Jean
This family has been present in Jersey since at least the 13th century
Albert Jean in Militia uniform at a camp at Les Quennevais, St Brelade
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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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Origin of Surname
The family name is derived from the given name Jean.
Early records
The surname appears in the earliest surviving St Ouen baptismal records from the first decade of the 17th century, but was already long-established in the north-west of the Island. The name was known in the island over 400 years earlier.
Variants
- Jean, 1274
- Johan, 1309
- John 1299
- Joan 1299
- Johannis, 1270
Family records
Family trees
- Descendants of Abraham Jean Added 2016 , a lesson in the inaccuracy of many Ancestry trees
- Descendants of Elie Jean
- Descendants of Philippe Jean
- Descendants of Philippe Jean and Jeanne Gabourel
- Descendants of Philippe Jean - 2 Added 2021
- Descendants of Theodore Jean
- Descendants of Jean Jean Added 2018
- Descendants of Jean Jean - 2, a different Jean from the above Added 2018
- Descendants of Philippe Jean - 3 Added 2023
Church records
- Jean baptisms in Jersey
- Jean marriages in Jersey (groom)
- Jean marriages in Jersey (bride)
- Jean burials in Jersey
Biographies
- Capt Augustine Jean
- Philippe Jean, miniaturist
Family wills
Great War service
- Albert George Jean (St P), Private in Lancashire Fusiliers, ex-Militia
- Albert William Hubert Jean (St H) Sgt Royal Garrison Artillery
- Andre Jean (Fr), Private 74th Regiment d'Infanterie, OV
- Ernest Peter Jean (St S), Company Quartermaster Sergeant, Australian Infantry
- George James Jean (St L), Sgt Royal Jersey Garrison Battalion, ex-Militia
- John Watson Jean (1888- ) (St O) son of John George and Annie, Captain RAF, DSM twice, OV
- William Watson Jean (1890- ) (St H), son of John George and Annie, nee Watson, Staff Sergeant, Canadian Infantry, OV
Emigrants to Canada
- Edward Jean's petition for land in Cape Breton Island, Nova Scotia
- John Jean's petitions for land in Cape Breton Island, Nova Scotia
Family properties
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Elie Jean advertised his St Mary house and land in Chronique de Jersey in 1840
Family businesses
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William Philip Jean was farming at Handois Farm in 1910 ... -
... and still advertising his bull's service 20 years later
Family album
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Edward Jean (1877-1948), his wife Mabel Harriet, nee Le Maistre, and their four surviving children, Horace John, Archibald Edward, Edward John and Mabel Irene -
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Philip Thomas Jean (1852-1928) and his second wife Emily Jane, nee Seyffert (1856-1928).They were married in Ontario in 1877, and this photograph was taken on an anniversary of their marriage. They had a son Percival in 1884 -
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Albert George Jean and Gladys, nee Purdy -
Albert George Jean (1888-1966) -
Elaine Frances Jean (1917-1991) -
Edward Jean (1877-1948) and Mabel Harriet, nee Le Maistre, Archibald, Horace, Mabel and Jean -
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Occupation curfew cards
Curfew pass issued to Henry Jean during the Occupation as a member of the Honorary Police [1]
Rogues' Gallery
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On 19 February 1866 Philippe Jean appeared before Judge John Gibaut at the Police Court charged with refusing to maintain his wife and her 11-year-old son. Jean said he had not refused to maintain his wife. He had taken lodgings in the country and she was living in town and refused to join him. He would not welcome her son who was a 'bad thing'. He was earning 12 shillings a week and was prepared to give his wife one shilling. The judge said that this was not very much, so Jean said that he would add a four-pound loaf and a quarter pound of tea a week. His wife accepted the offer ... -
... but that was not the end of the story because Jean was back in Court soon after, having failed to pay his wife as promised. As he was from St Martin the Judge requested the Constable's presence in Court ... -
... at the next sitting the Constable said that he did not know Jean but would make inquiries to establish whether he really was a native of the parish. He invited his wife to meet the parish surveillants if her husband was unable to support her
Family gravestones
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St John’s Church cemetery -
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St Peter parish cemetery -
St Brelade Church cemetery -
Surville Cemetery -
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St Matthew’s, St Lawrence -
St Matthew’s, St Lawrence -
St Lawrence
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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Notes and references
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