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My Channel Island Ancestry

My family history in the Channel Islands and beyond!

Elsie Lilian Lozuet was born – 16 October 1907

Elsie was the fifth daughter of John Lozuet and Clara Anna Mabey. With her the chance for the Lozuet surname…

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3 Colomberie Cottages, Birmingham, letters, Lozuet, Perry Bar, Tuberculosis, World War 2

Palaeography & The Jersey Alphabet

Recently I ordered a death certificate for an Isaac William Davey who died in Somerset in the late 1918. I…

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Abreuvoir, death certificate, Jersey Alphabet, John Le Dain, palaeography guide, Somerset

Blanche Jehan was born – 1890

On the 9th August 1890, my great grandmother, Blanche Jehan was born. Like many other french families at the turn…

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ancestors, Blanche Jehan, Cotes D'Amor, France, Jersey, Pierre Marie Jean Baptiste Gosselin, Plancoet

Albert Philip Gallienne – born 25th June 1904

On the 25th June 1904 Albert Philip Galienne was born. As far as I know, he was the first of…

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Channel Islands, Gallienne, Jersey, Jersey Heritage Trust

Census Dates

One of the most useful sources of information when I am researching my Channel Island Ancestry is the  population census…

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census dates, Channel Islands Census, Davey, family tree, My Channel Island Ancestry, population

George Perchard Davey – born 26 April 1885

My great great grandfather was born 127 years ago today. He was the son of Isaac William Davey (b. 30…

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Ada Margaret Barette, Davey, George Perchard Davey, German Occupation, Guard Duty, Isaac William Davey, Jersey, Labour Corps, Royal Court, St. Helier, The Eagle Tavern

John Lozuet is born – 23 April 1866

On the 23rd April 1866, my great great grandfather was born. John Lozuet the son of Jean Louis Desire Lozué…

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Elite & Lotz Photographers, Lozue, Lozuet, Mabey, Sailor, St. Ouen's School log book

100 years Anniversary of the Titanic

Today is the hundred year anniversary of the tragic sinking of the passenger liner RMS Titanic. As usual, when I…

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Ahier, Ancestry.com, Evening Post, Ingroville, RMSTitanic, Southampton, tragedy, tragic sinking

Tragedy in 1938

Most families will have a tragedy somewhere in their family history. This happened for my family over 70 years ago,…

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Commercial Buildings, Dorset Street, Dorset Tavern, electrocution, Guano mixer, Jersey, Jersey Evening Post, John Frank Edwin Lozuet, Messrs. W. A. Nicholls and Sons, Roy Davey

Mary DeFrance

According to the research myself and my friend Kelly have been doing, our ancestor, my great, great, great, great grandmother,…

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14 Lempriere Street, Carter, French Revolution, Guernsey, Jersey, Marie DeFrance, Will & Testament, William Davey

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