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Gallichan is an interesting example of the need of going back to the earliest form of a name. One writer derives it from two Latin words, gallus, a cock, and cano, I sing. Perhaps he guessed that the first Monsieur Gallichan was famous for rising at cock-crow.  
 
Gallichan is an interesting example of the need of going back to the earliest form of a name. One writer derives it from two Latin words, gallus, a cock, and cano, I sing. Perhaps he guessed that the first Monsieur Gallichan was famous for rising at cock-crow.  
  
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But in 1269 and 1306 the name was spelt Le Galicien, showing that he came from Galicia, probably the one in Spain. We hear more than once of Spanish traders settling in Jersey. A further clue is that the name does not appear in works giving the derivation of French surnames. GFB de Gruchy, in ''Medieval Land Tenures in Jersey,'' (Jersey: Bigwoods, 1957), 68, wrote of Gallichan or Le Gallichan, "a family of some local importance," that "The name implies that the first holder came from Galicia in Spain; it is likely that he was one of the mercenaries of many races employed by Henry 11".
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But in 1269 and 1306 the name was spelt Le Galicien, showing that he came from Galicia, probably the one in Spain. We hear more than once of Spanish traders settling in Jersey. A further clue is that the name does not appear in works giving the derivation of French surnames. GFB de Gruchy, in ''Medieval Land Tenures in Jersey,'' (Jersey: Bigwoods, 1957), 68, wrote of Gallichan or Le Gallichan, "a family of some local importance," that "the name implies that the first holder came from Galicia in Spain; it is likely that he was one of the mercenaries of many races employed by Henry 11".
  
 
==Early records==
 
==Early records==

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An unknown Mr Gallichan, photographed by Ernest Baudoux


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George, Sydney, Herbert and Donald Gallichan

Origin of Surname

Gallichan is an interesting example of the need of going back to the earliest form of a name. One writer derives it from two Latin words, gallus, a cock, and cano, I sing. Perhaps he guessed that the first Monsieur Gallichan was famous for rising at cock-crow.

But in 1269 and 1306 the name was spelt Le Galicien, showing that he came from Galicia, probably the one in Spain. We hear more than once of Spanish traders settling in Jersey. A further clue is that the name does not appear in works giving the derivation of French surnames. GFB de Gruchy, in Medieval Land Tenures in Jersey, (Jersey: Bigwoods, 1957), 68, wrote of Gallichan or Le Gallichan, "a family of some local importance," that "the name implies that the first holder came from Galicia in Spain; it is likely that he was one of the mercenaries of many races employed by Henry 11".

Early records

The name is one of the oldest in Jersey. In 1180, Guillaume Gallichan owed the Crown relief, on inheriting the Fief of Handois, in St Lawrence. His son was probably the Raoul Gallichan who was an Island hostage held, with the sons of other principal Islanders, by King John to ensure their fathers` loyalty, after the fall of Normandy. He was released in 1214 and witnessed in about 1218 a charter, with other leading landowners. He married Jeanne, niece of Adam de Sottevast and of Guillaume de Bricquebec, both of whom were Norman seigneurs, who gave their niece a generous dowry, which included a fief in St Lawrence worth 14 Quartiers 6 cabots, which sum gave its name to the fief: the Fief des Quatorze Quartiers. There was born to this union two sons, Raoul and Robert Gallichan. Raoul was Seigneur of Handois in 1274 and Robert Gallichan, his son, was seigneur in 1309 but had lost the fief by 1323. The surname was found in the Short Inquisition of 1274. Collas, Johan, Phulipot, Rauf and Serves are listed in the Jersey Chantry Certificate of 1550. With over 1,200 baptisms on record, it is also one of the most frequently encountered names in the Jersey church registers.

Drouet Gallichan was born in Trinity in 1505 and Jean Gallichan in the same parish in 1513.

Gallichan remains a common name in Jersey today.

Variants

  • Gallichan, 1240
  • Galichien
  • Gallichen
  • Galicen, 1331
  • Galissian c1340
  • Le Galicien, 1306
  • Galicien pre-1292
  • Le Galycien 1309
  • Galichan 1299
  • de Gallycen 1274
  • Galician 1254, Gallicien 1240
  • Galitan
  • Galliceanus 1186
  • Legalitien 1180

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  • 1915

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  • This advert has both addresses wrong. The business was at 59 King Street and 18 Broad Street

  • 1857

  • Alfred Gallichan, ironmonger at First Tower in 1874

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  • 1861

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  • 1948

  • Gallichan's in Great Union Road

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Matthew and Catherine Gallichan

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Gladys Rose Gallichan was born in St Helier in 1889 and emigrated to Newfoundland in 1914. She married Fridelain Chaine (1890-1964) in Edmonton, ALberta in 1917 and they had two daughters Lily (1919-1977) and Gladys Mary (1921-2004). The family are pictured here on holiday on a Canadian National train. Gladys was the daughter of Henry Thomas (1857- ) and Mary, nee Hayes (1856-1895). Henry Thomas was the illegitimate son of Jane Gallichan (1818- )

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  • The grave of Great War casualty Alfred Gallichan at Bramshott (St Mary) Cemetery, Hampshire

  • The grave of Great War casualty Alfred John Gallichan at Portsmouth (Kingston) Cemetery

  • The grave of Great War casualty Donald Elias Gallichan at Londonderry City Cemetery

  • The grave of Great War casualty Frank Elias Gallichan at Maroc British Cemetery, Grenay, Pas de Calais

  • The grave of Great War casualty George Thomas Gallichan at Edmonton Cemetery, Alberta, Canada

  • The grave of Great War casualty Raymond John Gallichan at Lonsdale Cemetery, Authuille, near Albert

  • The grave of Great War casualty William James Gallichan at Seaford Cemetery, Sussex

  • The grave of Great War casualty William John Gallichan at Poelcapelle British Cemetery, Belgium


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