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Descendants of Jean Sigournay
The earliest known SIGOURNAY was born prior to 1655 in France. Possibly named either Pierre Sigournay b. 1643
(son of Pierre b. prior 1630) or André Sigournay b. 1638; both were born in St. Jean d'Angély in
Saintonge, France. More information about Pierre Sigournay can be found at the bottom of this page.
There are two extensive family trees eminating from these early ancestors, the first recording the descendants
of Jean Sigournay (1670-1721) who emigrated to London and the second of André Sigournay (1638-1727 and subsequently
named Sigourney) who emigrated first to London and then to Boston, America. This page records the descendants
of Jean Sigournay.
The children of this early unknown SIGOURNAY were as follows:
i. JEAN2 SIGOURNAY, b. St. Jean d'Angély in Saintonge, France.
ii. ESAYE2 SIGOURNAY, b. 1671, St. Jean d'Angély in Saintonge, France; d. 22 November 1746, French Hospital,
London.
Generation No. 2
2. JEAN2 SIGOURNAY (SIGOURNAY1) was born Abt. 1670 in St. Jean d'Angély in Saintonge, France, and died
Aft. 1721 in London. He married (1) SARAH. He married (2) MARIE LIARD 1 July 1705 in Stepney, St. Dunstan.
She died Aft. 1723.
More About JEAN SIGOURNAY:
Fact 1: Of Huganot descent.
Fact 2: Assumed came to England before July 1705.
Fact 3: Legend has it that they came to England in a "hogs head".
Fact 4: 1721, Received in 4th quarter £11/9/1d as ordinary support from the Royal Bounty for refugees for
wife and 2 children (listed as "second estate bourgeoise" ie. middle class)
Fact 5: Probably related to Alexandre Sigournay, who also received Royal Bounty support for his wife and two children
in 1721-23
Fact 6: A Jean Sigournay, son of André was born 5 Oct. 1764 in Rochefort and baptised 22 Nov. 1674 in Soubise (on bank opposite Rochefort).
More About JEAN SIGOURNAY and SARAH:
Death of one spouse: Bef. 1705
More About MARIE LIARD:
Fact 1: also spelt "Mary Leliard"
More About JEAN SIGOURNAY and MARIE LIARD:
Marriage: 1 July 1705, Stepney, St. Dunstan
Children of JEAN SIGOURNAY and MARIE LIARD are:
i. JEAN3 SIGOURNAY, b. 6 July 1706, Spitalfields; d. 30 December 1781, French Hospital, Old Street, London. He married SUSANA COSSAR on 7 September 1740 at St. Dunstan, Stepney.
ii. JEANNE MARIE SIGOURNAY, b. 12 December 1708, Spitalfields, The Artillery - French Huganot.
iii. ESTHER SIGOURNAY, b. 12 September 1712, Spitalfields; m. ISAAC DUKE, 24 June 1746, St. Dunstan, Stepney.
iv. ISAAC SIGOURNAY, b. 28 October 1716, Spitalfields, The Artillery - French Huganot; d. 8 January 1791, French Hospital.
3. ESAYE2 SIGOURNAY (SIGOURNAY1) was born 1671 in St. Jean d'Angély in Saintonge, France, and died 22 November
1746 in French Hospital, London. He married (1) JUDITH. He married (2) SUSSANNE. She died Bef. 1741.
More About ESAYE SIGOURNAY:
Fact 1: 1742, First admitted as French hospital inmate - 21 August 1742
Fact 2: 1744, Left French Hospital May 1744 and returned Sept. 1744
Fact 3: Assumed came to England between 1707 & 1713
More About ESAYE SIGOURNAY and JUDITH:
Marriage Ending: 1708
Children of ESAYE SIGOURNAY and JUDITH are:
i. JUDITH3 SIGOURNAY, b. 16 June 1706, Spitalfields, Wheeler St. French Hu..
ii. ESAYE SIGOURNAY, b. 25 July 1708, Spitalfields, Wheeler St. French Hu..
Children of ESAYE SIGOURNAY and SUSSANNE are:
iii. ELIZABETH3 SIGOURNAY, b. 1706, Saintonge, France; d. 27 December 1778, French Hospital, London.
More About ELIZABETH SIGOURNAY:
Fact 1: Admitted as French Hospital inmate - 11 Oct 1766 aged 60.
Fact 2: Baptised: 6 June 1713 at Westminster, Rider Court, French Huganot
Fact 3: Unmarried.
Fact 4: Assumed came to England around 1707
iv. LOUIS SIGOURNAY, b. 17 November 1709, Westminster.
v. JEHAN SIGOURNAY, b. 1711, Westminster, Rider Court, French Huganot.
More About JEHAN SIGOURNAY:
Fact 1: 1711, Baptised 12th November 1711 Rider Court French Huguenot, Westminster
Fact 2: Jehan can be the old orthography of Jean (John) in Old French.
Fact 3: A John Sigournay married Elizabeth Androvin on 31 January 1741 in Holborn, Middlesex.
Generation No. 3
4. JEAN3 SIGOURNAY (JEAN2, SIGOURNAY1) was born 6 July 1706 in Spitalfields, and died 30 December 1781 in French Hospital,
Old Street, London. He married SUSANA COSSAR on 7 September 1740 at St. Dunstan, Stepney.
More About JEAN SIGOURNAY:
Fact 1: Admitted as French Hospital inmate - 16 Feb 1771
Fact 2: 1710, Christened 16.7.1710 Spitalfields, The Artillery - French Huganot
Fact 3: Resident: Church Street, Bethnal Green
Child of JEAN SIGOURNAY and SUSANA COSSAR is:
i. JOHN4 SIGOURNAY, b. 7 July 1741. His mother Susana died during childbirth.
5. ISAAC3 SIGOURNAY (JEAN2, SIGOURNAY1) was born 22 July 1716 in Spitalfields, The Artillery - French Huganot, and died
8 January 1791 in French Hospital. He married ELIZABETH QUENELL.
More About ISAAC SIGOURNAY:
Fact 1: Admitted as French Hospital inmate - 21 May 1785
More About ELIZABETH QUENELL:
Fact 1: Sometimes surname spelt "Canel"
Children of ISAAC SIGOURNAY and ELIZABETH QUENELL are:
i. JEAN4 SIGOURNAY, b. 11 October 1740, London, Threadneedle Street, French Huganot.
ii. ALEXANDRE SIGOURNAY, b. 26 December 1746, London, Threadneedle Street, French Huganot.
iii. ISAAC SIGOURNAY, b. 22 July 1750, Threadneedle Street, French H..
6. LOUIS3 SIGOURNAY (ESAYE2, SIGOURNAY1) was born 17 November 1709 in Westminster. He married JUDITH NORRIS 21
May 1749 in Westminster, St. George, Mayfair.
More About LOUIS SIGOURNAY and JUDITH NORRIS:
Marriage: 21 May 1749, Westminster, St. George, Mayfair
Children of LOUIS SIGOURNAY and JUDITH NORRIS are:
i. LOUIS4 SIGOURNAY, b. 1749, Westminster, Savoye de Spring Gardens & Des Grecs, French Huganot.
ii. JUDITH SIGOURNAY, b. 1751, Westminster, Savoye de Spring Gardens & Des Grecs, French Huganot.
iii. SUSANNE SIGOURNAY, b. 1752, Westminster, Savoye De Spring Gardens & Des Grecs, French Huganot.
iv. SUSANNE SIGOURNAY, b. 1754, Westminster, Savoye De Spring Gardens & Des Grecs, French Huganot.
v. SUSANNE SIGOURNAY, b. 1758, Westminster, Savoye De Spring Gardens & Des Grecs, French Huganot.
vi. ESAIE SIGOURNAY, b. 1760, Spitalfields, Wheeler St. French Hu..
Generation No. 4
7. JOHN4 SIGOURNAY (JEAN3, JEAN2, SIGOURNAY1) was born 7 July 1741. He married (1) SUSANNA. He married (2) SARAH
HANCOCK 28 August 1768 in Stepney, Spitalfields, Christ Church. He married (3) MARY JONSTON, 14 March 1762, St. Matthew, Bethnal Green.
More About JOHN SIGOURNAY and SARAH HANCOCK:
Marriage: 28 August 1768, Stepney, Spitalfields, Christ Church
Child of JOHN SIGOURNAY and SUSANNA is:
i. BARTHOLOMEW JACOB SIGOURNAY, b. 1 July 1770, Bethnal Green, St. Matthew; d. 1856, Hackney; m. MATILDA BARTHOLEMEW,
18 December 1826, Stepney, St. Dunstan.
More About BARTHOLOMEW SIGOURNAY and MATILDA BARTHOLEMEW:
Marriage: 18 December 1826, Stepney, St. Dunstan
Children of JOHN SIGOURNAY and SARAH HANCOCK are:
ii. SARAH SIGOURNAY, b. 11 April 1773, St. Matthew, Bethnal Green.
iii. JOHN SIGOURNAY5, b. 25 June 1775, St. Matthew, Bethnal Green.
iv. SUSANNA ELIZABETH SIGOURNAY, b. 17 June 1781, St. Matthew, Bethnal Green.
8. ALEXANDRE4 SIGOURNAY (ISAAC3, JEAN2, SIGOURNAY1) was born 1747 in London, Threadneedle Street, French Huganot.
He married MARY MARGAS 20 May 1766 in Shoreditch, St. Leonards.
More About ALEXANDRE SIGOURNAY and MARY MARGAS:
Marriage: 20 May 1766, Shoreditch, St. Leonards
Children of ALEXANDRE SIGOURNAY and MARY MARGAS are:
i. ALEXANDER SIGOURNAY, b. 1767, Stepney, St. Dunstan.
ii. JAMES SIGOURNAY, b. 1769, Stepney, St. Dunstan.
9. ISAAC4 SIGOURNAY (ISAAC3, JEAN2, SIGOURNAY1) was born 22 July 1750 in Threadneedle Street, French H.. He married SARAH SCALDWELL, 4 October 1772, St. Matthew, Bethnal Green.
More About ISAAC SIGOURNAY:
Fact 1: Resident: 69 Church Street, Mile End New Town
Children of ISAAC SIGOURNAY and SARAH SCALDWELL are:
i. ELIZABETH SIGOURNAY, b. 7 June 1773, St. Matthew, Bethnal Green.
ii. JOSEPH5 SIGOURNAY, b. 19 December 1775, Corner of Lombard St. & Pelham St., Mile End New Town; d. 20 May 1845 in the Workshouse, Christ Church, Middlesex.
iii. SARAH SIGOURNAY, b. 1778, Bethnal Green; m. WILLIAM LAMBERT, 5 August 1802, Stepney, St. Dunstan.
More About WILLIAM LAMBERT and SARAH SIGOURNAY:
Marriage: 5 August 1802, Stepney, St. Dunstan
iv. WILLIAM SIGOURNAY, b. 1 August 1781, St. Matthew, Bethnal Green.
v. ALEXANDER SIGOURNAY, b. 5 October 1788, Bethnal Green, St.Matthew; m. ELIZABETH GRAY, 26 May 1816, Stepney.
St. Dunstan; d. 10 June 1830.
More About ALEXANDER SIGOURNAY:
Fact 1: Occupation: Publican of "Old Globe" Mile End Road
More About ALEXANDER SIGOURNAY and ELIZABETH GRAY:
Marriage: 26 May 1816, Stepney. St. Dunstan
Generation No. 5
10. JOHN5 SIGOURNAY (JOHN4, JEAN3, JEAN2, SIGOURNAY1) was born 25 June 1775 in St. Matthew, Bethnal Green. He
married SARAH GRANT, 12 June 1796, St. John, Hackney.
More About JOHN SIGOURNAY:
Fact 1: 1814, Occupation: weaver
Fact 2: 1807, Resident: Cock Lane
Fact 3: 1810, Resident: Holywell Lane
Children of JOHN SIGOURNAY and SARAH GRANT are:
i. JOHN6 SIGOURNAY, b. 4 June 1797, St. Leonard, Shoreditch; d. 3 July 1845, St. Olave.
ii. DANIEL SIGOURNAY, b. 1799, Shoreditch; d. 1840.
iii. STEPHEN BENJAMIN SIGOURNAY, b. 11 March 1805, St. Leonard, Shoreditch, Middlesex; d. 1870, Hanwell Lunatic Asylum, Uxbridge.
iv. CHARLES SIGOURNAY, b. 5 March 1807, Shoreditch.
v. GEORGE SIGOURNAY, b. 3 August 1809, Bethnal Green, Middlesex; d. 1888.
vi. CAROLINE SIGOURNAY, b. 28 July 1814, St. Leonard, Shoreditch, Middlesex; d. 28 February 1893, 100, Bonner
Road, Victoria Park.
vii. EMMA SIGOURNAY, b. 1816, Shoreditch.
11. JOSEPH5 SIGOURNAY (ISAAC4, ISAAC3, JEAN2, SIGOURNAY1) was born 19 December 1775 in Corner of Lombard St. &
Pelham St., Mile End New Town and died 20 May 1845 in the Workshouse, Christ Church, Middlesex. He married (1) ELIZABETH SARGENT 8 August 1796 in St. Leonard, Shoreditch, (2) ANN Abt. 1806, (3) HARRIET PAYSON (widow) 26 September 1836 in St. Leonard, Shoreditch and (4) SARAH WINN 14 October 1839 in St. Matthew, Bethnal Green.
More About JOSEPH SIGOURNAY:
Fact 1: Occupation: Silk Weaver
Fact 2: 1843, Applicant (not accepted) to French Hospital 4 Feb. 1843
Fact 3: Baptised: 14 January 1776 - St. Matthew, Bethnal Green
Fact 4: Resident: 8 Old Cock Lane, St. Leonard, Shoreditch, Middlesex
Child of JOSEPH SIGOURNAY and ANN is:
i. ANN6 SIGOURNAY, b. 24 June 1807, Bethnal Green, London.
More About HARRIET PAYSON:
Fact 1: Born 1790 and died 3 February 1839.
More About SARAH WINN:
Fact 1: Born 1783 and died 1853.
Generation No. 6
12. JOHN6 SIGOURNAY (JOHN5, JOHN4, JEAN3, JEAN2, SIGOURNAY1) was born 4 June 1797 in St. Leonard, Shoreditch, and died
3 July 1845 in St. Olave. He married (1) SARAH JANE HANNAH HALL 26 December 1823 in St. Dunstan and All Saints, Stepney. She was born 3 April 1782, the daughter of Isaac Hall
and died 2 April 1837. He married (2) ELIZABETH CREW 16 December 1839
in The Parish Church - St. Leonard, Shoreditch, Middlesex.
More About JOHN SIGOURNAY:
Fact 1: Occupation: Weaver - Spitalfields
Fact 2: 1841, Resident: Hare Street, Bethnal Green
Fact 3: 1841, Occupation: Undertaker - Bethnal Green
Fact 4: Also known as "Joseph Sigournay"
Fact 5: 1797, Baptised 4 June 1797 St. Matthew, Bethnal Green
More About JOHN SIGOURNAY and SARAH JANE HANNAH HALL:
There is an earlier record for this marriage at the same church for 11 May 1823 under the name Sarah Jane Hannah 'All'.
More About JOHN SIGOURNAY and ELIZABETH CREW:
Marriage: 16 December 1839, The Parish Church - St. Leonard, Shoreditch, Middlesex
Children of JOHN SIGOURNAY and SARAH JANE HANNAH HALL are:
i. SARAH SIGOURNAY, b. 1825, Bethnal Green; d. 1847.
More About SARAH SIGOURNAY:
Fact 1: Twins with Hannah
ii. HANNAH SIGOURNAY, b. 1825, Bethnal Green.
More About HANNAH SIGOURNAY:
Fact 1: Twins with Sarah
iii. JOHN JOSEPH7 SIGOURNAY, b. 1826, Bethnal Green, Middlesex; d. 1886.
iv. GEORGE AUGUSTUS7 SIGOURNAY, b. 1828, Bethnal Green, Middlesex; d. 1882.
v. LOUISA HARRIET SIGOURNAY, b. 1834, Bethnal Green, Middlesex; d. 10 November 1838, 1 Christiania Court, Stilat
Street, Mile End New Town.
More About LOUISA HARRIET SIGOURNAY:
Cause of Death: Inflamation of the lungs
Fact 1: 1838, Died through inflamation of the lungs aged 4 years and 5 months
vi. ISAAC THOMAS SIGOURNAY, b. 1836, Bethnal Green; d. Bef. 1881.
More About ISAAC THOMAS SIGOURNAY:
Fact 1: Twins with Caroline Ann
Fact 2: baptised 22 May 1836, Shoreditch - St. Leonards
vii. CAROLINE ANN SIGOURNAY, b. 1836, Shoreditch, St Leonards.
More About CAROLINE ANN SIGOURNAY:
Fact 1: Twins with Isaac
Child of JOHN SIGOURNAY and ELIZABETH CREW is:
viii. HAMAN SIGOURNAY, b. 14 March 1842, Bethnal Green, London.
More About HAMAN SIGOURNAY:
Fact 1: 3 April 1842, Baptised: St. Matthew, Bethnal Green
13. STEPHEN BENJAMIN6 SIGOURNAY (JOHN5, JOHN4, JEAN3, JEAN2, SIGOURNAY1) was born 11 March 1805 in St. Leonard,
Shoreditch, Middlesex, and died 1870 in Hanwell Lunatic Asylum, Uxbridge. He married ANN ELIZABETH AITKEN 8 July 1826 in Christchurch,
Greyfriars, Newgate (Spitalfields). She was born 1791, and died 22 May 1836.
More About STEPHEN BENJAMIN SIGOURNAY:
Fact 1: Resident: Spicer Street
Fact 2: Baptised as Benjamin 28 December 1810, St. Leonard
Fact 3: Occupation: Small silk velvet manufacturer at 28 Spencer Street, Bethnal Green
Fact 4: 1857, Resident: Hanwell Lunatic Asylum, Middlesex (record in Kew National Archives)
Fact 5: A Benjamin Sigournay married Ann Sadler 11 May 1823 in St. Dunstan, Stepney.
More About STEPHEN SIGOURNAY and ANN AITKEN:
Marriage: 8 July 1826, Christchurch, Greyfriars, Newgate (Spitalfields)
Children of STEPHEN SIGOURNAY and ANN AITKEN are:
i. BENJAMIN7 SIGOURNAY, b. 16 January 1831, Stepney, Spitalfields Christ Church; d. 1873, Whitechapel.
More About BENJAMIN SIGOURNAY:
Fact 1: 1831, Baptised: 16 Jan 1831, Christ Church, Spitalfields
Fact 2: Resident: 35 Spirer Street, Mile End New Town, Middlesex
ii. MARY ANN SIGOURNAY, b. 7 July 1833, Stepney, Spitalfields Christ Church; d. 1899, St. Olave; m. RICHARD BAKER,
7 November 1859, The Parish Church - St. Leonard, Shoreditch, Middlesex.
More About MARY ANN SIGOURNAY:
Fact 1: 1833, Christened 7.7.1833 as Ann, Christ Church Spitalfields
More About RICHARD BAKER and MARY SIGOURNAY:
Marriage: 7 November 1859, The Parish Church - St. Leonard, Shoreditch, Middlesex
iii. ELIZA SIGOURNAY, b. 12 June 1836, Stepney, Spitalfields Christ Church; m. CHARLES BIGLAN, 1866, Shoreditch.
More About CHARLES BIGLAN and ELIZA SIGOURNAY:
Marriage: 1866, Shoreditch
14. GEORGE6 SIGOURNAY (JOHN5, JOHN4, JEAN3, JEAN2, SIGOURNAY1) was born 3 August 1809 in Bethnal Green, Middlesex,
and died 27 June 1888. He married MARY ANN GEORGE on 23 November 1836 at St. John, Hackney. She was born 12 December 1816 in Shoreditch, Middlesex, and died 7 October 1884.
More About GEORGE SIGOURNAY:
Fact 1: 28 December 1810, Baptised 28 December 1810, St. Leonard's, Shoreditch
Fact 2: 1881, Occupation: Silkweaver
Fact 3: 1881, Resident: 30 New York Street, Bethnal Green
More About MARY ANN GEORGE:
Fact 1: 1881, Resident: 30 New York Street, Bethnal Green
Fact 2: 1881, Occupation: Bootbinder
Children of GEORGE SIGOURNAY and MARY ANN GEORGE are:
i. GEORGE SIGOURNAY, b. 1847; d. 1849.
ii. SARAH SIGOURNAY, b. 20 September 1849; m. DANIEL O'CONNELL, 1867, Islington.
iii. EMMA SIGOURNAY, b. 1851; d. 1853.
iv. WILLIAM7 SIGOURNAY, b. June 1856, Spitalfields, Whitechapel, Middlesex; d. Aft. 1901.
15. CAROLINE6 SIGOURNAY (JOHN5, JOHN4, JEAN3, JEAN2, SIGOURNAY1) was born 28 July 1814 in St. Leonard, Shoreditch,
Middlesex, and died 28 February 1893 in 100, Bonner Road, Victoria Park. She married ISAAC TEMPLE 13 March 1835
in St. Dunstan's Church, Stepney. He was born 1812 in Whitechapel.
More About CAROLINE SIGOURNAY:
Fact 1: 23 August 1814, Baptised: 23rd August 1814 St. Leonard, Shoreditch, Middlesex
Fact 2: 1893, Resident: 100, Bonner Road, Victoria Park
Fact 3: Died of a fall - inquest in newspaper article 4.3.1893
Fact 4: Died aged 78 years - Interment: 9.3.1893
Fact 5: 1851, Resident: 9 Cheshire Street, Bethnal Green
Fact 6: 1851, Occupation: Hand Lean Silk Eaveress
More About ISAAC TEMPLE:
Fact 1: Occupation: Bootmaker - Cordwainer
Fact 2: 1851, Resident: 9 Cheshire Street, Bethnal Green
More About ISAAC TEMPLE and CAROLINE SIGOURNAY:
Marriage: 13 March 1835, St. Dunstan's Church, Stepney
Children of CAROLINE SIGOURNAY and ISAAC TEMPLE are:
i. CAROLINE ESTHER TEMPLE, b. 3 August 1834, Spitalfields.
More About CAROLINE ESTHER TEMPLE:
Fact 1: 1851, Resident: 9 Cheshire Street, Bethnal Green
Fact 2: 1851, Occupation: Fancy Trimmer
ii. JOHN CHARLES TEMPLE, b. 25 December 1835, Stepney.
More About JOHN CHARLES TEMPLE:
Fact 1: Baptised St. Mary Whitechapel, Stepney
iii. JAMES TEMPLE, b. 1837, Whitechapel.
More About JAMES TEMPLE:
Fact 1: Occupation: Bootmaker - Cordwainer
Fact 2: 11 May 1845, Baptised at St,Mary, St. Marylebone, Stepney
Fact 3: 1893, Resident: 297 Old Ford Road, Victoria Park
iv. LOUISA TEMPLE, b. 1840, Bethnal Green.
More About LOUISA TEMPLE:
Fact 1: 1851, Occupation: Envelope Folder
v. HESTER TEMPLE, b. 29 October 1843, Stepney.
More About HESTER TEMPLE:
Fact 1: Baptised at St.Leonard, Stepney
Fact 2: 1851, Listed in census as Esther, born Bethnal Green
vi. SARAH TEMPLE, b. 5 October 1845, Stepney; m. WILLIAM KELLY JENNINGS.
More About SARAH TEMPLE:
Fact 1: Baptised at St.Leonard, Stepney
vii. ISAAC TEMPLE, b. 1849, Bethnal Green; m. CAROLINE INGRAM, 1869.
More About ISAAC TEMPLE:
Fact 1: 1881, Resident: 20 Pritchards Road, Bethnal Green
Fact 2: 1881, Occupation: Bootmaker
More About ISAAC TEMPLE and CAROLINE INGRAM:
Marriage: 1869
viii. THOMAS TEMPLE, b. 1851, Bethnal Green.
ix. MATILDA TEMPLE, b. 26 August 1855.
More About MATILDA TEMPLE:
Fact 1: Baptised at St.Leonard, Stepney
Generation No. 7
16. JOHN JOSEPH7 SIGOURNAY (JOHN6, JOHN5, JOHN4, JEAN3, JEAN2, SIGOURNAY1) was born 1826 in Bethnal Green, Middlesex,
and died 14 February 1886. He married MARY ANN POPKINS 20 July 1851 in Bethnal Green, London. She was born 1831 in Bethnal Green, Middlesex,
and died 1895.
More About JOHN JOSEPH SIGOURNAY:
Fact 1: Occupation: Master Undertaker Bethnal Green 1857-1947
Fact 2: 1874, Resident: 4 Harts Lane, Bethnal Green Road.
Fact 3: 1857, Resident: 7 Harts Lane, Bethnal Green Road.
Fact 4: 1881, Resident: 4&5 Harts Lane, Bethnal Green.
Fact 5: Sigournay & Sons (Funeral Directors) established 1786
Fact 6: Also known as 'Joseph'
Fact 7: On 28 November 1877 4 Harts Lane, Bethnal Green, premises badly damaged by fire.
More About MARY ANN POPKINS:
Fact 1: 1891, Resident: 7 & 9 Harts Lane, Bethnal Green
Fact 2: 1891, Occupation: Undertaker and proprieter
More About JOHN SIGOURNAY and MARY ANN POPKINS:
Marriage: 1851, Bethnal Green, London
Children of JOHN SIGOURNAY and MARY ANN POPKINS are:
i. SARAH ANN SIGOURNAY, b. 1853, Bethnal Green; d. Aft. 1891.
More About SARAH ANN SIGOURNAY:
Fact 1: Also known as "Polly or Mary-Anne"
Fact 2: 1881, Recorded in census as Mary
Fact 3: 1891, Resident: 7 & 9 Harts Lane, Bethnal Green
Fact 4: 1891, Recorded in census as Mary A.
ii. JOHN SIGOURNAY, b. 1855, Bethnal Green; d. 1877; m. 1877, Hackney.
iii. JACOB8 SIGOURNAY, b. 1857, Bethnal Green, Middlesex; d. 1937, Buried Manor Park Cemetery, East Ham,
Essex.
iv. ESTHER SIGOURNAY, b. 1860, Bethnal Green; m. JAMES CUNNINGHAM, 1882.
More About ESTHER SIGOURNAY:
Fact 1: 1881, Occupation: Upholstress
Fact 2: 1881, Resident: 4&5 Harts Lane, Bethnal Green
More About JAMES CUNNINGHAM and ESTHER SIGOURNAY:
Marriage: 1882
v. FREDERICK SIGOURNAY, b. 1862, Bethnal Green; d. 1864, Bethnal Green.
vi. BENJAMIN SIGOURNAY, b. 1864, Bethnal Green; d. 1867, Bethnal Green.
vii. CAROLINE SIGOURNAY, b. 1867, Bethnal Green; d. 1869, Bethnal Green.
viii. ALICE SIGOURNAY, b. 1869, Bethnal Green; m. WILLIAM JAMES DOLAMORE, 1892.
More About ALICE SIGOURNAY:
Fact 1: 1891, Occupation: Fancy paper box maker and unmarried
Fact 2: 1891, Resident: 7 & 9 Harts Lane, Bethnal Green
ix. ELIZABETH MARY ANN SIGOURNAY, b. 14 February 1872, Bethnal Green; m. WILLIAM JOHN WATERMAN, 1891 (wood carver).
More About ELIZABETH MARY ANN SIGOURNAY:
Fact 1: 1891, Occupation: Cabinet upholsterer
Fact 2: 1891, Resident: 7 & 9 Harts Lane, Bethnal Green
Fact 3: 10 March 1872, Baptised: St. Matthew, Bethnal Green
x. EDMUND8 SIGOURNAY, b. 27 October 1874, Bethnal Green, Middlesex; d. 13 October 1939, Buried Manor Park Cemetery, East Ham, Essex.
xi. ANNIE ELIZABETH SIGOURNAY, b. 1878, Bethnal Green; m. HENRY THOMPSON, 1898, Bethnal Green.
More About ANNIE ELIZABETH SIGOURNAY:
Fact 1: 1891, Resident: 7 & 9 Harts Lane, Bethnal Green
More About HENRY THOMPSON and ANNIE ELIZABETH SIGOURNAY:
Marriage: 1898, Bethnal Green
17. GEORGE AUGUSTUS7 SIGOURNAY (JOHN6, JOHN5, JOHN4, JEAN3, JEAN2, SIGOURNAY1) was born 1828 in Bethnal Green,
Middlesex, and died 1882. He married ELIZABETH SARAH BROWN 5 May 1851 in The Parish Church - St. Leonard, Shoreditch,
Middlesex, daughter of HENRY BROWN. She was born 1828, and died in 1874.
More About GEORGE AUGUSTUS SIGOURNAY:
Fact 1: 1851, Occupation: Cordwainer (Shoemaker/Journeyman)
Fact 2: 1851, Resident: 10 New Inn Yard
Fact 3: 1881, Resident: 7 Cambridge Road, Bethnal Green
Fact 4: Bet. 1881 - 1889, Occupation: Bootmaker - also did harnesses for the horses
More About ELIZABETH SARAH BROWN:
Fact 1: Occupation: Silkwinder
Fact 2: 1851, Resident: 10 New Inn Yard
More About GEORGE SIGOURNAY and ELIZABETH BROWN:
Marriage: 5 May 1851, The Parish Church - St. Leonard, Shoreditch, Middlesex
Children of GEORGE SIGOURNAY and ELIZABETH BROWN are:
i. ELIZABETH SARAH SIGOURNAY, b. 1851, Bethnal Green.
More About ELIZABETH SARAH SIGOURNAY:
Fact 1: Also known as "Lizzie"
ii. GEORGE8 SIGOURNAY, b. 1856, Bethnal Green, Whitechapel, Middlesex; d. 1899.
iii. HENRY8 SIGOURNAY, b. 10 March 1859, 16, Barnsley Street, Bethnal Green.
iv. EMMA SIGOURNAY, b. 1862, Bethnal Green; m. 1881.
More About EMMA SIGOURNAY:
Fact 1: 1881, Resident: 7 Cambridge Road, Bethnal Green
Fact 2: 1881, Occupation: Trimming maker
v. ANN SIGOURNAY, b. 1865, Bethnal Green; m. FREDERICK CHARLES MURRELL, 1885.
More About ANN SIGOURNAY:
Fact 1: Also known as "Anna"
Fact 2: 1881, Occupation: Housemaid
More About FREDERICK CHARLES MURRELL and ANN SIGOURNAY:
Marriage: 1885
vi. JOHN8 SIGOURNAY, b. 13 January 1869, Bethnal Green, Middlesex; d. Bef. 1922.
18. WILLIAM7 SIGOURNAY (GEORGE6, JOHN5, JOHN4, JEAN3, JEAN2, SIGOURNAY1) was born June 1856 in Spitalfields, Whitechapel,
Middlesex, and died Aft. 1901. He married JULIA FOULER 1881 in Bethnal Green. She was born 1861 in Hoxton, London,
and died Aft. 1901.
More About WILLIAM SIGOURNAY:
Fact 1: 1881, Resident: 30 York Street, Bethnal Green - prior to his marriage
Fact 2: 1882, Resident: 5, Furners Square, Hoxton Old Town, Shoreditch, Middx
Fact 3: 1901, Resident: 40, Myrtle Street, Shoreditch
Fact 4: 1882, Occupation: Harness Maker
Fact 5: 1901, Census states aged 42, born Bethnal Green
More About JULIA FOULER:
Fact 1: Also spelt Fowler
More About WILLIAM SIGOURNAY and JULIA FOULER:
Marriage: 1881, Bethnal Green
Children of WILLIAM SIGOURNAY and JULIA FOULER are:
i. CAROLINE8 SIGOURNAY, b. 13 December 1881, 5, Furners Square, Hoxton Old Town, Shoreditch, Middlesex.
ii. CLARA SIGOURNAY, b. 1888, Haggerston, Shoreditch.
iii. JULIA SIGOURNAY, b. 1890, Shoreditch.
iv. SARAH SIGOURNAY, b. 1890, Shoreditch; d. 1890, Shoreditch.
v. WILLIAM HENRY SIGOURNAY, b. 1892, Haggerston, Shoreditch.
vi. JULIA SIGOURNAY, b. 1894, Shoreditch; d. 1894, Shoreditch.
vii. CHARLES SIGOURNAY, b. 1896, Shoreditch; d. 1897, Shoreditch.
viii. ARTHUR SIGOURNAY, b. 1901, Hoxton, London.
Generation No. 8
19. JACOB8 SIGOURNAY (JOHN JOSEPH7, JOHN6, JOHN5, JOHN4, JEAN3, JEAN2, SIGOURNAY1) was born 1857 in Bethnal Green,
Middlesex, and died 1937. Buried Manor Park Cemetery, East Ham, Essex. He married (1) ANN GREEN 1878 in
Whitechapel. She was born 1853 in Bethnal Green, Middlesex, and died Bet. 1885 - 1892. He married (2) ELEANOR PRESTON 1890
in Mile End. She was born 1851 in Bethnal Green, London, and died Aft. 1901. He married (3) WIMPREY Abt. 1932.
More About JACOB SIGOURNAY:
Fact 1: Occupation: Undertaker Bethnal Green 1857-1948
Fact 2: 1881, Resident: 96 Wray Terrace, Bethnal Green Road, London E
Fact 3: Bet. 1881 - 1883, Resident: 4 Harts Lane, Bethnal Green, Middlesex -same road as his father John
Fact 4: Bet. 1890 - 1901, Resident: 271 Bethnal Green Road from 1890 - recorded in 1892 PO directory
Fact 5: Director of French Hospital, Society of Lintot and particularly wealthy
Fact 6: 1881, (In Census) resident: 4 Harts Lane, Bethnal Green
Fact 7: Also refer to information on William Davies 1844-1929 (stated as 'partner') who lost money to Sigournay
More About ANN GREEN:
Fact 1: 1881, (In Census) resident: 4 Harts Lane, Bethnal Green
More About JACOB SIGOURNAY and ANN GREEN:
Marriage: 1878, Whitechapel
More About JACOB SIGOURNAY and ELEANOR PRESTON:
Marriage: 1890, Mile End
More About WIMPREY:
Fact 1: Jacob Sigournay's housekeeper - married him when he was about 75
More About JACOB SIGOURNAY and WIMPREY:
Marriage: Abt. 1932
Children of JACOB SIGOURNAY and ANN GREEN are:
i. JOHN9 SIGOURNAY, b. 1879, Bethnal Green; d. 1881, Bethnal Green.
More About JOHN SIGOURNAY:
Fact 1: Died aged 14 months - Interment: 15.2.1881
ii. HARRY SIGOURNAY, b. 17 August 1883, 4, Harts Lane, Bethnal Green, Middlesex; d. 1953, Colchester, Essex.
iii. GEORGE SIGOURNAY, b. 1885, Bethnal Green.
Child of JACOB SIGOURNAY and ELEANOR PRESTON is:
iv. ELEANOR9 SIGOURNAY, b. 1893, Bethnal Green, London; m. WILLIAM KIRKMAN, 1914, Rochford Essex.
20. EDMUND8 SIGOURNAY (JOHN JOSEPH7, JOHN6, JOHN5, JOHN4, JEAN3, JEAN2, SIGOURNAY1) was born 27 October 1874 in
Bethnal Green, Middlesex, and died 13 October 1939. Buried Manor Park Cemetery, East Ham, Essex. He married MINNIE MULLINGS
11 June 1899 in Parish Church of St. John on Bethnal Green, Middlesex, daughter of ROBERT MULLINGS and MARTHA.
She was born 1874 in Bethnal Green, Middlesex, and died 5 May 1933 in 106 Wilmot Street, Bethnal Green, London
E2.
More About EDMUND SIGOURNAY:
Fact 1: 1924, Occupation: Undertaker
Fact 2: 1891, Occupation: Coffinmaker
Fact 3: 1891, Resident: 7 & 9 Harts Lane, Bethnal Green
Fact 4: 1899, Resident: 327, Corefield Street, Bethnal Green
Fact 5: 1905, Resident: 108 Wilmot Street, Bethnal Green, London E2
Fact 6: 1933, Resident: 106 Wilmot Street, Bethnal Green, London E2
Fact 7: 1874, Baptised: 22 Dec 1874 St. James the Great, Bethnal Green
More About MINNIE MULLINGS:
Fact 1: 1899, Resident: 322, Corefield Street, Bethnal Green
Fact 2: 1899, William Mullings & Alice Mullings present at marriage
More About EDMUND SIGOURNAY and MINNIE MULLINGS:
Marriage: 11 June 1899, Parish Church of St. John on Bethnal Green, Middlesex
Child of EDMUND SIGOURNAY and MINNIE MULLINGS is:
i. EDMUND9 SIGOURNAY, b. 13 June 1900, 327, Corefield Street, Bethnal Green, Middlesex; d. 15 October 1964, St
John's Hospital, Chelmsford, Essex - Buried Manor Park Cemetery, East Ham, Essex.
21. GEORGE8 SIGOURNAY (GEORGE AUGUSTUS7, JOHN6, JOHN5, JOHN4, JEAN3, JEAN2, SIGOURNAY1) was born 1856 in Bethnal
Green, Whitechapel, Middlesex, and died 1899. He married ELIZABETH ANN CARTER, 16 January 1881. She was born 1857 in Bethnal
Green, Middlesex, and died Aft. 1891.
More About GEORGE SIGOURNAY:
Fact 1: 1881, Resident: 4 Cambridge Circus, Bethnal Green (4 Cambridge Road)
Fact 2: 1891, Resident: 30 Cambridge Circus, Bethnal Green
Fact 3: 1881, Occupation: Shoemaker in 1881 and unemployed bootmaker in 1891
More About ELIZABETH ANN CARTER:
Fact 1: 1881, Resident: 4 Cambridge Road, Bethnal Green -newly married
Fact 2: 1891, Resident: 30 Cambridge Circus, Bethnal Green
More About GEORGE SIGOURNAY and ELIZABETH CARTER:
Marriage: 16 January 1881
Children of GEORGE SIGOURNAY and ELIZABETH CARTER are:
i. ELIZABETH ANN SIGOURNAY, b. 6 October 1881, 4 Cambridge Circus, Bethnal Green; m. 1908, Mile End.
ii. MARIA ELIZABETH SIGOURNAY, b. 1883, Bethnal Green; m. ., 1911, West Ham.
More About MARIA ELIZABETH SIGOURNAY:
Fact 1: Could be named "Freda"
Fact 2: 1891, Not recorded with parents in 1891 census
More About . and MARIA SIGOURNAY:
Marriage: 1911, West Ham
iii. GEORGE JOSEPH SIGOURNAY, b. 1884, Bethnal Green.
22. HENRY8 SIGOURNAY (GEORGE AUGUSTUS7, JOHN6, JOHN5, JOHN4, JEAN3, JEAN2, SIGOURNAY1) was born 10 March 1859
in 16, Barnsley Street, Bethnal Green. He married MARIA KEOGHOE 1882 in Hackney.
More About HENRY SIGOURNAY:
Fact 1: Known as "Harry"
Fact 2: 1881, Resident: 7 Cambridge Road, Bethnal Green
More About HENRY SIGOURNAY and MARIA KEOGHOE:
Marriage: 1882, Hackney
Children of HENRY SIGOURNAY and MARIA KEOGHOE are:
i. HENRY GEORGE9 SIGOURNAY, b. 1885, West Ham; m. CLARA MARY SANDYS, 1913 Hackney.
More About HENRY GEORGE SIGOURNAY:
Fact 1: Also recorded as "Harry George"
ii. ALFRED SIGOURNAY, b. 1887, West Ham; d. 1959, Biggleswade.
iii. FRED SIGOURNAY, b. 1889, West Ham; d. 1898.
iv. WILLIAM JOHN SIGOURNAY, b. 1891, West Ham; d. 1968.
28. v. JAMES ALBERT SIGOURNAY, b. 1894, 26 Cross Street, Stratford, (West Ham) London E.; d. January 1972, Brentwood.
vi. WALTER SIGOURNAY, b. 1896, West Ham.
vii. MARY ETHEL SIGOURNAY, b. 1898, West Ham.
viii. LEONARD CHARLES SIGOURNAY, b. 1900, West Ham; d. 1951, Essex S.W.; m. ELSIE GRIMWOOD, 1928.
ix. ARTHUR THOMAS SIGOURNAY, b. 1905, West Ham, Middlesex; d. 1987; m. RUBY V. MURRELL-TALBOT, 1936 Sheffield.
23. JOHN8 SIGOURNAY (GEORGE AUGUSTUS7, JOHN6, JOHN5, JOHN4, JEAN3, JEAN2, SIGOURNAY1) was born 13 January 1869
in Bethnal Green, Middlesex, and died in 1921. He married FRANCES KILBOURN 15 September 1889 in St. Leonards
Church, Shoreditch, East London, UK, daughter of THOMAS KILBOURN and ELIZA BATSFORD. She was born 13 January 1869
in Bethnal Green, Middlesex, and died 10 January 1943 and was Buried: St. Martin's Church, Knebworth, Hertfordshire.
More About JOHN SIGOURNAY:
Fact 1: 1889, Occupation: Funeral Director
Fact 2: 1881, Resident: 7 Cambridge Road, Bethnal Green - aged 12
Fact 3: 1891, Resident: 75 Mare Street, Bethnal Green - aged 22
Fact 4: 1891, Occupation: Journeyman coffin maker
Fact 5: 15 January 1903, Resident: 21 Wimbolt Street, Bethnal Green, London
Fact 6: 21 May 1904, Assaulted in street while resident at 48 Squirries Street, Bethnal Green - occupation undertaker. Listed in Central Criminal Court records
Fact 7: 18 September 1907, Sentenced to 6 months hard labour for stealing goods to the total value of £100 (12 pairs of feather plumes and 14 pairs of horse velvets)
More About FRANCES KILBOURN:
Fact 1: 1881, Resident: 3 Minerva Street, Bethnal Green
Fact 2: January 1940, Resident: Beaulieu, Watton Road, Knebworth, Hertfordshire with daughter Lilian - previously
lived in Bishops Way in London for 10/- a week
Fact 3: 15 January 1903, Received legal separation and her custody of four children
Fact 4: 15 January 1903, Resident: 112 Sydenham Road, Lower Sydenham, South London (near her sister)
Fact 5: Father Thomas Francis Kilbourn, butcher
Fact 6: One of her sisters lived in Sydenham and had a second hand clothes shop
Fact 7: Alternative given name by Bert Sigournay, Frances Morgan
Fact 8: Four generations of the KILBOURN family lived in Shoreditch and Bethnal Green. The earliest member is
Samuel, born about 1754.
Fact 9: 2 April 1911, Resident: 92 Leopard Buildings, Columbia Road, Bethnal Green, office cleaner in boot warehouse
More About JOHN SIGOURNAY and FRANCES KILBOURN:
Divorce: 15 January 1903
Marriage: 15 September 1889, St. Leonards Church, Shoreditch, East London, UK
Children of JOHN SIGOURNAY and FRANCES KILBOURN are:
i. JOHN ALFRED9 SIGOURNAY, b. 1890, Bethnal Green; d. 1978.
ii. LILIAN SIGOURNAY, b. 1893, Bethnal Green; d. 25 March 1993.
iii. SIDNEY SIGOURNAY, b. 3 March 1896, Bethnal Green, London, United Kingdom; d. 3 January 1985.
iv. BERTRAM SIGOURNAY, b. 12 December 1897, 21 Wimbolt Street, Bethnal Green, London; d. March 1986, Cremated:
Enfield Crematorium - Ashes Buried: Waltham Abbey, Essex.
v. ELSIE SIGOURNAY, b. 1900, Bethnal Green; d. 1900, Bethnal Green.
24. CAROLINE8 SIGOURNAY (WILLIAM7, GEORGE6, JOHN5, JOHN4, JEAN3, JEAN2, SIGOURNAY1) was born 13 December 1881
in 5, Furners Square, Hoxton Old Town, Shoreditch, Middlesex. She met (2) JOHN SHAGON.
More About CAROLINE SIGOURNAY:
Fact 1: 1909, Occupation: Fur machinist
Fact 2: 1909, Resident: 39 Virginia Road, Bethnal Green
Fact 3: Abt. 1912, Resident: 19 Harriett Square, Haggerston
Fact 4: 1901, Still unmarried
More About JOHN SHAGON:
Fact 1: Occupation: Chairmaker
Child of CAROLINE SIGOURNAY is:
i. HENRY9 SIGOURNAY, b. 6 October 1909, 39 Virginia Road, Bethnal Green.
More About HENRY SIGOURNAY:
Fact 1: Father's name not registered
Child of CAROLINE SIGOURNAY and JOHN SHAGON is:
ii. ELLEN CLARA SIGOURNAY, b. Abt. 1912; m. WILLIAM THOMAS MAUGHAN 12 July 1930 Edmonton.
Generation No. 9
25. HARRY9 SIGOURNAY (JACOB8, JOHN JOSEPH7, JOHN6, JOHN5, JOHN4, JEAN3, JEAN2, SIGOURNAY1) was born 17 August
1883 in 4, Harts Lane, Bethnal Green, Middlesex, and died 1953 in Colchester, Essex. He married EDITH EVELYN JARVIS
19 August 1906 in Parish Church, St. Mark Dalston, Hackney, London, daughter of JAMES WALTER JARVIS. She was born
1884, and died 1952 in Colchester, Essex.
More About HARRY SIGOURNAY:
Fact 1: Occupation: Undertaker Bethnal Green 1857-1947
Fact 2: Harry & wife lost in second world war
Fact 3: Resident: in Islington & Lea Bridge Road.
Fact 4: 1901, Resident: 271 Bethnal Green Road with father Jacob
Fact 5: 1906, Resident: 40 Colvestone Crescent
More About HARRY SIGOURNAY and EDITH JARVIS:
Marriage: 19 August 1906, Parish Church, St. Mark Dalston, Hackney, London
Children of HARRY SIGOURNAY and EDITH JARVIS are:
i. OLIVE EVELYN SIGOURNAY, b. 12 February 1908, Stoke Newington; d. Aft. 2001.
ii. HARRY SIGOURNAY, b. 8 February 1910, Stoke Newington; d. 1 November 1963, Hackney.
iii. EDITH ANNIE SIGOURNAY, b. 16 December 1913, Stoke Newington; d. 29 January 1968; m. ARTHUR HAYNES, 2 July
1932, Register Office at Leyton or Stoke Newington.
More About EDITH ANNIE SIGOURNAY:
Fact 1: 1948, Commited to mental home due to ill treatment by father.
Fact 2: 1968, Interred beside parents at either Manor Park or City of London ctry
More About ARTHUR HAYNES and EDITH SIGOURNAY:
Marriage: 2 July 1932, Register Office at Leyton or Stoke Newington
26. EDMUND9 SIGOURNAY (EDMUND8, JOHN JOSEPH7, JOHN6, JOHN5, JOHN4, JEAN3, JEAN2, SIGOURNAY1) was born 13 June
1900 in 327, Corefield Street, Bethnal Green, Middlesex, and died 15 October 1964 in St John's Hospital, Chelmsford,
Essex - Buried Manor Park Cemetery, East Ham, Essex. He married (1) ROSE BEATRICE ADA AYLING 15 June 1924 in St.
Michael & All Angels, London Fields, Hackney, London, daughter of JOHN AYLING. She was born 1900, and died
12 October 1952 in Victoria Hospital, Romford, Essex - Buried: Manor Park Cemetery, East Ham. He married (2) MARGARET
EILEEN BATEMAN 13 March 1954 in Bentley Church, Pilgrims Hatch, Brentwood, Essex. She was born 17 April 1923.
More About EDMUND SIGOURNAY:
Cause of Death: Cerebral haemorrhage & hypertension
Fact 1: 1952, Occupation: 1952 Mental Hospital Gate Porter
Fact 3: 1924, Resident: 106 Wilmot Street, Bethnal Green, London
Fact 4: 1934, Resident: 137, Wilmot Street, Bethnal Green, London E2
Fact 5: 1952, Resident: Crossways, Rowan Walk, Hornchurch, Essex
Fact 6: 1964, Resident: 24 Heybridge Road, Ingatestone, Chelmsford, Essex
More About ROSE BEATRICE ADA AYLING:
Cause of Death: Cerebral thrombosis & hypertension
Fact 1: 1924, Occupation: Milliner
Fact 2: 1952, Resident: Crossways, Rowan Walk, Hornchurch, Essex
More About EDMUND SIGOURNAY and ROSE BEATRICE ADA AYLING:
Marriage: 15 June 1924, St. Michael & All Angels, London Fields, Hackney, London
More About MARGARET EILEEN BATEMAN:
Fact 1: 1964, Resident: 24 Heybridge Road, Ingatestone, Chelmsford, Essex
Fact 2: Marriage records record her surname as "Robinson"
More About EDMUND SIGOURNAY and MARGARET BATEMAN:
Marriage: 13 March 1954, Bentley Church, Pilgrims Hatch, Brentwood, Essex
Children of EDMUND SIGOURNAY and ROSE BEATRICE ADA AYLING are:
i. JUNE ROSE SIGOURNAY, b. 18 April 1925, Bethnal Green, London.
ii. DEREK EDMUND SIGOURNAY, b. 15 October 1926, Bethnal Green, London; d. 8 October 2006, Middlezoy, Bridgewater, Somerset.
iii. IRIS M. SIGOURNAY, b. 1928, Bethnal Green, London.
iv. BETTY JOAN SIGOURNAY, b. 5 January 1934, 137, Wilmot Street, Bethnal Green, London E2; d. Bef. 1998.
Child of EDMUND SIGOURNAY and MARGARET BATEMAN is:
v. PETER KEVIN SIGOURNAY, b. 26 February 1955, Maternity Hospital, Ongar Road, Brentwood, Essex.
27. WILLIAM JOHN9 SIGOURNAY (HENRY8, GEORGE AUGUSTUS7, JOHN6, JOHN5, JOHN4, JEAN3, JEAN2, SIGOURNAY1) was born
1891 in West Ham, and died 1968. He married ADELAIDE BEATRICE GLADYS COWELL, 1921 in West Ham. She was born 1894 in Stratford, Essex.
More About WILLIAM JOHN SIGOURNAY:
Fact 1: 1943, Resident: Harold Wood, Essex.
Child of WILLIAM SIGOURNAY and ADELAIDE BEATRICE GLADYS COWELL is:
i. DENNIS WILLIAM SIGOURNAY, b. 1923, West Ham; d. 29 June 1943, Bergen, Netherlands on service in RAF during
WW2.
More About DENNIS WILLIAM SIGOURNAY:
Fact 1: 1943, Flight Sergeant 1332421, Pilot, 51 Sqdn., RAF Volunteer Reserve
Fact 2: Buried: Bergen General Cemetery, Netherlands, Plot 2, Row C., Grave 14
28. JAMES ALBERT9 SIGOURNAY (HENRY8, GEORGE AUGUSTUS7, JOHN6, JOHN5, JOHN4, JEAN3, JEAN2, SIGOURNAY1) was born
1894 in 26 Cross Street, Stratford, (West Ham) London E., and died January 1972 in Brentwood. He married ETHEL
MAUD LOMAS, 1920 in West Ham. She died in Brentwood.
More About JAMES ALBERT SIGOURNAY:
Fact 1: 1921, Occupation: Civil Servant Officer, Customs & Excise
Fact 2: 1972, Cremated Brentwood
Fact 3: Stated to be one of 13 children - only one a girl.
Fact 4: Bef. 1924, Resident: 110 Gurney Road, Stratford, London
Fact 5: 1928, Resident: 12 Western Avenue, Brentwood, Essex
Children of JAMES SIGOURNAY and ETHEL MAUD LOMAS are:
i. NORMAN LOMAS SIGOURNAY, b. 18 May 1921, 8 Manbey Grove, Stratford, West Ham, East London; d. 20 October 1996,
Sandown Lawn Nursing Home, 30 Albert Road, Cheltenham, Gloucestershire.
ii. JOHN KEOGH SIGOURNAY, b. 29 May 1924, 110 Gurney Road, Stratford, (West Ham) London E.; d. 1996.
29. ARTHUR THOMAS9 SIGOURNAY (HENRY8, GEORGE AUGUSTUS7, JOHN6, JOHN5, JOHN4, JEAN3, JEAN2, SIGOURNAY1) was born
1905 in West Ham, Middlesex and died 1987. He married RUBY V. MURRELL-TALBOT 1936 in Sheffield.
Child of ARTHUR THOMAS SIGOURNAY and RUBY V. MURRELL-TALBOT is:
i. JOHN ANTHONY SIGOURNAY, b. 1940, West Ham.
30. JOHN ALFRED9 SIGOURNAY (JOHN8, GEORGE AUGUSTUS7, JOHN6, JOHN5, JOHN4, JEAN3, JEAN2, SIGOURNAY1) was born 1890
in Bethnal Green, and died 1978. He married ETHEL ALICE WHITEMAN, 1922 in Hackney.
More About JOHN ALFRED SIGOURNAY:
Fact 1: 1977, Resident: 5 Nisbet House, High Street, Homerton, London E9
Fact 2: Known as the "communist in spats"
More About JOHN ALFRED SIGOURNAY and ETHEL ALICE WHITEMAN:
Marriage: 1922
31. LILIAN9 SIGOURNAY (JOHN8, GEORGE AUGUSTUS7, JOHN6, JOHN5, JOHN4, JEAN3, JEAN2, SIGOURNAY1) was born 1893 in
Bethnal Green, and died 25 March 1993. She married ERNEST W. NUTTING, 1916 in Bethnal Green.
More About LILIAN SIGOURNAY:
Fact 1: Resident: 14 Gun Lane, Knebworth, Hertfordshire
Fact 2: 1940, Resident: Beaulieu, Watton Road, Knebworth, Hertfordshire
Fact 3: Died just after her 100th birthday
More About ERNEST W. NUTTING:
Fact 1: 1940, Resident: Beaulieu, Watton Road, Knebworth, Hertfordshire
32. SIDNEY9 SIGOURNAY (JOHN8, GEORGE AUGUSTUS7, JOHN6, JOHN5, JOHN4, JEAN3, JEAN2, SIGOURNAY1) was born 3 March
1896 in Bethnal Green, London, United Kingdom, and died 3 January 1985. He married WINIFRED MARY BRIND 12 February
1927 in Durban, Republic of South Africa. She was born 19 April 1904 in Reigate, Surrey, United Kingdom, and died
in 1979.
More About SIDNEY SIGOURNAY:
Fact 1: 1977, Resident: PO Box 423 Estcourt 3310, Natal, Rep. of S.Africa
Fact 2: Served in Royal Fugeliers during WW2 & afterwards moved to S.Africa
More About SIDNEY SIGOURNAY and WINIFRED BRIND:
Marriage: 12 February 1927, Durban, Republic of South Africa
33. BERTRAM9 SIGOURNAY (JOHN8, GEORGE AUGUSTUS7, JOHN6, JOHN5, JOHN4, JEAN3, JEAN2, SIGOURNAY1) was born 12 December
1897 in 21 Wimbolt Street, Bethnal Green, London, and died March 1986. Cremated: Enfield Crematorium - Ashes
Buried: Waltham Abbey, Essex. He married ELIZABETH MAY FORREST 9 December 1922 in St.Matthews Church, Bethnal
Green, East London, daughter of DOUGLAS FORREST and CHARLOTTE BIRMINGHAM. She was born 24 April 1896 in Bethnal
Green, London, and died 28 August 1983. Cremated: Enfield Crematorium - Ashes Buried: Waltham Abbey, Essex.
More About BERTRAM SIGOURNAY:
Burial: 1986, Cremated: Enfield Crematorium - Ashes Buried: Waltham Abbey, Essex
Fact 1: Occupation: Book-keeper & Company Secretary
Fact 2: 1917, Involved in capture of Jerusalem during 1st WW in 23rd London in December 1917
Fact 3: 1918, Wounded in action at Amman on 30th March 1918
Fact 4: 1922, Resident: 56 Leopold Buildings, Hackney Road
Fact 5: Resident: Bishops Way, Victoria Park, London E2
Fact 6: 1930, Resident: 28 Matlock Road, Leyton, London E10
Fact 7: 1948, Resident: 18 Manor Drive, Whetstone, London N20
Fact 8: Resident: 23 Overton Road, Enfield, London N14
Fact 9: 1960, Resident: 6 Rosebank, Honey Lane, Waltham Abbey, Essex
More About ELIZABETH MAY FORREST:
Burial: 1983, Cremated: Enfield Crematorium - Ashes Buried: Waltham Abbey, Essex
Fact 1: 1922, Resident: 6 Delta Street, Bethnal Green
Fact 2: Known as "May" Sigournay
More About BERTRAM SIGOURNAY and ELIZABETH FORREST:
Marriage: 9 December 1922, St.Matthews Church, Bethnal Green, East London
Marriage Fact: 9 December 1922, Resident: 56 Leopold Buildings, Hackney Road
Descendents of Pierre Sigournay
The earliest known member of the family, PIERRE SIGOURNAY was born well before 1630 in St. Jean d'Angély
in Saintonge, France.
1. PIERRE1 SIGOURNAY was born Abt. 1610 in St. Jean d'Angély in Saintonge, France. He married JEANNE PICHON Bef. 1636 in St. Jean d'Angély in Saintonge, France, daughter of ABRAHAM PICHON and ANNE DELABROUSSE. She was born Abt. 1610.
More About PIERRE SIGOURNAY:
Fact 1: Occupation: Shoemaker (Cordonnier) and protestant
Fact 2: St. Jean d'Angély notarial archives prove that with Jeanne they had ten children
More About PIERRE SIGOURNAY and JEANNE PICHON:
Marriage: Bef. 1636, St. Jean d'Angély in Saintonge, France
Children of PIERRE SIGOURNAY and JEANNE PICHON are:
2. i. ANDRÉ2 SIGOURNAY, b. 1638, St. Jean d'Angély in Saintonge, France; d. 16 April 1727, Suffolk, Boston, Massachusetts.
ii. MARIE SIGOURNAY, b. Abt. 1640, St. Jean d'Angély in Saintonge, France; m. LOUIS RULLAND, Bef. 1668.
More About LOUIS RULLAND:
Fact 1: Occupation: tailor
More About LOUIS RULLAND and MARIE SIGOURNAY:
Marriage: Bef. 1668
iii. BENJAMIN SIGOURNAY, b. Abt. 1642, St. Jean d'Angély in Saintonge, France.
More About BENJAMIN SIGOURNAY:
Fact 1: Occupation: Shoemaker (Cordonnier)
3. iv. PIERRE2 SIGOURNAY, b. 1643, St. Jean d'Angély in Saintonge, France; d. Aft. 1673.
v. ISAAC SIGOURNAY, b. Abt. 1645, St. Jean d'Angély in Saintonge, France; d. Aft. 1691.
More About ISAAC SIGOURNAY:
Fact 1: 1691, Present in St. Jean d'Angély in 1691
vi. ELISABETH SIGOURNAY, b. Abt. 1646, St. Jean d'Angély in Saintonge, France; d. Aft. 1691; m. PIERRE NEPVEU.
Generation No. 2
2. ANDRÉ2 SIGOURNAY (PIERRE1) was born 1638 in St. Jean d'Angély in Saintonge, France, and died 16 April 1727 in Suffolk, Boston, Massachusetts. He married CHARLOTTE PAYSAN Bef. 1673 in St. Jean d'Angély in Saintonge, France. She was born Bet. 1632 - 1654, and died Aft. 1686.
More About CHARLOTTE PAYSAN:
Fact 1: Also with surname "Pairan"
Fact 2: Possible sister of Marie Paysan who married Pierre Sigournay
More About André SIGOURNAY and CHARLOTTE PAYSAN:
Marriage: Bef. 1673, St. Jean d'Angély in Saintonge, France
3. PIERRE2 SIGOURNAY (PIERRE1) was born 1643 in St. Jean d'Angély in Saintonge, France, and died Aft. 1673. He married MARIE PAYSAN in St. Jean d'Angély in Saintonge, France. She died Aft. 1673.
More About PIERRE SIGOURNAY:
Fact 1: 1673, Occupation: Master Shoemaker (Cordonnier)
Fact 2: Emigrated to America after 1673
Fact 3: 1673, Resident: St. Jean d'Angély in Saintonge, France
Fact 4: Record from St. Jean d'Angély confirming that Pierre and his wife renounced their protestant faith
Fact 5: Resident Rue Saint-Nicolas (Quai Louis-Durand), La Rochelle in 1678
More About MARIE PAYSAN:
Fact 1: Possible sister of Charlotte Paysan who married André Sigournay
More About PIERRE SIGOURNAY and MARIE PAYSAN:
Marriage: St. Jean d'Angély in Saintonge, France
Child of PIERRE SIGOURNAY and MARIE PAYSAN is:
i. ELIZABETH SIGOURNAY, b. 26 July 1673, St. Jean d'Angély in Saintonge, France.
Known Sigournays born in St. Jean d'Angély
The following individuals are known to have been born in St. Jean d'Angély, France:-
Pierre Sigournay - born approx. 1610 - (married Jeanne Pichon)
André* Sigournay - born 1638 (son of Pierre, migrated London 1673-1681 & America 1686)
Marie Sigournay - born approx. 1640 (daughter of Pierre)
Benjamin Sigournay - born approx. 1642 (son of Pierre)
Pierre* Sigournay - born 1643 (son of Pierre, resident La Rochelle 1678, migrated to America)
Isaac Sigournay - born approx. 1645 (son of Pierre)
Elisabeth Sigournay - born approx. 1646 (daughter of Pierre)
René Sigournay - born approx. 1660 - (godfather at baptism 1696)
Alexandre Sigournay - born 1665 (nephew of André*, migrated to London 1681)
Pierre Sigournay - born approx. 1670 - (married Marie Fontene)
Jean Sigournay - born approx. 1670 - (migrated to London before 1705)
Esaye* Sigournay - born 1671 - (migrated to London between 1707-1713)
Jacques Sigournay - born 1671 - (married Judith Challot)
Anne Sigournay - born 1672 - (migrated to London unmarried before 1705)
André Sigournay - born 1673 (son of André*)
Elizabeth Sigournay - born 1673 (daughter of Pierre*)
Susan Sigournay - born before 1681 (daughter of André*)
Alexandre Sigournay - born approx. 1694 (son of Pierre 1670 and Marie Fontene)
Elizabeth Sigournay - born 1706 (daughter of Esaye*)
This page first published 1999 and revised 21st Aug. 2004.
Additional material added 14th Jan. 2019, 28th Nov. 2020, 18th Sept. 2022 and 11th Feb. 2023.
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