I subscribe to a great blog called The French Genealogy Blog. Today their post is about The Beleaguered Nobility of Brittany. … More
Category: Rabet
Tracing Your French Surname
I have the following French/Jersey surnames in my ancestry: JEHAN GALLIENNE GOSSELIN LE BRETON LE BROCQ LE MARQUAND LOZUET RABET … More
Summerland Factory
At some point during my grandmothers teenage years she was employed at the Summerland Factory in Rouge Boullion, Jersey, Channel … More
Henry Rabet marries Florence Gallienne
On this day 23rd June 1924 my great grandparents Henry Yves Rabet and Florence Anna Gallienne were married in the … More
Liberation Day
On the 9th May 1945 members of my family living in Jersey, Channel Islands, experienced something I have been fortunate … More
Muratti Final 1933
Seventy eight years ago today, on the 20th April 1933 my great grandmother Florence Anna Gallienne (sitting at the top) … More
Mystery person in photo is identified – photo 4
Yesterday a reader identified the person in the photo below from my selection of photos on my Mystery people & … More
Hunting for the Jersey Herdsman
In a previous post I wrote about Another Ancestor in Australia. I had come across in a record for the … More
Who is Francois Demoy?
I have mentioned only once before a Francois Demoy. He is living as a ‘boarder’ with my great great grandparents … More
Another ancestor in Australia
I have been back to Jersey for the Christmas holidays, partly to see family and friends I hadn’t seen for … More