GRIFFITH 1841

[Mike E]

I still need to sort out the Littlejohn/Quarm question: it seems to be the right marriage but different surname!

Hello again Alex and Jan -

I have made some progress on the Quarm issue; it's such an unusual name that there is only one family in Jersey.

1841 census, St Helier, Jersey:
QUARM
Robert
Sarah
Emma
Mary
Josa
Amelia

1851 census, Old Street, St Helier
QUARM
Robert  head  marr  48  cooper  b. England
Sarah  wife  marr 46  sugar boiler  b.England
Margaret  dau unm  20 at home  b. Jersey, St Helier
Laura J  dau  unm  12 scholar  b.Jersey, St Helier
Theresa  dau  unm  10  scholar  b.Jersey, St Helier
William  son  unm  6  scholar  b.Jersey, St Helier

1861 census, Old Street, St Helier
QUARM
Sarah  head  wid.  58  confectioner  England
William  son  unm  18  French polisher  St Helier
Robert  son  unm  16  scholar  st Helier
Laura daug unm  22  servant  St Helier

Then I get to some interesting baptisms, and some burials, - St Helier parish church, all with parents Robert Quarm / Quarn and Sarah :
QUARN [sic]
Robert Edwin  bap. 25 Dec 1827
Emma Ann  bap. 25 Dec 1827
QUARM
Mary Ann Sarah bap. 3.2.1830
Amelia Temperance  bap  25.3.1832  - bur. 26.5.1836
Laura Jane  bap. 27.4.1834 -  bur.  14.4.1838
Amelia Le Feuvre  bap. 18.12.1836 -  bur. 11.5.1838
Laura Jane  bap.  24.2.1839
Theresa Amelia  bap. 8.8.1841

... and St Helier registrar's index (civil registration after 1842)
Robert Edward QUARM  period 14.11.1844 - 24.12.1845  page 35
William Littlejohns QUARM  period 1.8.1842 - 30.9.1943  page 58.

So - BINGO! - the very last entry I found has established there is a link (I don't know why!) between Quarm and Littlejohns!  I'm not at all clear why Emma's marriage entry should put her surname down as 'Littlejohns', but it seems fairly clear that she is a Quarm and her father is Robert Quarm the cooper.

SO this partly solves the mystery.

I couldn't find a marriage entry in St Helier for Robert Quarm and Sarah ( ca.1823-1831) - and since they both come from England, I wonder if they were married there?

I hope this helps.

Regards

Mike

[Alex and Jan]

Thanks so much for all your time and legwork.
We appreciate it so very much.

Regards,
Jan and Alex

[julieann1]

Hi
I have been doing a little research on the Quarm family.  They appear to orginate in the Plymouth area of Devon, or possibly Cornwall.  I have studied  a few of the Quarm families of Plymouth, although I haven't come across your Robert Quarm.  Do you have any more info on that line?
If you are interested in the Quarms, contact me and I will show you what research I have done.
Julie

[julieann1]

Hi
Found this birth on Familysearch, which may interest you.

Robert Edward Quarm born 2 May 1845 St Helier, father Robert Quarm, mother Sarah Temperance Littlejohns. Film no 1834406

[julieann1]

Thought this link might be of interest re Quarms and Littlejohns                                       http://genforum.genealogy.com/quarm/messages/2.html   

[CelticMom]

I am wondering if Sarah Temperance Lttlejohns might be a sibling to William Littlejohns son of Edward and Temperance Littlejohns of Plymouth. I believe when temperance died Edward went on to marry my 4x great grandmother Sarah Addy.

Did  you get any further with the Littlejohns side?

[CelticMom]

I am wondering if Sarah Temperance Lttlejohns might be a sibling to William Littlejohns son of Edward and Temperance Littlejohns of Plymouth. I believe when temperance died Edward went on to marry my 4x great grandmother Sarah Addy.

Did  you get any further with the Littlejohns side?

I have a dna match to descendants of Sarah Temperance now, so can definitely confirm my ancestor was her half brother.

Edwin my ancestor her half brother, ended up in Jersey too where he married my 3xgreat grandmother. It’s possible the Edwin middle name from one of her children came from him.

Be interesting to get in touch with anyone connected to try and piece together the Littlejohns family.