Moitie

Moitie family page

Nelly Edna Moitie

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Origins of surname

We had previously not found an explanation for the derivation of this name, and are grateful to a French user of Jerripedia for the information that it is a regional form of the word moustier or moûtiers, which is also a town name: Moûtiers in Savoie or Moustiers-Sainte-Marie in the South. In Manche, there are Les Moitiers d'Allones and Les Moitiers-en-Bauptois. In medieval French, this word meant 'church' (the building)

The spelling Moitier is common in Lower Normandy and the area of France between Paris and the Belgian Border. Moitie is hardly known in Lower Normandy but is found in much greater numbers north of Paris

Early records

The first appearance of this surname in Jersey records was the baptism of Adelina Jane, daughter of Charles Desire and Esther Moitie in St Lawrence in 1873. The spelling Moitier, which has been much less common in Jersey, first appeared in the same year with the baptism of Edith Mary, daughter of Peter Moitier and Mary Pinel in St John. There is considerable confusion, however, with baptisms of siblings showing different surname spellings, and variations from one census to the next

Variations

• Moitie
• Moitier

Family records

Church records

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

Family trees

• Desire Moitie: 19th-20th centuries

Great War service

• Edwin Steven Moitie (1893- ) (St H) son of Charles Desire and Louisa Harriet, nee Crespirel, ex-Militia, Private, Worcester Regiment

Notes on our list, abbreviations used etc

Occupation records

• Moitie Occupation identity cards

Family wills

This will created by a member of the Moitie 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

• Moitie : Charles James Desire , of 33, Val Plaisant, St Helier - 30/Sep/1946 , 10/Nov/1950 , D/Y/B1/7/15
• Moitie : Elsie Louisa , of 16, Savile Street, St Helier - 1/Sep/1971 , 1/Sep/1971 , D/Y/B1/163/46
• Moitie : Louisa Harriet , nee Crespinel, 4 St Marks Villas, St Marks Road - 11/Aug/1931 , 18/Nov/1933 , D/Y/A/95/42

Burial records

• Moitie burial records 1820-1978

Family album

The old manor at Baudreville, Manche, the commune where the Jersey family's ancestors lived

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  Michael Ray Moitie in Sea Cadet uniform, aged 14
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  Charles Desire Moitie at La Haule Station in 1902 with his daughter Florence Amy (1889-1927). Florence married carpenter Herbert Edward Wills (1890-1974) in 1913 and their daughter Joyce was born the following year
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  The 1920 Jersey wedding of Walter Richard Moitie (1900-1995), born in Guernsey, and Joyce Bott
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  The 1947 wedding of Donald Ernest Ruellen (1925-1998) and Nelly Edna Moitie
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  Michael Ray Moitie (1937-1992) and Audrey Mary, nee Land
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  Nelly Edna Moitie (1925-2015)

Rogues gallery

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  Peter Emile Moitie, born in St Martin in 1887, was convicted by the Royal Court in 1915 of stealing letters and postal orders and sent to prison for six months with hard labour.

Family businesses

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  1909 advert

Family gravestones

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