Origin of Surname
The name Agnes is derived from a given name, and can be linked back to Saint Agnes, a 4th century Roman martyr. The name should not be pronounced like the female personal name, but as 'un-yes', although some Jersey families have adopted the English pronunciation.
The family is believed to have come to Jersey as refugees from Normandy in the late 17th century. There are still a fair number of Agnes in Normandy today, but there seems only to have been one family in Jersey. One branch emigrated to the USA.
Although the variation l'Agnes is found in Jersey church records, it is believed to be an error because all the baptisms registered before 1842 can be linked to the single family tree below.
Variants
- Agnes
- l'Agnes
- Agnew - probably not a variant but included here for convenience in the absence of a dedicated page for the family
Family records
Church records
- Agnes baptisms in Jersey
- Agnes marriages in Jersey (groom)
- Agnes marriages in Jersey (bride)
- Agnes burials in Jersey
Family trees
Family members killed in the Great War
Notes on our list, abbreviations used etc
Occupation records
Family wills
Burial records
Family album
J W Agnew, photographed by Clarence Philip Ouless
Family gravestones
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Mont a l’Abbe cemetery
Surville Cemetery
Tips
The church record links above will open in a new tab in your browser and generate the most up-to-date list of each set of records from our database. These lists replace earlier Family page baptism lists, which were not regularly updated. They have the added advantage that they produce a chronological listing for the family name in all parishes, so you do not have to search through A-Z indexes, parish by parish.
We have included some important spelling variants on some family pages, but it may be worth searching for records for a different spelling variant. Think of searching for variants with or without a prefix, such as Le or De. To search for further variants, or for any other family name, just click on the appropriate link below for the first letter of the family name, and a new tab will open, giving you the option to choose baptism, marriage or burial records. You will then see a list of available names for that type of record and you can select any name from that list. That will display all records of the chosen type for that family name, and you can narrow the search by adding a given name, selecting a parish or setting start and end dates in the form you will see above. You can also change the family name, or search for a partial name if you are not certain of the spelling
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New records
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