If you
have an interest in your Gevaux family roots, you will find this
site an invaluable resource and a way of contacting other members
of the Gevaux family across the globe.
Since the family first
arrived in London in the 1680s they have set down their roots
all over England and as far a field as Canada, Thailand, USA and
Australia.
•
Board of Trade files on Gevaux merchant seaman •
• Biographies
of selected branches of the family •
• Wounded in Action: Fred's War •
•Francis
James Gevaux; pauper, thief, wife-beater and victim of bigamy
•
• The
sad life and lonely death of Mary Ann Gevaux, a Victorian
tradegy •
Are you a descendant of Frederick Thomas Gevaux (1881-1933)
if so read on
In 1915 Fred and hundreds of local men queued up at the Stratford recruiting office to join the 13th Battalion, the Essex Regiment. These men became known as 'The West Ham Pals'.
In appreciation of their contribution to the fighting in the First World War, and their association with their local football team, West Ham United has agreed to erect a plaque in their honour.
The unveiling ceremony will take place in November 2009
Contact me for more information and get your copy of
Wounded in Action: Fred's War
About
your Web Host
- David Gevaux was born in Paddington, West London in 1949.
Until retiring in 1999, he was the senior reporting analyst for
a City investment bank. Since leaving full-time employment
he has devoted himself to academic research, gaining a First Class
honours Degree in History in 2002 and in 2005 a Masters Degree
in 20th Century Cultural History from Queen Mary College, University
of London. When not engaged in genealogical research he
is a trustee and sponsorship director of The
Assin Endwa Trust, an educational charity based in Ghana,
and has recently been elected chairman of the Genealogy Committee
of The Huguenot Society.
David
has been investigating the family's history and roots for more
than twenty-five years and has traced a line of descent back to
mid seventeenth-century France.
This
site is dedicated to the sharing of any knowledge acquired, free
of charge. If you have any information that you
feel would be of interest to other members of the family, for
example documents, photographs, personal histories etc., we would
greatly appreciate copies. Please help enrich our
mutual family archive.
If
you have any information or family history you would like to share
with other family members and would like them posted on this website,
please contact
me.
If
you would like to know more about your Gevaux ancestors, why not
take advantage of our free family tree service.
About
your Web Host
- David Gevaux was born in Paddington, West London in 1949.
Until retiring in 1999, he was the senior reporting analyst for
a City investment bank. Since leaving full-time employment
he has devoted himself to academic research, gaining a First Class
honours Degree in History in 2002 and in 2005 a Masters Degree
in 20th Century Cultural History from Queen Mary College, University
of London. When not engaged in genealogical research he
is a trustee and sponsorship director of