THE BEL AIR CEMETERY
The Bel Air Cemetery was the first official burial ground established in the Seychelles. The French settlers opened this cemetery shortly after their establishment on Mahe and it was located behind the government lodging known as the "L'Establissement du Roi". It was registered open in 1778 and officially closed in 1902. In it was buried most of the early settlers, the exception being the settlers that was buried at their own settlements. The victims of the smallpox epidemic of 1883 and the main flood of 1862 were buried here. Engraved on a slab at the entrance are the words "Belle pensée d'un commandant bienaisant"
The Bel Air Cemetery is a National Monument of Seychelles.
List by Tomb or Grave. This list is not complete being mostly based on tombstones. Many graves do not have tombstones.
- J. Barrett Gr RMA and Private H W Gale (HMS Cossack) deceased 1870
- Pierre Francois Rugon deceased 1815
- Jr. Rte Faure deceased 1852
Anne Faure deceased 1833
Angline Faure deceased 1855 - Famille Faure
- Elenorant Dupont deceased 1855
- J. J. Baron d'Avril nee Nageon
- J. Roubion deceased 1830
- M. H Payet deceased 1848
- Famille C. Gayol
- M. T. Payet
M. H. Dorwille - L. C. Hermitte deceased 1860
- Marie-Louis Hermitte deceased 1864
- C.H. Lacher And Marie-Mellon deceased 1825
- Louis Joseph Church deceased 1901
- Marie Antoinette Mellon deceased 1856
- Alphonse Raband de Marseille deceased 1870
- M. Comile deceased 1828
- M.C Lucie Michaud deceased 1875
- Francois Michaud deceased 1841
- M.T.S Payet nee Tirant deceased 1836
- G.T. Hoareau deceased 1835
- M.U. Alice Lablache deceased 1887
- G.M Hoareau
- Famille D'offay
- Mr. & Mrs. E. Nageon de Lestang deceased 1856 and 1848 respectively
- Louis Elizabeth Brown deceased 1838
- Famille E. Lanier
- Joseph Destre Cauvin
- Jean Francois Hodoul nee a la Ciotat 12 20 Juin 1765 decede 1835
- Dame Marie Corantine Olivette Jorre epouse J.F Hodoul decede 1856
- A.J.M. Nageon nee Hodoul deceased 1855
- Sophie Duchesse 1823- 1839
- Marie Helene Sophie Hodoul 1825- 1839
- Francois Fortune Huteau deceased 1846
- Marie Laure Huteau epouse Charles Michaud deceased 1860
- F. Tessier Beaufond deceased 1834 - 4 mts. old
- Valerie Jouanis -
- Emilie & laure Moulinie deceased 1860
- Eugenie Contier deceased 18.4
- Famille A.P.S
- Madame Charles Jouanis nee Lemerle deceased 1868
- Cecile Petit 1813- 1839
- Mde. Antione Mauree 1764- 1830
- Mari Helene Savy deceased 1866-1868
- Charles D. Savy deceased 1853
- S. Thomas Audibert 1759- 1831
- A. Chouchou Houet deceased 1786
- D'Ellsa A. Mellon
- David Mathurin Baillon and Marie Gabrielle Larcher
- Adolphe Darville and Julie Loizeau
- Jose Adolphe Loizeau 1815- 1854 and grandson Albert Nizzeggi Loiseau 1856- 1871
- Jean Dubois deceased 1850 and wife Henriette Dolphin deceased 1853
- Laurent Hertmitte 1809- 1871
- Jean Louis Marie D'offay 1773- 1840
- Francois Gerofline 1825- 1831
- M.L.E. Savy 1819- 1822
- Ameden Comarmond 1822- 1824
- Amant Mondon 1806- 1827
- Dthe Marie Edouard savy 1806-1830
- Dorothy Ferdinand Savy 1794- 1806
- Famille DUPUY
(E. Dupuy - head of the family
(Marie Eulalie - wife
(Charles - 1833- 1891
(Aristide - 1814- 1877
(Francois Etienne - 1810- 1873
(Marie Aglae -1820- 1845 (epouse Lefevre)
Etienne - 1765 - 1840 - Jean Antoine Amie 1770- 1828 (Marseille)
- Mrs. Eugene Puren nee Eugene Maillet 1822- 1864
- Marie Eugene Thelphi d'offay 1790- 1838 (Maurituis)
- Jean Jaques Maillet 1786- 1839 from (Bretagne) with Gabrielle Euphemie Payet 1800- 1869
- Emmeline Lefevre 1858- 1860
- Mde. Tryce nee Antoinette Fleury (Reunion) with 6mts. old son Gabrielle Lefevre deceased 1865
- St. Remy Morel 1818- 1842
- Marie Louise Maurette 1798-1834 (Mauritius)
- Joseph B. Molloy 1828- 1864
- Theodore Adolphe Loizeau 1822- 1873
- William Harrison Hollier Griffiths
- Jastinerene Campbelle 1837
- Cahrles Aristide Dupuy 1841 - 1867
- Jean Mathiot 1858Louis Charles Trouchet 1868
- Antonia Virginie epouse Geroge Clifford Mayet1847- 1865
- Jean Jaques Philinte 1809- 1858
- Mari Catherine Hoareau deceased 1845
- Theodore Simeon
- Barbette wife of J. Allen Keast 1788- 1852
- George Washington Lewis 1861- 1864
- Mme. Barbe Suzanne Mancienneve Fournier age 65 yrs
- M. Ernestine deceased 1827
- Louis Jaques Fournier
- Juliette Gontier pouse Ernest Verlaque age 28 yrs
- Pauline native of India 1788- 1818
- Jean Baptiste Remy d'Argent (notaire) 1810- 1856
- Perine Henriette Petit epouse J.B Remy d'argent deceased 1857
- Adelene Valenrer 1771- 1821
- Louis Georges Albert Dupuy 1860- 1861
- A. Chateauneve deceased 1872
- Thomas Monthe Athow (Jaoler) deceased 1872
- Jean Laurent Dinie Guichard deceased 1803
- Pierre Paul Joineau deceased 1857
- Leduc
- Tom Leatham deceased 1830
- Michel Camort
My thanks goes to my daughter, Nadine, for her help with this page.
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Aug 2004
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