Balston
The marriage certificate of Bertha Austin and John Williams in 1907. Bertha was baptised Bertha Mabel Balston in Jersey in 1881, but after they moved to Wales, her father appears to have adopted his second forename, Austin, as the family name between 1891 and 1901
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Origins of surname
This family is believed to have been named after a lost village of the same name, probably in Devon, because of the numbers found in that county. It is said to be a corruption of Beald's valley or settlement (tun).
Early records
The name first appears in Jersey records in 1849.
Variants
- Balston
- Balstone
- Balsdon
Family records
Family trees
- John Balston: 15th-20th centuries
- William Balston (1816-1874) was a separate emigrant from Dorset to Jersey and married Elizabeth Bassett (1828-1896) in St Helier in 1844. They had a daughter in Jersey in 1845 but then moved back to Dorset, where they had nine more children between 1847 and 1870
Church records
- Balston baptisms in Jersey
- Balston marriages in Jersey (groom)
- Balston marriages in Jersey (bride)
- Balston burials in Jersey
Balston family members who served in World War 1
Notes on our list, abbreviations used etc
Sons of Thomas and Marie Rose Loyer
- Lewis Alfred Balston (1888-1916) Private, East Surrey Regiment
- Thomas William Balston (1884- )(St P) Private, Hampshire Regiment, ex-Militia, wounded
- George Charles Henry Balston (1858- ) husband of Mary Piquet, Private, Machine Gun Corps, ex-Militia
- Clarence Albert Balston (1898-1955) (St H) son of Albert Henry and Matilda Roach, Private, Machine Gun Corps (first cousin of above)
- William Thomas Balston (1887- ) (St L) son of William Thomas and Helen Maud Private, London Regiment, wounded (uncle of above)
Occupation records
Family wills
These wills created by members of the Balston 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
- Balston : George Charles Henry , of Osborne House, First Tower, St Helier - 01/Feb/1968 , 19/Nov/1969 , D/Y/B1/138/38
- Balston : Georgina Jane , widow of Walter Charles Camp, of 3, Beaufort Square, Greve d'Azette, St Clement - 08/Feb/1968 , 08/Feb/1968 , D/Y/B1/116/29
- Balston : Lilian Jane , nee Bond, of Cape Town, Cape of Good Hope, South Africa - 21/May/1953 , 22/Jul/1963 , D/Y/B1/75/23
Burial records
Family album
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The wedding of William Thomas Balston and Ethel Loyns in Cardiff in 1911 -
William Thomas Balston
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Family gravestones
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Mont a l'Abbé cemetery -
Louis Alfred Balston, Pozieres British Cemetery, Ovillers-La-Boiselle
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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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