In 1797 the French royalist and noble emigrant (émigré) marquis Jean Yrieix de Beaupoil de Saint-Aulaire (1745-1832) lived in London before going to Canada in 1798 with the French royalist count Joseph de Puisaye to establish a colony of French aristocrats.
According to De Courcelles, Histoire généalogiques et héraldique (…). Vol. 3, part 1 (Paris 1824) he got married to a certain Marie de Reboul in London on 16th March 1797 “par contrat passé devant notaire” (by notarial act) in attendance of the French aristocrats Charles-Thomas and Gui de Beaupoil de Saint-Aulaire de la Dixmerie, count Joseph de Montaignac and baron Louis Cousinet de Sommervesle.
From this marriage came an only son Dominique-Hyppolyte de Beaupoil de St Aulaire born in Londen in 1797.
This family went to Canada in 1798 but returned disillusioned, the marquis in 1799, his lady and son in 1802.
Jean Yrieix de Beaupoil de Saint-Aulaire died in Girouard in the French community of Lévis-Saint-Nom (department Yveline) on 4th August 1832. According to the death certificate he was a “marécal de camp honoré” and still married. His widow is called Marie de Reboul de Ganges.
I am in search of exact information of the marriage in London in 1797. If I understand well a marriage at that time had to be performed in a church or chapel and had to be registered in separate registers. Has this marriage been registered somewhere in London?
Has the birth or baptism of the son been registered somewhere?
Any help will be most welcome. Many thanks in advance.
