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Ivy Evelyn Fenton (1889-1962)
Direct links to lists of baptisms, marriages and burials for the Fenton family can be found under Family Records opposite. If you want to search for records for a spelling variant of Fenton, or for any other family name, just click below on the first letter of the
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New records
From August 2020 we have started adding records from non-Anglican churches, and this process will continue as more records, held by Jersey Archive, are digitised and indexed. Our database now includes buttons enabling a search within registers of Roman Catholic, Methodist and other non-conformist churches. These records will automatically appear within the results of any search made from this page.
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Origins of surname
There are a number of villages of this name in the north of England, which will have given rise to the surname. It is derived from fen = 'marsh' and tun = 'fenced enclosure'
Early records
The surname was present in St Helier in the mid-17th century. There was then a long gap until further records appeared at the beginning of the 19th.
Spellings vary in church registers for the same family. Fenten seems too have changed to Fenton, and one Fentum has been crossed out and replaced by Fenten, while the father remained Fentum. One census return shows Fenten and Fentin in the same family.
Variations
- Fenten
- Fenton
- Fentum
- Fentin
Family records
Church records
- Fenton baptisms in Jersey
- Fenton marriages in Jersey (groom)
- Fenton marriages in Jersey (bride)
- Fenton burials in Jersey
Family trees
Great War service
Notes on our list, abbreviations used etc
Sons of Peter Fenton and Rachel Le Masurier
- Charles Oakley Fenton (1892- ) (St B) Private, Middlesex Regiment
- Raymond William Fenton (1884- ) (St B) Private, Middlesex Regiment
Occupation records
Family wills
This will created by a member of the Fenton family is now held by Jersey Archive. By visiting the archive site and using the names, date and reference number 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
- Thomas Fenton in Elizabeth Castle, Ensign in the 72nd Regiment of Foot commanded by Major General Parker 10 October 1769 - D/Y/A/11
Burial records
Family Homes
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
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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