Armorial of Jersey : being an account, heraldic and antiquarian, of its chief native families, with pedigrees, biographical notices, and illustrative data; to which are added, a brief history of heraldry, and remarks on the mediæval antiquities of the island (1859)
the names, pedigrees, and arms of Le Fevre of Argentan, Valo.fnes,Carentan, and Rouen. The name is Latijaized Faher^ i.e., Smith; and it seems to answer, by its frequency inFrance, to our own most familiar English patronymic. In Jersey, this name occurs from a very early period, being mentioned in… … £v wliprn tllis pi ale is presfntiM/ h> /Ac Tl (•/■A: AN AEMOEIAL OF JERSEY. 209 The name has, at various periods, and in various localities, been spelt Faber, Febure,Febvre, Feubvre, Feyvre, and so on, as far as the ingenious rules of permutation andcombination can go. In Jersey, the same…
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