Perchard

Perchard family page

This painting, in the collection of Jersey Museum and Art Gallery, has been described as 'Miss Perchard'. It is known to have been painted by Richard 'Goldie' Crawford, and we presumed that it was his sister Mary, who married John Perchard in 1907. It is possible that the description attached to the painting was correct and that the subject was John Perchard's sister, Ann Sophia Perchard (1874-1909), but family descendants appear to prefer the Mary Crawford attribution

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Pre-1500 arms researched by Julian Wilson

Origin of Surname

The first Perchard will have originated in Perche, the horse-breeding area in the south of Normandy

Early records

The name is found in the Assize Roll of 1309

Payne's Armorial of Jersey

When the family of Perchard settled in Jersey is uncertain, but the name occurs among those of the early Nonnan inhabitants of the island. Philip Perchard is recorded as one of the jurymen chosen in the parish of Trinity to assess the king's dues therein, in 1331. In 1442, Jannequin Perchard was a Jurat of the Royal Court and in 1527, Michael Perchard was Rector of St Saviour.

About the period of the Reformation, a branch of the family settled in Guernsey; and, of this, several members were in the Church. One of them, belonging to the household of Queen Anne, contributed munificently towards the foundation of the Hospital of St Peter-Port.

Some members of the Guernsey family settled in London, where Peter Perchard, the last of his name in England, was Lord Mayor in 1804-5. It is extinct in Guernsey, as well as in London.

The family is represented by John Perchard, of les Augres

Motto : En faisant bien

Variants

• Pechard
• Perchard, 1299
• Perchart, 1309
• Le Perchand 1309
• Prechard, where found in records this is probably a spelling error

Family records

Family trees

• John Perchard: 15th-17th centuries
• Jean Perchard: 15th-20th centuries
• Thomas Perchard: 16th-19th centuries
• Jacques Perchard: 17th-20th centuries
• Jean Perchard 2: 16th-20th centuries
• Servais Perchard: 16th-20th centuries
• Philippe Perchard: 17th-20th centuries

Church records

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• Perchard marriages in Jersey (groom)
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• Perchard burials in Jersey

Family histories and biographies

• The Bertrams of Massachusetts visit their Perchard, Touzel and Guiton relatives in Jersey

Société Jersiaise Library records

• Bertram records in La Société Jersiaise Library, including references to members of the Perchard family

Great War service

• Perchard family members who served in World War 1
• Edwin Edward Perchard, the story of one soldier's war

Family wills

• Perchard family wills from 1663 to 1980 held by Jersey Archive

Burial records

• Perchard burial records 1820-1978

Family Homes

• Les Augres, Trinity
• Le Boulivot, Grouville
• Bel Respiro, St Helier
• Oakfield, St Saviour
• Mayfield, Trinity

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  Aaron de Veulle, guardian of the children of Philippe Perchard, advertised four fields at the Dicq for rent or sale in Gazette de l'Ile de Jersey in 1799

Family businesses

• Philippe Perchard was a coal merchant at 30 King Street in the 1830s and '40s
• Nicholas Perchard was a wine merchant at 25 Broad Street in the 1850s
• Wine merchant C P Perchard was in business at 14 Queen Street in the 1880s
• Corn merchant John Perchard was at 31 Broad Street in the 1840s

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  Plumber J Perchard carried out a wide range of trades from 24 Halkett Place in 1840
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  Surveyor Charles Perchard, of La Chasse, St Martin, had offices at 4 Halkett Place in the second half of the 19th century
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  1905
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  1855
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  1857
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  1915
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  1925, and Charles has handed over the family business to his son, Horace John
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  Another Perchard business in 1925
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  1948
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  1927
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  In 1824 N Perchard, who was in business as a blacksmith near the Parade, advertised in Chronique de Jersey for a boy of 13 or 14 to work for him
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  John Perchard advertised his stud bull in Chronique de Jersey in 1924
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  Philippe Perchard advertised Newcastle coal unloaded from the brig Hannah in Chronique de Jersey in 1825
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  Mr N Perchard's Minerva, built by George Hamptonne was launched in 1826, watched by a large crowd
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  Nicolas Perchard advertised two horses for sale in Gazette de l'Ile de Jersey in 1809
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  Jean Perchard advertised a small quantity of oaks and elms for sale at his home at Le Coie
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  Marie Perchard advertised the sale of her Town Church pew in Gazette de l'Ile de Jersey in 1799

Family album

A painting of Anne Elizabeth Perchard, nee Billot, bringing in the cattle at her farm, Ville Bree, St Martin

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  Adelina Perchard (1834-1924), daughter of Clement and Jeanne Guiton
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  Mary Ann Perchard
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  Mary Ann Perchard with her son Arthur
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  Henry Perchard was a Caesareans defender in the 1900s
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  Unknown Perchard
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  John Perchard, 1920
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  An unknown Mrs Perchard in the Jersey Museum collection of paintings
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  Adelina Perchard (1834-1924) with her daughter Ethel Jessie Rattray (1875-1956), son-in-law George Summers and grandchildren in the early 1920s. Adelina married David Rattray (1820-1885) at St Saviour in 1854 and most of their seven children were born in Normandy before the family emigrated to the USA in 1882. David died there three years afterwards
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  Adelina Rattray, nee Perchard with her daughter Adelina Jane Rattray, granddaughter Adeline Winifred Leal, nee Rattray, and twin great-granddaughters Bertha and Constance
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  Another picture of Adelina Perchard and three generations of descendants: Adelina Jane Leal, nee Rattray, Daisy Ellen Leal and Ruth Bersch
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  The house in Normandy where David Rattray and Adelina, nee Perchard, first brought up their family
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  Adelina Raffray, nee Perchard, with her seven children in San Francisco in 1895: John, Helen, William Alexander, Clement David, Ethel Jessie, Adelene Jane and George Malcolm
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  Francis Perchard (1852-1943) (St Mt) son of John Edward (1819-1902) and Marie, nee Laffoley (1822-1857). He married Mary Ann du Fresne (1846-1930) and they had eight children
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  Mary Ann du Fresne (1846-1930), wife of Francis Perchard, daughter of Philippe (1826- ) and Mary, nee Le Gros (1823- )
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  Lilian Mary Perchard, daughter of Francis and Mary Ann
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  Leslie Walter Perchard (1928-1996) son of Walter (1883-1970) and Agnes, nee Buesnel (1887-1966), husband of Anne Elizabeth Billot (1932-2013)
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  Brothers Leslie, Stephen, Harold, Cyril, Clarrie and Bill Perchard
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  Jane Perchard, born in St Martin in 1835, with her daughter Mary Jane Wilson, granddaughter Ida Pearl Root and great-granddaughter Burdella Mae Fretz
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  Ann Mary Perchard, born in St Helier in 1837, daughter of Thomas (1815-1869) and Elizabeth Mary, nee Joslin (1817-1890) with three generations of descendants in New Zealand in about 1919: Son Arthur Joslin Bell, grandson George Foreman Bell and great-granddaughter Margaret June Bell
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  Ann Mary Perchard with her son Arthur Joslin in Victoria, Australia in about 1859
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  Ann Mary Perchard (1837-1925) in Christchurch, NZ, in about 1912
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  A postcard received by Charlie Perchard in 1926. He lived at Pot du Rocher, Trinity, not St Martin, as the card was wrongly addressed by his friend George
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  Mary Ann Perchard (1837-1922) in about 1917 in New Zealand with her great-grandchildren, Elizabeth, Leslie and Norman. Daughter of Thomas and Elizabeth, nee Joslin, she emigrated to New Zealand and married John Bell
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  Frank Perchard
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  Frank Perchard
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  Philip Perchard
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  Philip Perchard
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  Unknown Perchard

Occupation curfew cards

Curfew passes issued to Members of the Perchard family during the Occupation as members of the Honorary Police

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  Stephen John Perchard
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  Garnet Perchard
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  Norman Perchard
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  Sydney Perchard
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  William Perchard

Family gravestones

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  Almorah cemetery
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  Almorah cemetery
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  Almorah cemetery
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  Almorah cemetery
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  Almorah cemetery
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  Trinity Church cemetery
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  Trinity Church cemetery
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  Trinity Church cemetery
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  Trinity Church cemetery
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  Trinity Church cemetery
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  Trinity Church cemetery
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  Old Mont a l’Abbe cemetery
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  Mont a l’Abbe cemetery
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  Mont a l’Abbe cemetery
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  Mont a l’Abbe cemetery
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  Mont a l’Abbe cemetery
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  Mont a l’Abbe cemetery
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  Mont a l’Abbe cemetery
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  Mont a l’Abbe cemetery
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  St Brelade Church cemetery
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  St Saviour
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  St Martin
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  Trinity Church memorial to Sophie Perchard

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