Ann Case in 1828 in Rhode Island and then died in 1740.

I have not found the baptisms of Anne or her sister Jane either, but they were not yet 21 in 1726 when Ann Mathews made her will. Anne's sister Jane married John Nolloth, but I have not found that marriage. In 1777 they were living in St. Georges, Hanover Square, Middlesex, while the Lepine family were in Canterbury.

I just assumed that the girls were raised by their grandmother or their aunt Ann Cadwell since their mother was dead and their father's whereabouts were unknown. Would love to have your thoughts on this.

Re: Samuel Lepine & Anne Milleman

JonWicken — 2010-07-15 11:37:00Z

I have researched the London and Canterbury Lepine branches quite extensively and as far as I have found, Samuel Lepine who married Anne Milleman must be the one baptised as Samuel Delepine in 1705 in Canterbury. His parents were Jean Lepine and Ester Six.

Samuel and Anne had three children I have found; John Lepine (born 1739 Canterbury, married Alice Finch, died 1803) and Samuel Lepine (born 1743 - he was perhaps the Samuel Lepine who married Ann Petman in 1776 but this could have been the Samuel son of Daniel who was born in 1740. His marriage if by license may confirm his age but I have not seen this entry yet. A Saml Lepein was buried in Canterbury on 25 January 1743 according to the pilot IGI but this could be 1743 old style so in fact 1744. So the burial could belong to either of these Samuel Lepines born in the early 1740s. I need to investigate this further). Samuel and Ann's other known child was a daughter Hester Lepine (born 1744).

I have not found a baptism for Anne Milleman so was interested by what you said about her parents and family. Can you tell me more about them? How is it known they were raised by their grandmother? Also if you have a copy of the abstract of title I would be very interested in receiving a copy.

Also Gerry you get a notification with this reply so thanks for your earlier information and sorry I have not replied as yet.

Kind regards,
Jon

Re: LEPINE SURNAME - ALL BRANCHES IN GREAT BRITAIN, CHANNEL ISLANDS & IRELAND

carausti — 2010-07-14 19:28:58Z

I am interested in a Samuel Lepine who married Anne Milleman in Canterbury in 1735. Anne was the daughter of Aaron Milleman and Jane Mathews. According to the scenario I have theorized, Jane died before 1726 and Aaron went to Rhode Island and remarried. Their two daughters, Anne and Jane, were left with Jane's mother Ann (Anslow) Mathews who raised them. No one in England knew what happened to Aaron who died in Rhode Island in 1740, so they had to go to court to transfer title of his property to the two daughters so that they could sell it. The abstract of title is in the Canterbury Cathedral archives. Would like to know more about the family of Samuel Lepine and Anne Milleman.

Re: Lepine in Quyon Quebec Canada

louann2006 — 2010-07-12 03:35:09Z

Hi, Would you where my brother Gary Lepine is buried. My father was Ernie Lepine (whom I never knew)and my mother was Doris Chevier.

Re: Lepine in Quyon Quebec Canada

louann2006 — 2010-07-12 03:04:53Z

Hi my name is LouAnn. My father was Ernie Lepine and my mother was Doris Chevrier. Any information on the Lepine Family would be greatly appreciated as I do not know anyone from this family.

Re: Lepine from Picardie & London

joanbell23 — 2010-06-19 13:34:02Z

Tried twice on your emailaddress not being delievered my address is bellbone@btinternet.com .I confrim that Sidney Denham was my husbands Grandad Thanks Joan

Re: Lepine from Picardie & London

JonWicken — 2010-05-19 19:08:47Z

Do you have a direct email address?

Send me a message at jonwicken@yahoo.co.uk

All for now,
Jon

Re: Lepine from Picardie & London

joanbell23 — 2010-05-16 18:13:01Z

Hi Jon
Not sure of the correct spelling for Sidney/Sydney.However you have placed him correctly although I have only names which came from Janices tree so any information would be appreciated.
Many thanks Joan.

Re: Lepine from Picardie & London

JonWicken — 2010-05-16 14:49:39Z

Hi I have alot of information on the family so will indeed be able to help you.

Janice is descended from John Denham (1858-1938)and I assume your Sydney is the Sidney Denham I have in my research who was the son of this John's brother Henry Denham (born 1864). He was born about 1898 in Poplar and his mother was Sophia Bullock.

If so then your husband's line from the French de l'Épine family is as follows:

Pierre de Lespine of Compiégne, Picardie (bef c1622-aft 1670)
his son Isaac de Lepine (c1648-aft 1726) of Compiégne who came to England in 1679
his son Abraham Lepine (1692/3-1765)
his son Adam Lepine (1725-1789/90)
his son Isaac Lepine (1750-1828)
his daughter Mary Lepine/Denham (1773-bef 1824)
her son William Denham (c1798-aft 1868)
his son Samuel Denham (c1836/7-1899)
his son Henry Denham (1864-?1921/2)
his son Sydney/Sidney Denham (c1898-?)

I am descended from Mary Lepine/Denham's daughter Susan Denham/Robey (1811-1905)

Please confirm I have placed your Sydney correctly and I will then be able to give you some more information on the family.

Kind regards,
Jon

Re: Lepine from Picardie & London

joanbell23 — 2010-05-15 19:07:33Z

re Isaac deL'Epine i believe my husbands grandad Syndey Denham is a decendant he was born in 1895 any information you have on this family would be appreciated.I found out from Janice Denham about 1927 case who mentioned your name

Re: LEPINE SURNAME - ALL BRANCHES IN GREAT BRITAIN, CHANNEL ISLANDS & IRELAND

GerryBolton63 — 2010-05-08 12:54:52Z

p.s. forgot to mention in my last message that I found some info on the Ancestry World Tree project some months ago suggesting that my Lepines could be traced back to a Jehan de Lespine b.1545 in La Gorgue, France (near Lille). I haven't been able to verify this info, but I'd be happy to share it with you if it would help your research at all.
Gerry

Re: LEPINE SURNAME - ALL BRANCHES IN GREAT BRITAIN, CHANNEL ISLANDS & IRELAND

GerryBolton63 — 2010-05-08 10:55:04Z

Hi Jon,
I think we've been in touch before. I'm descended from Hannah Lepine, b 1789, in Canterbury. I got quite a lot of info from the 'Lepine in Chancery' article in Family History (1990) and there is also some data on familysearch.org.uk. Hannah was the daughter of Daniel and Nancy Lepine, and descended from the second wave of Lepines - the 3 brothers - who settled in Canterbury and had a silk weaving factory there.
Hannah married a William Welby, a baker, and their daughter (also called Hannah) married Benjamin Guy (a bookbinder from London). The Guy family moved to Lancashire and stayed there for several generations - my Dad was born and raised in Manchester. I've often wondered whether there is a Huguenot connection with the Guy family as well as the Lepines, but haven't yet had the time to look into it.
Hope this helps - let me know if there's anything else I can do, your study sounds very interesting.
Best wishes
Gerry

Re: Lefine

JonWicken — 2010-05-07 18:22:46Z

Hi I do not think there is a link here to the Lepine family.

As well as the Lepine family there are Lefine and Lefien members of the Huguenot Church of Threadneedle Street in London so it is possible that your ancestors were French Protestants who left France to escape persecution from the Catholics before and after the Revocation of the Edict of Nantes of 1685.

Certainly Huguenots did go to South Africa but you would need to research your ancestry back as far as you can from the modern day backwards first to see what you can find out.

Kind regards,
Jon

Re: Lepine

breakingfreetoday — 2010-05-07 03:40:33Z

Answering you back on your message about Francis Lepine.
My grandma was the Orrie Lapine and grandfather was George Nason mentioned here and my mother was Lucy.

We are also looking into the family history and we are looking to share what information we have.

Nice to finally find some info we are looking for

Re: LEPINE SURNAME - ALL BRANCHES IN GREAT BRITAIN, CHANNEL ISLANDS & IRELAND

LefinThomas — 2010-05-06 07:01:02Z

Hi my name is Thomas Lefine. I came accross your poted informattion that I have been tediously in search of. You have provided me with valueable information. I am currently livinhg in South Africa and have constantly questioned the origions of my surname as I am of African/French descent.

Please keep in touch.

Re: Ambroise Didyme Lepine

albertajody2004 — 2010-02-17 17:17:49Z

Hi Yvette,

I am very interested in your family information. However, the email I sent you was returned. Could you email me back :

789albertajody2004@yahoo.ca

Please do not put the numbers 789 in the email address, I put them on to avoid spam.

LEPINE SURNAME - ALL BRANCHES IN GREAT BRITAIN, CHANNEL ISLANDS & IRELAND

JonWicken — 2010-02-04 04:51:40Z

I am currently researching the French surname Lepine and its variants found within Great Britain, the Channel Islands and Ireland, in what is in effect a one name study.

Initially I was looking into one line only but expanded this so I could unravel the various branches from one another.

One Huguenot Lepine family originated in Normandy and came to Canterbury, Kent, in the late 1500s.

Another branch were from Picardie, Oise, and started to come to London in 1679.

A further Lepine family in the 1600s in England were from Niort in France.

There are no doubt more branches.

If anyone has any information on any branch of a family with the name Lepine who resided in Britain before 1900 then please contact me.

Variants of this name (including those examples incorrectly transcribed) are:

de l’Epine, de L’Epine, De l’Epine, de l’Espine, de L’Espine, De l’Espine, de Lepin, de Lépine, de Lespine, dePine, Delepeine, Delepine, Delepinne, Delespine, Delespinne, Delispine, Depine, Deslespaine, Dupine, L’Epine, L’Epine, L’Espine, Lapine, Le Pine, Le Pone, Leepine, Lefine, Lepeane, Lepene, Lepina, Lepine, Lépine, Leping, Lepinne, Lepire, Lepoin, Lepoine, Lepone, Leponne, Lepore, Lespaine, Lespine, Lespinne, Lipine, Lopina, Lupine, Sepine and Seppine.

Some members apparently dropped the first part to become Pine, while others apparently altered it to the English translation of Thorn.

Many thanks,
Jon Wicken

Re: Ambroise Didyme Lepine

yvetterobin — 2010-02-01 03:00:26Z

I also have some family information of Ambroise's children and their wives. Please contact me as I am more than interested in sharing information.

email address: yvetterobin@hotmail.com

Re: Edward Henry LEPINE m.bef.1862 Annabelle ...? ~ NY or Mass.

johnandrewlepine — 2010-01-23 23:49:33Z

Karen-
My name is John Lepine, and I am the great-great-grandson of Ferguson Mitchell Lepine, born 3 July 1862 in New York City, New York. Are you related to him through his son Joseph Frederick (my great-grandfather), his daughter Rosina (my great-great-aunt), or a child from a later marriage? See, he disappeared from our family at the turn of the century when he took a business trip to Argentina and we never heard from again, but according to some records I've just found, he was living in PA in 1930. Any information would be appreciated.
Nice to meet you, cousin!
JL

Re: Also from the Chevaudier dit Lepine line

sjado56 — 2010-01-22 05:48:06Z

Thank-you Emile for this information!

I will be sure to look up Luc Lepine.

Sincerely,
Terrie

Re: Also from the Chevaudier dit Lepine line

emilelepine — 2010-01-22 02:24:32Z

Terrie,
I’m a Lepine from the Chevaudier line. I meet several years ago Luc Lepine a Chevaudier as well. He wrote several articles on military surnames. He might not answer directly to your question but you’ll find very interesting fact about surnames and more precisely to Chevaudier name.
Just go to GOOGLE and type: Luc Lepine. He was archivist at the Archives Nationals du Quebec
Emile

metis family>michel okannass>lisette cree

cpiper55 — 2010-01-10 22:52:09Z

Looking for any info on this couple, Michel Okannass and Lisette Cree. They are listed in Warren Sinclairs Metis Geneaology Collection. I'm trying to make a connection with another family member. I have no dates or places of birth. PLEASE, I NEED HELP!!!!! Thanks

Re: Info on researching Lepine families

dalelachapelle1 — 2009-12-28 16:39:11Z

Georgianna Lepine b. 1876 married Pierre Lachapelle.

I suspect Georgianna is the daughter of George & Victoria Lepine from Actonvale, Bagot, Quebec.

Anyone have this Lepine in their branch? Thank you.

Nason, George Edgar Jr.

lililou — 2009-10-24 23:22:24Z

Looking for info on my uncle, George Edgar Nason Jr. He was born in Minnesota to George Edgar Nason Sr. and wife Orrie. Emigrated to Canada then back to US. Sometimes went by Edgar Nason. Married Viola McMahon had one daughter Patricia. Divorced Viola.

Lepine

lililou — 2009-10-24 23:19:10Z

Looking for info on Francis Xavier Lepine. Emigrated from France, settled in Negaunee, MI. Wife's name Lucy Ann (Lucienne?) Children: Clarence, Francis, Wilfred, Albert, and Mary Orrie. Mary married George Edgar Nason in Ishpeming, MI. Children George Jr., Herbert, Marguerite, Alberta, Robert and Lucy. Adopted Patricia.