Edgar family page
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 Kathleen Annie Edgar (1915-2010) with her parents Percy (1889-1955) and Mary Catherine, nee Thomas If you can help with information about the Edgar family, please contact editcontact@theislandwiki.org, using Jerripedia as the subject of your email. We are particularly interested in information which will help create further family trees, family histories and photographs
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Origins of surname
This English family name originated in the early 13th century from the earlier personal name Eadgar, composed of the elements "ead" meaning 'prosperity', 'fortune", plus "gar", 'spear'. The personal name is found in Middle English in various forms, for example Edgar, Adger and Agar.
Perhaps the original Eadgar prospered because of his skilful use of a spear!
Early records
The name first appears in Jersey registers towards the end of the first half of the 19th century, but it would be another 20 years before the first male birth was registered.
Variants
- Edgar
- Eager
- Eagger
- Egar
- Egarr
- Eger
- Agar
Family records
Family trees
Church records
Great War service
- Percy Albert Edger (1889-1955) (St H) son of Robert Percy and Anne Beale, husband of Mary Catherine, nee Thomas, Private RASC
Family wills
These wills created by members of the Edgar family are now held by Jersey Archive. By visiting the archive site and using the names, dates and reference numbers shown here, it is possible to view a copy of each will. You will have to subscribe to the Archive's online service to do this. To find out more about this collection, which covers the period from 1663 to 1980, and how to search for your family's wills there, visit our Jersey wills page
- Edgar : Celia Annie , widow of Victor Albert Ledo, of 35, Victoria Cottage Homes, St Saviour and formerly of 3, King George V Homes, St Aubin's Road, St Helier - 19/Apr/1963 , 04/Dec/1975 , D/Y/B1/232/17
- Edgar : Charles Willaim , St Helier - 24/May/1902 , 07/Sep/1909 , D/Y/A/68/97
- Edgar : Janet , of 1, Boulevard Avenue, St Aubin's Road, widow - 08/May/1900 , 16/May/1900 , D/Y/A/59/65
- Edgar : John , of Fulwood, County of Lancaster, Barracks purveyor : - 17/Jun/1865 , 30/Dec/1884 , D/Y/A/44/78
- Edgar : Mary Ann , nee Best, widow of Robert Percy Edgar, of 1, St Saviour's Crescent, St Saviour - 28/Dec/1948 , 13/Sep/1957 , D/Y/B1/44/7
Family photographs
Amelia Edgar, nee Hardyway
Edgar-Taylor wedding, 1936
Edmund Edgar, 1925
Henry Albert Edgar
Leonard Edgar
Percy, Mary and Kathleen Edgar
Edmund George Edgar, born in Jersey in 1903, in Vancouver in 1949 with his Canadian wife Margaret Richardson (1916- )
The 1936 wedding in St Helier of Willoughby Frank Bertrand Taylor (1913-1958) and Kathleen Annie Edgar (1915-2010)
Family businesses
Edgar Brothers jewellery shop on the corner of Halkett Place and Waterloo Street.
