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Is De Guernsey a surname?
« on: Monday 27 December 10 03:14 GMT (UK) »
HI,

I saw a reference to the surname De Guernsey in Marion Turk's "The Quiet Adventurers in Canada", but I can't seem to find any references to it anywhere else.  Does anyone know if De Guernsey is really a Channel Island surname, and if so is it more common in Jersey or Guernsey?

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Jennifer.

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Re: Is De Guernsey a surname?
« Reply #1 on: Monday 27 December 10 10:29 GMT (UK) »
It is entirely possible that de Guernsey is a surname but the one place that you are least likely to find it is in Guernsey.  Many names in the fourteenth century and earlier were of the format de "somewhere" (meaning from "somewhere").  Some of these later became established as surnames sometimes in the original form.

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Re: Is De Guernsey a surname?
« Reply #2 on: Tuesday 28 December 10 08:25 GMT (UK) »
I am a guernsey person..and never heard of de Guernsey....yet there are de Jersey's  in the Channel Islands.
I did see a  person named Guillaume de Guernesy (that would be William of Guernsey)from the crew list sailing with Cartier to ?Canada...

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Re: Is De Guernsey a surname?
« Reply #3 on: Thursday 22 October 15 14:13 BST (UK) »
Quote from: amazon510 on Monday 27 December 10 03:14 GMT (UK)
HI,

I saw a reference to the surname De Guernsey in Marion Turk's "The Quiet Adventurers in Canada", but I can't seem to find any references to it anywhere else.  Does anyone know if De Guernsey is really a Channel Island surname, and if so is it more common in Jersey or Guernsey?

Thanks,

Jennifer.

Good questions and something I have wondered many thimesespecially with the prevalence of De Jersey. Keen to hear any other references to De Guernsey out there.
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