Jeune
Mary Elizabeth Jeune (1836-1894) daughter of George and Mary Pirouet, married Philip Baudains
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Origin of Surname
There are two families in Jersey that have often been confused one with another. The old Jersey name Jennes is derived from the personal name Jeanne, the feminine of Jean, featuring from 1309 and earlier as Johanne. Stevens, Arthur and Stevens, in Jersey Place Names, cite the Rolls of the Assizes (1309), in which, Johanne`s heirs are mentioned. The Jeanne, or Jennes, family has mostly been associated, in earlier times, with St Martin. In 1563, the heritages of Collas Jeune (or Jennes) are mentioned in that parish: Jersey Chancery Certificate, sales of ecclesiastical property, 25 May 1563.
The other family is that of Jeune, which is French for young. This, in the form Le Jeune, was also present in the Channel Islands in 1309, but in Guernsey, in which island Colin, Ralph and William Le Jeune were then living. By 1550, this name was present in Jersey, having perhaps been introduced from the sister island. The Chancery Certificate of that date mentions in Grouville, the heirs of Jacques Le Jeune and in St Clement, Louis Le Jeune.
The Jeune variant of the latter name appears to have originally been confined to the Descendants of Jean Jeune, from which Lord St Helier was descended, but branches of the Jennes family increasingly called themselves Jeune, usually on moving from their ancestral parish of St Martin [1] In the 21st century Jersey only has the spelling Jeune, the majority, if not all of these, Jennes descendants.
Early records
A Jersey Post stamp in the 1985 Huguenot Heritage series depicts Lord St Helier, born Francis Jeune, as his family was regarded as being of French Huguenot refugee origin, and this is supported by the entry for his father in George Balleine's Biographical Dictionary of Jersey, which says that the family arrived in Jersey during the reign of Elizabeth I (1558-1603). This was the first wave of Huguenot refugees which followed the Massacre of St Bartholomew in 1572.
With the exception of Descendants of Jean Jeune, which shows the ancestry of Lord St Helier, and a Le Jeune family, the other trees listed below are now known to be different branches of the Jennes family, some of whom are shown to have adopted what was, by the 19th century, the better known name, Jeune.
Collas Jeune (or Jennes) and Johan Jeune [2] of St Martin and Jacques and Louys Le Jeune are listed in the Jersey Chantry Certificate of 1550
Baptisms start with Jean, son of George Jenne, in St Saviour in 1572.
Variants
- Johanne, 1309
- Jeanne
- Jenne, 1572
- Jennes, 1607
- Le Jenne, 1528 (Jersey)
- Jeunes, 1749
- Jeune
Because of the difficulty in differentiating handwritten 'n' from 'u' it is important to check for alternative spellings when viewing the family trees and accessing the database through the links below
Family records
Family trees
- Philippe Jeune: 18th-20th centuries
- Clement Jeune: 18th-20th centuries
- Clement Jennes 2: 17th-19th centuries
- Jennequin Jennes: 16th-17th centuries
- Michel Jennes: 16th-20th centuries
- Jean Jeune: 17th-20th centuries
Family histories
Church records
Jeune
- Jeune baptisms in Jersey
- Jeune marriages in Jersey (groom)
- Jeune marriages in Jersey (bride)
- Jeune burials in Jersey
Jenne
- Jenne baptisms in Jersey
- Jenne marriages in Jersey (groom)
- Jenne marriages in Jersey (bride)
- Jenne burials in Jersey
Biographies
- Francis Jeune, Lord St Helier, lawyer and MP
- Francois Jeune, Bishop of Peterborough and father of Francis Jeune
- Senator Reg Jeune, prominent Jersey politician in the second half of the 20th Century
- Lionel Manzella Jeune: Army Lieut-Colonel served in both world wars
Newspaper records
- Capt Philip Jeune was proprietor of the Union Hotel in the Royal Square when the anniversary of the Battle of Jersey was celebrated with a dinner in 1848
- Philip Jeune involved in Court action over seizing of a cutter in St Malo in 1848
- In a later edition of the Jersey Times in 1848, Philip Jeune was advertising the Union Hotel's facilities
Great War service
- Jeune family members who fought in the Great War
- Presentation to Petty Officer George Jeune, DSM, at the Town Hall
Family wills
Burial records
Family properties
- Alphington House, Grands Vaux
Family businesses
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F Jeune and Co advertised a small quantity of barley for sale at the Town Mill in 1815
Occupation curfew cards
Curfew pass issued to Percy Jenne during the Occupation as a member of the Honorary Police
Family album
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Francis Henry Jeune (1843-1905), married Susan Stewart Mackenzie (1846-1931) -
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Susanna Isabella Le Sueur, nee Jenne. She was born in 1857, the daughter of Thomas and Susanne, nee Fauvel, and married John Thomas Le Sueur in St Helier in 1875. They later emigrated to Canada. Her birth and baptism records show her as Jeune, but her marriage record shows Jenne -
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Susanna Isabella Le Sueur, nee Jenne, photographed in Montreal
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Notes and references
- ↑ The only two letters that differentiate between the names Jennes and Jeune are the first "n" of Jennes and the "s" at the end. The letter "s", however, is frequently omitted in church and secular records, rendering the surname Jenne, as it should be, which is an old form of Jeanne. The problem arises with the letter "n". It is often impossible to distinguish between a handwritten "n" and a "u". Jenne gradually became Jeune
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