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Independent Islands => Alderney, Guernsey, Jersey, Sark => Topic started by: Paul Crook on Wednesday 21 November 12 19:01 GMT (UK)
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Hi
I am trying to find out a bout the marriage and families of my late great grandparents Douglas (possible Dowlass?) Sherrington and Ellen Le Coq in Guernsey. I don't know where to start with the Channel Islands. Can anyone offer any help please? I think the marriage would have occured about 1875?
Thanks
Paul
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Hi Paul,
Unfortunately there isn't a lot of information on line for the Channel Islands (I live in Jersey) and it means you will need to visit Archive Centres or pay for the centres to do research on you behalf. However, I have found Douglas Stanley Sherrington in the 1911 census living with his wife Ellen Annie who was born in Jersey so perhaps this could be who you are looking for. They are living in Southsea, Portsmouth and he is in the Royal Navy.
I'll see if I can find any more information on Ellen for you if you like.
Best regards
Sandra
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Thanks Sandra
I know very very little about Ellen so any help would be great
Thanks again
Paul
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Marriage Reg;
Douglas Stanley SHERRINGTON, June 1901, Portsmouth, 2b 1114
Ellen Annie LE COCQ on same page
Trish :)
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Baptism;
Ellen Annie LE COCQ
31 August 1873, St Helier, Jersey
Birth 25 July 1873
Parents;
Nicolas LE COCQ
Ellen Le Gros BISSON
Fathers Occp Mason
Godparents, Frank Le Cornu/Ann Henry
Siblings;
GEORGE BISSON, 22 Sept 1872 (Mother as Helene)
ALICE JANE, 29 Aug 1875
Source FreeREG
They are easy to find 1881 Census on Familysearch.
Ellen is down as Helene Le Cocq born 1874 Channel Islands
Trish :)
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Do you have access to Census Paul?
If not let me know and will type up..
1851 Census Helen Le Gros BISSON c 1849 is with Parents;
John Le Gros Bisson c 1798, born St Mary, Jersey and Betsey c 1805 St Owen
1861 Census Nicholas seems to be with Parents Nicolas c 1820 and Sophia (Gallihan) c 1820 Trinity. He is a Unm 17yr old Mason. Father Nicolas is a Shoemaker.
1841 Census (under Lecocq)
Trinity, Jersey,
Channel Islands
HO107/1462/8/Trinity
Nicolas Le Cocq, 65, Shoe Maker
Jane, 65
NICOLAS, 20
Philip, 9
Next door is;
John GALLIHAN, 68, Farmer
Jane, 62
SOPHIA, 20
1851 we have;
Nicholas LECOCQ Jnr, 32, Shoemaker Journeyman
Sophia, 32
NICHOLAS, 8
John, 6
Sophia, 4
Philip, 2
Thomas, 1
So looks like 3 generations of a Nicholas at least.
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1881 Census on Familysearch Douglas is down as Dowlass S Sherrington born c 1878, Portsmouth, Hampshire.
Parents HARRY/FRANCES M both born 1835
Marriage Reg;
Henry SHERRINGTON, Dec 1856, Portsea, 2b 751
Frances Mary STEWARD on same page
Looks right as Douglas/Ellen name a Child;
Stanley Steward Sherrington 1905
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Naval service record for Douglas:
http://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/SearchUI/Details?uri=D7122169
He was still serving in the navy during WW1.
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Hi Paul,
Do you have access to Ancestry.co.uk if so search under Ellen Le Cocq and you will that another member has researched this tree.
Kind regards
Sandra
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Thanks everyone. I don't have access to Ancestry (or Census details) at the moment but might have to go on to it soon as there seems to be plenty of info for me to look at. Many thanks for all the help
Regards
Paul
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Hi Paul.
Just caught your thread about your great grandparents Douglas and Ellen Sherrington. They are my grandparents. I am the eldest daughter of their youngest daughter, Hazel so one of your parents is my cousin. I have a feeling you may be the son of Stephanie (Sunny?).
Please get in touch if you think I can help. I can't go back much further than your answers, but I can certainly help you with some more up to date family history. I have all Douglas Sherrington's documents including his Naval History, plus some photos of Henry and Frances, his parents.
Penny
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Dear Penny
Thanks ever so much for your reply. I am indeed a son of Stephanie. My reply has been delayed as my father, Alan Crook, died last month and I haven't logged on to the website much recently. I obviously don't know how much detail you have gone into regarding cousins etc but in case it's useful I am the eldest of my parent's three children. I have a brother * and a sister *. All three of us are married and we all have children. I can let you have more detail about all of us if you would like it.
I would love to know more about Douglas and his family. Before my father died I was helping him compile a 'military history' of his family and was going to include details of Douglas Sherrington and his son Alexandre (my grandfather). I knew both were in the Navy but have not gathered much more than that. I would be therefore be particularly interested to know more about Douglas' service history and anything you could tell me would be very much appreciated.
Please let me know if I can help you too (I have a few photos of the Sherringtons that you might not have seen).
All the best
Paul
* names of living people removed
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Hi Paul,
Great to hear from you, but so sorry to hear about your father.
Please email me at editor@purplepeneditorial.com and I will contact you.
Penny
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Penny, Paul
'Find my Past' has three sets of merchant seamans records for Douglas, one of which includes an identity photograph.
Martin
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Thanks for that Martin.
FYI Douglas actually joined the Royal Navy in 1894 and served until 1919. He then served on the Merchant Navy vessels, The Empress of Scotland followed by two extended trips on The RSS Discovery (now in Dundee).
Penny
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Hi Paul and others looking for members of the Sherrington family
My grandfather was Stanley Steward Sherrington who was born 4 Jaunary 1905 to Douglas and Ellen. He married Lily Harris in 1930 and they had three children Peter (b 1932), Thelma (b 1934) and Roger (b 1944). I am Thelma's eldest daughter.
My grandparents and their youngest son emigrated to Australia in 1963, three years after my parents. Their older son emigrated in 1967.
Stanley passed away 29 May 1968 and Lily on 6 December 1999. Thinking of my grandfather on his anniversary prompted me to search his name and found this site.
I am interested in whatever I can learn about my grandfather's family.
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Hi
I am sorry it has taken so long to respond to you. Do you know much about his Stanley's brother Alexandre and his family. If not i can probably provide some info for you. Please let me know.
Paul
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Hi Paul
Please accept my condolences on the loss of your dad. Even when expected, it can be a very difficult time.
I don't know a lot about the family at all. Just snippets that were really picked up by eavesdropping as a kid because we weren't supposed to listen in on adult conversations! All that family history that we missed out on. We were told a few stories but more to do with my grandparents and not much about the extended families. Penny has sent me some info and I am in the process of putting some of our history together. I will send to you also if you are interested. I have been using a work email address but after next Friday will be using the following: kim2reardon@gmail.com if you wish to contact me privately.
Hopefully catch you again soon.
Kim