Hi, I have a gg grandmother Mary Ann who i think has the maiden name of Hier (with an accent over the e) as shown on a birth cert for one of her daughters.
Family legend has it she was French from Arras, coming to England during the Franco-Prussian War, but the census entries starting from 1871 have her as being born in Jersey.
Any help explaining why she would say Jersey, and any tips to finding her in France would be great.
Suellen.