Thoreau

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Marie Thoreau


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Direct links to lists of baptisms, marriages and burials for the Thoreau family can be found under Family Records opposite. If you want to search for records for a spelling variant of Thoreau, or for any other family name, just click below on the first letter of the
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Origins of surname

This is a name from the Vienne and neighbouring departments in the centre of France. It is a diminuitive of the personal name Thor, and derived from taureau, the bull, suggesting a strong man

Early records

Although the name may have been present in different spellings in Jersey as early as the 12th century, the Thoreau family members present in the island in the 20th century can only trace their ancestors back to immigrants Pierre Thoreau and Anne Servant, who married in 1700.

Variants

  • Thoreau
  • Theroude, 1150

French variants

  • Thorel
  • Thorelle
  • Thorreau

Family records

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Family wills


These wills created by members of the Thoreau 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

  • Jean Thoreau of St Helier, bequeaths to the poor of St Helier, £10 sterling 2 February 1796 - D/Y/A/15
  • Jean Thoreau, son of Jacques of St Helier, bequeaths to the poor of St Helier, £16 of the order 8 November 1800 - D/Y/A/16
  • Jeanne Thoreau of St Mary, now of St Helier, widow of Edouard Le Maistre, desires to be buried in St Helier General Cemetery, bequeaths to the poor of St Helier 5s, to Edward Philip Binet a share in the Jersey Joint Stock Bank, makes other bequests of shares in the same bank to named parties - 27 January 1871, D/Y/A/35
  • John Thoreau, South House, St Mary - 27 March 1943, D/Y/A/110
  • Julie Thoreau of St Helier, desires to be buried in Grouville Cemetery, bequeaths to the poor of Grouville and St Helier £1 - 20 February 1875, D/Y/A/38
  • Marie Thoreau, daughter of Jean, of St Helier, bequeaths to the poor of St Helier, £16 of the order, to Jean Thoreau, her brother, £100 sterling in 3% funds in the Bank of England makes further bequests of the same funds 26 November 1791 - D/Y/A/15
  • Marie Thoreau, widow of Samuel Guillet of St Helier, bequeaths to the poor of St Helier, £20 of the order of the King 23 December 1805 - D/Y/A/16
  • Mary Thoreau, Landes, St Ouen, widow - 20 July 1918, D/Y/A/78
  • Philippe Thoreau of St Mary, now of St Peter, desires to be buried in the cemetery for all religions, St Peter, bequeaths to the poor of St Peter, 15s, and to Susanne Vautier 33 perches of land in Petite Pièce du Mont Fondan, St Peter, Fief es Hormans 23 October 1858 - D/Y/A/29
  • Susanne Thoreau, daughter of Pierre, of St Mary, now of St Helier, bequeaths to the poor of St Helier, £6 of French currency 28 December 1796 - D/Y/A/15
  • William Thoreau, Moreland House, Craig Street, St Helier - 12 January 1944, D/Y/A/112


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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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