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Alderney, Guernsey, Jersey, Sark / Re: Ayeth William Simmonds
« on: Saturday 30 December 23 14:57 GMT (UK)  »
The death of Ayeth William Joseph Simmonds is recorded in the St Helier index of deaths covering the years Oct 1993 - Sept 1995. It is on page 42/100 of the index so at a guess he died approximately towards the end of 1994.

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I'd be a bit doubtful about the 1826 baptism that you found in Islington for Susannah Caroline.
From the 1841 census the inference is that Susan, William and Cecilia are siblings of Caroline which makes it a mystery why Robert and Margaret would name 2 daughters Susan, unless the baptism is actually that of Caroline's sister. Did you notice that a Robert Cooper of the same parents was baptised on the same day?

Going back to Thomas Hamon -he was born in about 1816 and was the son of Thomas Hamon and Susanne Rachel Ereaux who married on 9 Mar 1815. However Thomas Snr must have died pretty soon after the marriage as Susanne married Elie Coutanche on 9 May 1820.

There was only one birth actually registered as a child of Thomas Hamon and Caroline Cooper and that was Thomas Alfred Charles in 1842/3 however there are 2 baptisms. The first was Thomas A C baptised in St Helier on 22 Feb 1843 and the other was Charles Thomas also in St Helier on 24 Dec 1848. The godmother of Charles Thomas was Susanne Rachel Ereaux. I imagine he was the 3 month old Thomas shown on the passenger list for the Typhis which arrived in New York in May 1849.

The Hamon-Ereaux-Cooper connection is further strengthened by the fact that William Cooper is living with Elie and Susanne Coutanche on the 1851 census.

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Caroline Hamon, born in England, c1821, is on the 1841 Jersey census. In the same household are Susan Cooper, born England 1820, William Cooper, born Jersey 1828 and Cecilia Cooper born Jersey 1828.
William and Cecilia's baptisms are on the Jersey Archive site which names their parents as Robert Cooper and Marguerite McDonald.
Marguerite McDonald,widow of Robert Cooper, died in the parish of Grouville in Nov 1840.
Robert Cooper died in the parish of Grouville in July 1832

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Alderney, Guernsey, Jersey, Sark / Re: Alice Maud Mary McFarling
« on: Wednesday 14 June 23 16:35 BST (UK)  »
Their funeral services were held at St Mark's Church but as it does not have a burial ground they are buried in Mont a l'Abbe cemetery. Other MacFarlings in the same grave are William 4/2/1933. Ann 8/1/1911, Charles F 12/2/1949 and Lydia Florence 27/7/1995.

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Alderney, Guernsey, Jersey, Sark / Re: Robert Aitken Sim
« on: Sunday 04 June 23 13:46 BST (UK)  »
The couple married either in the St Helier Registry Office or a Non Conformist Church/Chapel in the same parish between July 1919 and September 1922. The entry for the marriage is on page 28/100 of the index so approximately a quarter of the way through that time period.

You can access information on the Jersey Archive website on a pay per view basis but that is only cost effective if you want to view less that 6 documents. A one-off view is £5, a subscription is £30.

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Guernsey census returns are on Ancestry, just scroll down from UK returns and you'll find the Channel Islands ones.
The Priaulx Library has Guernsey BMD records and church records; they do offer a research service - probably cheaper than a visit

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Alderney, Guernsey, Jersey, Sark / Re: Darcel Family
« on: Thursday 09 March 23 17:04 GMT (UK)  »
OK here goes
At St Thomas' Roman Catholic Church on 8 Sept 1884

Pierre Marie Darcel, aged 19, Bachelor, occupation Labourer, living in the parish of St Saviour, born in Plouec, Cotes du Nord (now Cotes d'Armor). Father Jean Marie Darcel - Labourer

Jeanne Marie Blay, aged 26, Spinster, occupation Servant, living in the parish of St Saviour, born Plouec. Father Pierre Marie Blay - Roofer

The witnesses were Francis Malory and Désiré Luet

I did a bit of digging in the Brittany records and it turns out that Pierre and Jeanne were distantly related.

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Alderney, Guernsey, Jersey, Sark / Re: Darcel Family
« on: Wednesday 08 March 23 18:05 GMT (UK)  »
That's fine, I'll be at the Archive anyway and it'll only take 5 minutes - there's no charge for just looking. Jersey certificates do give places of birth and she could decide later if she wanted to buy a copy.

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Alderney, Guernsey, Jersey, Sark / Re: Darcel Family
« on: Wednesday 08 March 23 17:50 GMT (UK)  »
Do you want me to go and have a look at the certificate for you? It was a Non-Conformist marriage so not one that has been digitized. Jersey certificates cost a stonking £30+ from the Registry Office but you can get a photocopy from the Archive for far less.

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