Podger
This surname, of unknown origin, arrived in Jersey in the middle of the 19th century
George Podger married Alice Wright in St Saviour in 1862
Direct links to lists of baptisms, marriages and burials for the Podger family can be found under Family Records opposite. If you want to search for records for a spelling variant of Podger, 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
None of our usual sources lists this surname, but we have seen suggestions that it is a variant of 'Proger', or 'Prodger' which is listed as meaning 'son of Roger'.
Early records
The name can be found in English church records as far back as 1530, but did not make an appearance in Jersey until the 1860s.
Variants
- Podger
- Proger
- Prodger
Family records
Family trees
Church records
- Podger baptisms in Jersey
- Podger marriages in Jersey (groom)
- Podger marriages in Jersey (bride)
- Podger burials in Jersey
Great War service
- Fred Podger (1880-1918) son of George and Alice Wright, of Vallee des Vaux, Private, London Regiment, killed in action
- Christine Podger, British Red Cross
Sons of George Robert and Frances Watts Ray
- George Ray Podger (1889- ) (St H), Private, Labour Corps
- Harold Charles Podger (1893- ) (St H) ex-Militia, Private, Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry, wounded
Family wills
These wills created by members of the Podger family are now held by Jersey Archive. By visiting the archive site and using the names, dates and reference numbers 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
- Elizabeth Podger née Brooking, St Brelade's Bay, - 9 January 1930, D/Y/A/90
- Albert Podger of 8 Victoria Street, St Helier, bequeaths to Fanny Ellen Connell £250 now due to him from the Bible Christain Society and Primitive Methodist Connexion - 10 January 1894, D/Y/A/53
- Thomas Podger, saddler and harness maker, of 17 Gloucester Street, St Helier - 20 May 1890, D/Y/A/49
- Robert Podger, St Helier - 10 September 1925, D/Y/A/85
- George Podger, Woodbine, Vallée des Vaux, St Helier - 23 November 1923, D/Y/A/83
- Fanny Podgers née Connell, St Helier - 5 July 1929, D/Y/A/89
Burial records
Family businesses
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Family gravestones
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Almorah cemetery
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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