Perchard

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Perchard family page

Miss Perchard, 1881

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Origin of Surname

The first Perchard probably originated in Perche, the horse-breeding area in the south of Normandy

Early records

The name is found in the Assize Roll of 1309

Payne's Armorial of Jersey

When the family of Perchard settled in Jersey is uncertain, but the name occurs among those of the early Nonnan inhabitants of the island. Philip Perchard is recorded as one of the jurymen chosen in the parish of Trinity to assess the king's dues therein, in 1331. In 1442, Jannequin Perchard was a Jurat of the Royal Court and in 1527, Michael Perchard was Rector of St Saviour.

About the period of the Reformation, a branch of the family settled in Guernsey; and, of this, several members were in the Church. One of them, belonging to the household of Queen Anne, contributed munificently towards the foundation of the Hospital of St Peter-Port.

Some members of the Guernsey family settled in London, where Peter Perchard, the last of his name in England, was Lord Mayor in 1804-5. It is extinct in Guernsey, as well as in London.

The family is represented by John Perchard, of les Augres

Motto : En faisant bien

Variants

Pechard
Perchard, 1299
Perchart, 1309
Le Perchand 1309
Prechard, where found in records this is probably a spelling error

Family records

Family trees

The two trees above are essentially the same, but from different sources, and show varying degrees of detail

The following trees are the same line but the second is significantly larger. The first contains links to spouses' trees which are not in the other

Descendants of Philippe Perchard
Descendants of Philippe Perchard - 2
Descendants of Servais Perchard, taking the tree further back
Descendants of Philippe Perchard - 3, from a different source with an extended descendant branch

Church records

Perchard baptisms in Jersey

Family histories and biographies

The Bertrams of Massachusetts visit their Perchard, Touzel and Guiton relatives in Jersey Added 2016

Société Jersiaise Library records

Bertram records in La Société Jersiaise Library, including references to members of the Perchard family Added 2018

Great War service

Perchard family members who served in World War 1
Edwin Edward Perchard, the story of one soldier's war

Family wills

Perchard family wills from 1663 to 1980 held by Jersey Archive

Family Homes

Les Augres, Trinity
Le Boulivot, Grouville

Family businesses

Plumber J Perchard carried out a wide range of trades from 24 Halkett Place in 1840
Surveyor Charles Perchard, of La Chasse, St Martin, had offices at 4 Halkett Place in the second half of the 19th century
1905
1855
1857
1915
1925, and Charles has handed over the family business to his son, Horace John
Another Perchard business in 1925
1948

Family album

Adelina Perchard (1834-1924), daughter of Clement and Jeanne Guiton
Mary Ann Perchard
Mary Ann Perchard with her son Arthur
Henry Perchard was a Caesareans defender in the 1900s
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John Perchard, 1920
An unknown Mrs Perchard in the Jersey Museum collection of paintings
Adelina Perchard (1834-1924) with her daughter Ethel Jessie Rattray (1875-1956), son-in-law George Summers and grandchildren in the early 1920s. Adelina married David Rattray (1820-1885) at St Saviour in 1854 and most of their seven children were born in Normandy before the family emigrated to the USA in 1882. David died there three years afterwards
Adelina Rattray, nee Perchard with her daughter Adelina Jane Rattray, granddaughter Adeline Winifred Leal, nee Rattray, and twin great-granddaughters Bertha and Constance
Another picture of Adelina Perchard and three generations of descendants: Adelina Jane Leal, nee Rattray, Daisy Ellen Leal and Ruth Bersch
The house in Normandy where David Rattray and Adelina, nee Perchard, first brought up their family
Adelina Raffray, nee Perchard, with her seven children in San Francisco in 1895: John, Helen, William Alexander, Clement David, Ethel Jessie, Adelene Jane and George Malcolm
Francis Perchard (1852-1943) (St Mt) son of John Edward (1819-1902) and Marie, nee Laffoley (1822-1857). He married Mary Ann du Fresne (1846-1930) and they had eight children
Mary Ann du Fresne (1846-1930), wife of Francis Perchard, daughter of Philippe (1826- ) and Mary, nee Le Gros (1823- )
Lilian Mary Perchard, daughter of Francis and Mary Ann
Leslie Walter Perchard (1928-1996) son of Walter (1883-1970) and Agnes, nee Buesnel (1887-1966), husband of Anne Elizabeth Billot (1932-2013)
Brothers Leslie, Stephen, Harold, Cyril, Clarrie and Bill Perchard
Jane Perchard, born in St Martin in 1835, with her daughter Mary Jane Wilson, granddaughter Ida Pearl Root and great-granddaughter Burdella Mae Fretz
Ann Mary Perchard, born in St Helier in 1837, daughter of Thomas (1815-1869) and Elizabeth Mary, nee Joslin (1817-1890) with three generations of descendants in New Zealand in about 1919: Son Arthur Joslin Bell, grandson George Foreman Bell and great-granddaughter Margaret June Bell
Ann Mary Perchard with her son Arthur Joslin in Victoria, Australia in about 1859
Ann Mary Perchard (1837-1925) in Christchurch, NZ, in about 1912
A postcard received by Charlie Perchard in 1926. He lived at Pot du Rocher, Trinity, not St Martin, as the card was wrongly addressed by his friend George
Mary Ann Perchard (1837-1922) in about 1917 in New Zealand with her great-grandchildren, Elizabeth, Leslie and Norman. Daughter of Thomas and Elizabeth, nee Joslin, she emigrated to New Zealand and married John Bell