Forum: Channel Islands (Chapman Code - CI)

Hi. Looking for marriage for john knight and louisa richards in guernsey channel islands in 1854 before they migrated to australia. any information will be welcome. Thanks, Jenny

The Rev Josiah Cox married Alice M Morley on the 28th June 1871 in St Aubin's Chapel, Jersey. Where are the BMD records for Jersey kept? I can't find the information on Ancestry. I found the information for their marriage in the newspaper archive collection.

My Mother in law came from Jersey, St Helier, to England. She stayed in a Catholic convent, refuge in Southampton for about 5 years. Why? We got a copy of birth certificate says 'Marcelle Bauchet', born 1910. yet on her childrens birth certificates she says 'Boscher' as her name. She had 2...

Does anyone know how to access the Jersey BMDs? I have tried the Jersey Archive website, which has provided me with some of the information I was looking for, but I need to check for another death. I am looking for the death of Alexander Humboldt SEXTON, who died in 1932, possibly in Jersey at...

Looking for information about Jean Payn 1578 to 1651 and his wife Marie Lefebure 1582-1634. Their daughter Mary Payn was born in 1610 and married William Valpy (1611) in 1644 apparently in Gloucestershire. The entire family seems to have moved off the Island under the reign of James I. As I...

Looking for information on the Monamy family of Jersey. My g-grandmother was Eleanor Mary Monamy (born 1863 St Saviour, Jersey) who married Edwin Isherwood and moved to Pembrokeshire. Her mother was Celestine Monamy nee Benard (born 1826 in France) and her father was John Monamy (born 1824 St...

John KINGSTON married in Chatham, Kent 1834 but I have been unable to find a death for him on mainland. His only child, George, died in St Helier in 1880 so there must be a connection with Jersey. I should be most grateful for any information.

Would appreciate any available help in looking for a marriage between Truss Wilson (possibly shown as William or William Truss) and Mary Ann Edmonds or Edmunds 1841-1851. Truss was living at Nelson Place, St Helier in 1841. Many thanks

My friend's grt grandfather was discharged fron the Royal Artillery whilst serving on Alderney in 1870. He appears as a widower living in Somerset in 1871 with 4 children, the youngest born in 1867 in Woolwich. His wife, Catherine Whitehead died somewhere between 1867 and 1871 but where???? ...

A John LILLICRAP born ca 1816 Devon, England appears to have married an Amelia COUCH born ca 1837 St Helier. I believe John was married previously and had 4 children between 1847 and 1852. He then married Amelia ca 1855 and went on to have a further 11 children, the last of which was William...

Happy new year eveyone, wanting to find a marriage and birth/Bapt entry for the following ancestors Marriage c1843-1848 James Gibbs to Louisa Poukley / Puckley or Pouclee given in their death certs as married in Jersey, Channel Islands. James is the son of James and louisa is the daughter of...

Hi All ,I am searching for information on PHILIP JOHN DU FEU, BORN ABOUT 1852, JERSEY, there seems to be plenty of them born in Jersey, but cant find a match for the date I have, or to whom he married, I do know he had a son also PHILIP JOHN DU FEU, my great grandfather, hope some one may be able...

Does anyone know where I can find information or records on the Jersey Industrial School for Boys during the period 1860 - 1900?

Hello I'm looking for information on my great grandfather, Francis Martel (b.1858) in St Brelade. His mother and father were Francis Martel (b. 1826) and Susan Michel (b. 1825). I have seen the census of 1871 that sees Francis (Martel) in the Jersey Industrial School for Boys, so I assume that...

He was born in Rochester Kent in 1770, the son of the Revd Charles Allen Vicar of Rochester and Sarah Allen (nee Boyle). He matriculated from Magdalen, Oxford in 1789. He then disappears from all records but in a Chancery court case in 1820 that was finally settled in 1825 he is referred to...

Hi Wonder if anyone can help me, I have a Charles Fauvel born anywhere from 1823 to 1830 (quoted on census and death)St Helier (that is stable in the census) who appears in England in 1861 Southampton married to a Emily Woodford born nr Southampton(though no marriage can be found). I can find...

im trying to find a CONSTANCE BALL she was a witness in the marriage of MARY BALL and JOHN WALTER MITCHEL NOV 9TH 1887 st saviour mary ball born 1861 st hellier is the daughter of william ball born 1824 st johns cornwall and caroline smith born 1833 tetbury gloucester they married 1854 and had 13...

is there anywhere i can look at 1911 census for jersey i have been on 1911 cencus co.uk and jersey is not available yet david

This newish wiki site may be of interest. Amongst other data it includes transcripts of some 30,000 baptisms in St Helier (1842-1909) held by the Jersey Archive. www. guernsey-society.org.uk/donkipedia/index.php5?title=St_Helier_baptisms_-_Main_index It's a tricky site to navigate, but it...

Good evening all I am looking for guidance, direction and potentially some assistance. I have been researching my family history for a few years now but have hit a brick wall in regards to my great grandfather. His name was Albert Francis Jehan and he was born in Guernsey around 1900. He...