Origins of surname
This name is derived from the baptismal name Moise, Hebrew in origin and very popular throughout Brittany. There are a number of variations found in different departments, and elsewhere in France.
Early records
The family was one of many to arrive in Jersey from the small town of Ploeuc-sur-Lie in the Cotes d'Armor department of north Brittany. The first arrivals were farm workers in the late 19th century.
Variants
- Moisan
- Moison
- Moissan
- Moisand
- Moisant
- Moizand
- Moizant
- Moysan
- Moyzan
- Moisson (may not be a variant, but included here for convenience)
- Le Moisson (may not be a variant, but included here for convenience)
Family records
Family trees
Church records
- Moisan baptisms in Jersey
- Moisan marriages in Jersey (groom)
- Moisan marriages in Jersey (bride)
- Moisan burials in Jersey
Great War service
Sons of Victor Marie Moisan and Victoire
- Alfred Joseph Moisan (1894- ) (Gr) ex-RMIJ, L-Sgt, Royal Irish Rifles
- John Charles Moisan (1889- ) (Gr) Driver, RFA
- Peter Francis Moisan (1892- ) (Gr) Driver, RFA
- Victor Peter Francis Moisan (1887- ) (Gr) Petty Officer, RN (may not be in this family - tree shows Victor Jean)
Family wills
These wills created by members of the Moisan 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
- Victor Moisan, Grouville - 21 February 1935, D/Y/A/97
- Victorine Moisan, Longueville, St Saviour, widow of Jean Baptiste Bienvenu - 25 May 1938, D/Y/A/102
- Arthur Moisson 7 December 1748 - D/Y/A/7
- Catherine Moisson, widow of Isaac Martin of St Saviour 29 March 1743 - D/Y/A/7
- Marie Moisson of St Helier s - 4 October 1865, D/Y/A/32
Burial records
Family album
Alfred Joseph Moisan
Joseph Louis Moysan, born in Jersey on 30 March 1891, married in London on 3 March 1921 after serving in the Great War and died in Geelong, Australia in 1961. He had 16 years service with the Union Castle Line from the age of 13. He was on the ss Soudan, which was a hospital ship off the Gallipoli Peninsular
Joseph Louis Moysan's service medals, the British War Medal and the Mercantile Marine Medal
A 1925 cigarette card for Celtic's J Moisan
M Moisan ran his haulage business from L'Etacq
Lizzie Rosalie Francoise Moisan, born in St Peter in 1908, and living at Portelet Farm, St Brelade in 1927. She married Reginald Charles Hotton
Family gravestones
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Surville Cemetery
Surville Cemetery
Surville Cemetery
St Brelade Church cemetery
St Brelade Church cemetery
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