The following is derived from: Familia descrita en el libro de Guillermo de la Cuadra Gormaz, Familias chilenas (Origen y desarrollo de las familias chilenas), Editorial Zamorano y Caperán, Santiago, 1982, Tomo II: P-Z. …………… Francisco Ravest, oriundo de Francia; c.c. Rafaela Améstegui Canales de la Cerda [h. Francisco Améstegui y Lorenza Canales de la […]
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Cornelia Louisa Revest
Cornelia Louisa Revest was an artist. She won second class medals in 1819 and 1831 in Paris. She was born in Amsterdam in 1795 and died in Paris 1856. Pupil of Serangely and Vafflard in Paris. In 1814 she painted Magdalen at the feet of Christ for a church in Marseilles. She painted portraits and […]
l’abbe Edmund Revest
1907: L’Abbe Edmund Revest, cure des Angles (Gard), is recorded as having received a second prize for a poem at the l’Academie de Vercluse, France.
Early French Ravests / Revests
Place names It seems likely that the family name originated from a place name. There are several villages which include Revest as part of their name. It can be no coincidence that these villages in the south east corner of France are in the same area where most of the Revests continue to live. More […]
Francisco Ravest
Francisco Ravest appears to be the founder of the Ravest family in Chile. He is identified as coming from France in the following extract from: Guillermo de la Cuadra Gormaz, Familias chilenas (Origen y desarrollo de las familias chilenas), Editorial Zamorano y Caperán, Santiago, 1982, Tomo II: P-Z. ” RAVEST, DON FRANCISCO. De Francia. Celebro […]