Comments on: The Huguenots Of Soho https://spitalfieldslife.com/2015/06/12/huguenot-soho/ In the midst of life I woke to find myself living in an old house beside Brick Lane in the East End of London Fri, 19 May 2023 09:01:24 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 By: slope game https://spitalfieldslife.com/2015/06/12/huguenot-soho/#comment-1509794 Fri, 19 May 2023 09:01:24 +0000 http://spitalfieldslife.com/?p=135180#comment-1509794 Very fascinating site. When I was doing research on my Davis ancestors, I was told that our family is originally from France and that our surname was altered at some point. I believe that this means that we are of Heugenot lineage, but I would want to confirm this.

]]> By: Alice Nissen https://spitalfieldslife.com/2015/06/12/huguenot-soho/#comment-1450459 Sat, 26 Feb 2022 20:29:35 +0000 http://spitalfieldslife.com/?p=135180#comment-1450459 Saw this site while looking into my Huguenot 5 x gt grandfather Isaac Gervais. His daughter Lucia Gervais married my 4 x gt grandfather Thomas M Maude who lived at 14 Great George Street, Westminster. Having received a legacy of £1000 from Lt William Edward Fiott, he set up a firm of Navy Agents, Maude & Co 1817, later Maude and Hallett. A memorial is on the wall of St Margaret’s, Westminster. His son William Henry Maude was Rear Admiral in the Navy and became Godfather to the Duke of Clarence (later George IVth).

]]> By: Pauline Poustie https://spitalfieldslife.com/2015/06/12/huguenot-soho/#comment-1176763 Fri, 27 Oct 2017 10:28:06 +0000 http://spitalfieldslife.com/?p=135180#comment-1176763 Very interesting site,in researching my Davis ancestors I was told that we were from France and the surname was changed which I suspect we were from Heugenot descent would love to find out for sure.

Pauline Poustie

]]> By: Lesley Russell https://spitalfieldslife.com/2015/06/12/huguenot-soho/#comment-992133 Fri, 31 Jul 2015 11:56:37 +0000 http://spitalfieldslife.com/?p=135180#comment-992133 The first French church in London was in Threadneedle Street. A plaque marks the site. Edward VI granted the Walloon and French communities the privilege of founding their church by Letters Patent in 1550 and they were given the use of the old chapel of St Antony’s Hospital. The two congregations shared the chapel at first until the Walloons moved to Austin Friars and the French congregation stayed at Threadneedle Street. A new church was built on the site when the old chapel was destroyed in the Great Fire and remained in use until 1840.

]]> By: Angela Almond https://spitalfieldslife.com/2015/06/12/huguenot-soho/#comment-970383 Fri, 12 Jun 2015 07:04:13 +0000 http://spitalfieldslife.com/?p=135180#comment-970383 A very apposite post. Next week I shall be attending a Thanksgiving service in Leicestershire for the life of Margaret LeMay who has recently died- the LeMays were one of the significant Spitalfields Huguenot families.

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