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De Niceville

Posted by Neal Ward on 6/2/2019, 8:03 pm

I am researching the De Niceville family, who came from France at the end of the 18th century. Stanislaus De Niceville married a Sarah, probably about 1812, and they had several children,and grandchildren, one of whom, Alexander Augustus Stanislaus De Niceville, was an artist/photographer who was based in Exeter in the 1850's. Another was Charles Lionel Augustus De Niceville who studied the butterflies of India and published his work in 3 volumes, and died in Calcutta in 1901. I would be grateful for any information regarding this family. Many Thanks. Neal Ward, Sussex Family History Group

Re: De Niceville

Posted by Judith on 7/2/2019, 7:41 am, in reply to "De Niceville"

If you go on the National Archives site and put in De Niceville, there are some entries which might be useful to you.

Re: De Niceville

Posted by OPC Co-ordinator on 6/2/2019, 8:15 pm, in reply to "De Niceville"

A marriage was recorded in Lymington, Hampshire 14 Jul 1811 between a Stanislaus De NUEVILLE and Sarah FIANDER. (as transcribed)

Re: De Niceville

Posted by Neal Ward on 6/2/2019, 9:44 pm, in reply to "Re: De Niceville"

Many thanks - I hadn't tried looking under this spelling. It fits the census returns, where the widowed Sarah says she was born in Lymington. Her husband Stanislaus died in Paris in about 1831, but why he returned to where he presumably had fled from is unclear.

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