Who was Charles Boileau watch and clockmaker?

[jennifer c]

The 1839 marriage certificate is not on line but you can send for a copy. It has been wrongly  indexed under Eugena Boileau and Sarah Crane, the ref. I would order it under Sarah Crane marring a Boileau only, just encase it has been transcribe wrongly on the index, the ref. Is June qtr. 1839 vol 12 page 385. West Ham district.

This should give both parties address, father's name and all occupations. From the September qtr 1837 you can order a proper certificate, West Ham is one of the area's that do not have their church records on line. The record you have for Charles and Sarah is only a copy of the church entry, as I said, after 1837 you can order a full certificate.

Have a look at gro.gov.uk
Jennifer

[jennifer c]

Eugene must have been quite successful at what he did as his probate was resworn in June 1870 to under £6000.

Jennifer

[jennifer c]

It may be worth trying to contact the Bank of England museum if Eugene worked there in a valued position.

[stevebo]

Hi HALE39

Thanks for the comprehensive update.

You mention Peter Boileau and his wife Elisabeth; It was Lis who wrote to me in 1996 and got me started in family history. I had already created a tree going back to my Great Grand Parents by talking to my relatives. Lis had researched her husband’s Liverpool Boileau’s back to Charles and  was able to link in to my Coventry Boileau’s. This was early internet days so all of our research was carried out in record offices and by purchasing BDM certificates.

I have been looking for information on Charles ever since. I spent many hours going through Immigration records at the PRO in Kew and Alien Returns in The London Metropolitan Archive but have not managed to find any record earlier than his marriage to Sarah Ann Thompson in 1836.
I thought that there may be a link to the other Boileau’s in London in the 1840’s but most of these are descended from the Huguenot Charles Boileau who fled to England in the 1690’s. There are two or three other Boileau families that have moved from France to England since then but tracing their parent’s back in France is proving just as difficult as for Charles. I have always thought that there could be a link to the Eugene Boileau (Artist/Engraver) that Jennifer mentions but I have found nothing so far. I had provisionally penciled in Eugene father's name as Etienne Marie Boileau but I cannot remember where that came from!! I have ordered the marriage certificate for confirmation.

There is also a William Thompson who was interred in Charles Boileau’s grave in 1904 aged 83 (see   http://www.toxtethparkcemetery.co.uk/dbase/grave.php?grave=325&section=A)
I assumed that he was related to Charles Boileau’s wife but this William was born in Shetland and I cannot find anything that links him to Sarah’s father the Tin Plate Worker in London.

I have also checked some of the French genealogy websites on the internet but my schoolboy French is very rusty and I find it a bit of a struggle. There used to be an Anglo French Family History Society that had some very useful guides on researching French ancestors but it appears to have folded and the website as now been taken down.

I will keep looking and if I find anything useful will post back to this forum.

Regards,
Steve
 

[stevebo]

I have just received the marriage certificate for Eugene Boileau & Sarah Crane which confirms Etienne Marie Boileau as Eugene's father. The details are as follows:

31 May 1839 - Parish of West Ham, Essex

Eugene Boileau full age bachelor Occupation = Artist residence = St Luke Co Middx Father = Etienne Marie Boileau, Artist.
Sarah Crane      full age spinster  Occupation = ------ residence = West Ham             Father = Harry Samuel Crane, Chemist.

In the presence of H S Crane, E M Boileau and Ann Atherton

Regards,
Steve