Archer

Archer family page

George Archer (1812-1857) was a sea captain who settled in Natal. South Africa, before it was colonised. He was married three times, once in Jersey to Elizabeth Perry, who died in childbirth in 1841, and twice in Natal. His second wife also died in chidbirth, but he had four children with his third wife, Susana Saunders. He died at the age of 47 of dysentery, shortly after the birth of his fourth surviving son, having become senior pilot at the port of Natal.

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Origins of surname

The name is derived from the French archier, meaning a professional bowman. It was brought to England in 1066

Early records

The first appearance of this surname in Jersey records was in 1653, when the first of five children of William Archer was baptised in St Brelade. There was then a gap to 1810, but it would be another 25 years before a family became established - that of William Archer and Anne Graham

Variations

• Archer
• L'Archer
• Larcher

Family records

Church records

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• Archer baptisms in Jersey
• Archer marriages in Jersey (groom)
• Archer marriages in Jersey (bride)
• Archer burials in Jersey

Family trees

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Great War service

• Gillian Beville Arthur (1893- ) (St C, born Cheshire) daughter of Herbert Ray and Rosita Evelyn Elizabeth Archer, British Red Cross

Occupation records

• Archer Occupation identity cards

Burial records

• Archer burial records 1820-1978

Family album

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  An unidentified Mr Archer, photographed in the mid-19th century by Henry Mullins
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  Mrs Archer, by Henry Mullins
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  An unidentified Mrs Archer, photographed around 1880 by Ernest Baudoux

Family businesses

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  1887 advert from L'Almanach de la Gazette de Jersey by Snow Hill patissier Auguste Magloire L'Archer

Family gravestones

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  Archer - Old Mont a l’Abbe cemetery
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  Archer, St Lawrence
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  Archer,, St Lawrence

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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

The records are displayed 30 to a page, but by selecting the yellow Wiki Table option at the top left of the page you can open a full, scrollable list. This list will either be displayed in a new tab or a pop-up window. You may have to edit the settings of your browser to allow pop-up windows for www.jerripediabmd.net. For the small number of family names for which a search generates more than 1,500 records you will have to refine your search (perhaps using start or end dates) to reduce the number of records found.

New records

Since August 2020 we have added several thousand new records from the registers of Roman Catholic, Methodist and other non-conformist churches. These will appear in date order within a general search of the records and are also individually searchable within the database search form

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