Annette MAUGER

[burrey]

Hi,

Could anyone help me in finding ANNETTE MAUGER born abt 1829 Newfoundland.

She is on the 1881 Jersey census ( as a widow ), but I can find no more information on her.

Also JOSEPHINE MAUGER born abt 1867 Newfoundland, she was also on the 1881 Jersey census.

I have MARIE LOUISE MAUGER born abt 1857 Labrador, also on the 1881 Jersey census.

I do not know if they are related, I am hoping that they are Mother and Daughters.

Thanks in advance.

John.

[CaroleW]

Hi

No 1871 or 1891 entries for those profiles

[Hill]

Hi John

This is one of those that I can put you one step forward and then one back!!

I thought I would look for marriages for MLM and JM. I first found one for MLM so went and had a look at her certificate. The index entry is St Helier marriages, Sep 1880 to Aug 1885, page 22. The certificate shows Marie Louise Mauger married 10th Jul 1881 to Charles Le Cocq. He was 23 and a chartier living at 15 Byron Road, St Helier (which still exists). His father was Philip Le Cocq a cordonnier. Marie was also living at the same address and gave her place of birth as Labrador Amerique. Her father was Jean Mauger a pecheur (a fisherman). Witnesses were Charles Bisson and Sophie de la Haye.

Finding a marriage for Josephine drew a blank so I had a look for deaths. Josephine Rosalie Mauger died 28th Jan 1889 aged 23 years 6 months of congestion pulmonaire at Stopford Road. The key is that the person present at the death and who reported it was Marie Le Cocq! The death entry does not give any other information but it looks promising.

I then tried to find a death for Annette but have so far drawn a blank.

Now that I've found the name of a possible husband for Annette (Jean)  I will look for a marriage and a death for Annette.

Interestingly I have found 3 books specifically on the Mauger's in Canada. There was a great connection between Jersey and Newfoundland, particularly Gaspe as Jersey people fished the cod banks and obviously settled in that region. There is a site specifically for Channel Island people who settled in Canada at (albeit it's in French Canadian):

http://tonylesauteur.com/arbre11.htm

In the 1891 census for Jersey you can see:

Charles Le Cocq, born St Martin, aged 33, a general carrier
Marie L Le Cocq, born North America, aged 34
Charles M, born St Helier, aged 6
William G, born St Helier, aged 5
John M, born St Helier, aged 2
Louise M S, born St Helier, aged 7 months

Stewart

[burrey]

Hi Stewart,

The information is great, thank you so much.

I have a will of my 3 x Great Grandparent MARTIN PARENT who died in Blanc Sablons, Labrador, in which he mentions a JEAN MAUGER as his son in law, but with no mention of his daughter.

I am wondering if ANNETTE could be his daughter.

The 1881 Jersey census shows ANNETTE MAUGER as a widow, so she could have gone to Jersey from Labrador after the death of her husband, with possible daughters MARIE LOUISE & JOSEPHINE.

Thanks Again.

John.

[Hill]

I'll see what I can find next week.

Stewart

[burrey]

Thanks Carole for your help.
John.

[Hill]

Hi John

I've now found the death of Annette. She's listed in St Helier deaths, Feb 1883 to Oct 1884, page 69. I'll go and have a look at the certificate next week and hopefully it will say "widow of....."

My own opinion would suggest that Annette didn't come to Jersey after Jean's death. If she was born in Canada and if her children were also born there, plus the fact that her family lived there, what reason would she have for coming to Jersey after his death? I'll have a look for a death of Jean Mauger although this one may prove more difficult as it's a popular name and also he may have died at sea.

Stewart

[burrey]

Hi Steward,

Thank you for the latest information.

Just out of interset you have the death address of JOSEPHINE MAUGER as STOPFORD ROAD,
this is the same road as MARIE LOUIS was a "house maid" in the 1881 census, she worked for the FALLE family at 8,Wellington Villas, Stopford Road, St Helier.

The 1881 census also gives JOSEPHINE as working for a FALLE family at 30,David Place, St Helier, she was also a "House Maid".

I wonder if the two FALLE families were related.

John.

[Hill]

Hi John

Stopford Road is off David Place and I would describe the area currently as bed-sit land. The houses are tall 3 - 4 storey Victorian houses and were probably upper class in their day (that's not meant to demean the area today).

The Falle name is very common - in the current telephone directory there is almost of page of them! They could well be related.

Stewart