Origins of surname
Jardin is French for garden, and the name signifies someone who owned or worked in a garden, or possibly someone from a place called Jardin. It is a name common in the north of France and Normandy.
Early records
Louis Dujardin came to the island from France in about 1719, when he married Thomasse Coulons, of Guernsey, at the Town Church. They had eight children - see tree below. He was the ancestor of most of the Dujardins born in Jersey in the 18th and 19th century, but his family line appears to have died out. Other Dujardins came to Jersey from France to continue the presence of the name.
However, there are much earlier records of variations of the family name, dating back as far as 1309.
Variants
- du Jardin 1331
- Dujardin
- Dujardyn
- du Gardin 1309
- Gardyn c1340
- du Gardyn 1309
Family records
Family trees
Church records
- Du Jardin baptisms in Jersey
- Du Jardin marriages in Jersey (groom)
- Du Jardin marriages in Jersey (bride)
- Du Jardin burials in Jersey
If you do not find the name you are looking for in these searches, try Jardin, Dujardin, Des Jardins and other variants when the search results are displayed
Great War service
Notes on our list, abbreviations used etc
- Adolphus du Jardin (1882-1914), son of Adolphus and Adelaide du Jardin, Private, Devonshire Regiment, killed in action
- Alfred George Albert du Jardin (1886- ) Able Seaman, Mercantile Marine
- Charles Luce du Jardin (1893- ) (St L) Private, RJGB
- Edmund Percy du Jerdin (1896- ) (St H) Private, RASC
Son and daughter of Frederick Thomas and Martha Mary Ann Louisa
- Frederick George du Jardin (1889- ) (St S) Private, Canadian Infantry
- Millicent Winifred du Jardin (1891- ) (St S) British Red Cross
Occupation records
Family wills
These wills created by members of the du Jardin 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
- du Jardin : Clementine Octavie , widow of Louis Marie Cornillet, of 39, La Motte Street, St Helier - 23/Apr/1969 , 23/Apr/1969 , D/Y/B1/131/24
- du Jardin : Frederick , 9 Trinity Road, St Helier - 24/Oct/1911 , 10/Sep/1919 , D/Y/A/79/98
Burial records
Family businesses
1855
Family gravestones
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Almorah cemetery
Mont a l’Abbe cemetery
Family album
James du Jardin photographed by Ernest Baudoux
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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