Gaudin

Gaudin family page

Alberta Isabel Gaudin, the daughter of Adolphus and granddaughter of Elias she was born in New Zealand in 1897 and died there at the age of six

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Pre-1500 Gaudin arms researched by Julian Wilson

Pre-1500 Gaudin arms researched by Julian Wilson

Origin of Surname

This name is thought to derive from an early French personal name Gaudin, which itself originated with the Germanic Waldin, a diminuative of Waldo. Alternatively it might come from the Germanic Godino, which translates as "son of God".

A completely different French derivation is said to be from the early French gaudere (to rejoice)

Early records

Philip Guodin was a witness at the Somerset Assize Court, Taunton, during the reign of King Edward 1 in 1208.

There are suggestions that the spelling Gaudin is of Huguenot origin, but it was known in Jersey several centuries before Huguenot refugees arrived in the island.

It is a common name in Normandy and there is a record of Reginaldi Gaudin at Lisieux in 1321.

In 1528, John Gaudin of St Martin owed the Crown, on behalf of Guille Mallet, one Quartier of wheat, per annum

Philip Gaudin was born in St Martin about 1540 (see tree below) where by far the greatest number of the early Gaudins were born/baptised. The surname also existed in St Saviour in the 16th century and spread to other parishes in the east of the Island but was seldom, if ever, found in the west! In subsequent generations Gaudins migrated to Canada and New Zealand as well as to other countries.

Variants

• Gaudin
• Godin
• Goddin
• Godden
• Gooden
• Guiden
• Goodoune
• Godain
• Guedon
• Guodin

Family records

Family trees

• Descendants of Philip Gaudin (1540)
• Descendants of Philip Gaudin (1540)-2

There is considerable overlap between the two trees above, but because each contains information which is not in the other, and they are from different sources, both have been included here. The second tree had a substantial number of glaring errors in the spelling of Jersey names, which have mostly been corrected.

The tree below is an extension of Descendants of Philip Gaudin (1540)-2

• Descendants of Philip Gaudin

The following tree is a further variation on the trees above. It should be viewed in conjunction with the notes on the early Gaudins below.

• Descendants of Philippe Gaudin (1587)

• Descendants of Raulin Gaudin
• Descendants of Collas Gaudin
• Descendants of Jean Gaudin
• Descendants of Jean Gaudin - 2
• Descendants of George Gaudin
• Descendants of Francois Gaudin, a different descendant line from the late 19th century from several of the above trees

Church records

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• Gaudin baptisms in Jersey
• Gaudin marriages in Jersey (groom)
• Gaudin marriages in Jersey (bride)
• Gaudin burials in Jersey

Family histories

• Notes on the early Gaudins
• Life as settlers in New Zealand's remote South Island

Newspaper records

• St Martin chef de police George Gaudin was in trouble with the Royal Court in 1848 over his inability to levy a parish rate for two years, as reported in the Jersey Times

Great War service

• Gaudin family members who served in World War 1

Occupation records

• Gaudin Occupation identity cards

Family wills

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

• Gaudin burial records 1820-1978

Prominent family members

• Ernie Gaudin interview Housing Committee president

Family homes

• Beauchamp,_St Martin
• Le Catillon St Martin
• La Clochette, also known as Green Farm, Queruee, St Martin
• La Davisonerie
• Everton Farm, Maufant, St Saviour
• Le Fleurion, Ville ès Gaudins, St Martin
• The Grove, St Lawrence
• Haut du Rue, St Martin
• La Maitrerie, Queruee, St Martin
• South View, Maufant, St Saviour
• La Vignette, Maufant, St Saviour

Family album

A four generation portrait of a Gaudin family. On the left is Martha Tarr, who was born in 1823 in Cornwall and lived to 94. She married Jersey sea captain William Charles Gaudin. Martha’s daughter, Martha Mary Gaudin (1853-1940) is on the right. She married a distant cousin, John Francis Gaudin, and so retained the Gaudin name. Her daughter Texina Beech Gaudin (1882-1960) is at the back. 'Texie' married Guernsey newspaper editor Ted Davis. Her son, Norman Davis (1907-1961), is at the front. He served in World War Two as a British Navy Commander. This photo was taken in about 1910 in Guernsey

Elie Gaudin's commission in the Militia in 1712

A previously unidentified Mr Gaudin, photographed by Ernest Baudoux whom we now believe to be Capt James Gaudin (1838-1913) born in St Martin the son of Thomas and Marie, nee Payn. Capt Gaudin is quite famous in British Columbia history. He served his apprenticeship on British merchantmen working on vessels in the East Indian and Australian trade until 1865, when he joined the Hudson's Bay Company's service, sailing between London and Victoria. He was appointed master of the Lady Lampson on 21 February 1869. On his first voyage to Victoria he met Agnes Anderson, daughter of A C Anderson. On his next voyage he married her at St Stephens Church, North Saanich, and Agnes sailed with him on the return voyage to London. He was appointed pilot in 1884 in Victoria and Nanaimo districts, then in Yale-New Westminster district in 1886. He retired in 1887 and joined the lighthouse service. In 1892 he was appointed Agent of Marine at the Victoria Custom House. He became Examiner of Masters and Mates and Receiver of Wrecks and also had the oversight of the lighthouse service.

Family businesses

William Valpy Gaudin's King Street business in 1910

• William Valpy Gaudin was first in business as a baker and patissier at 11 Queen Street in the 1880s, before moving to No 32 King Street in the 1890s
• John Francis Gaudin ran a china and glass warehouse at 40 King Street in the 1880s and '90s
• E Gaudin was a linen draper at 77 King Street during the 1890s
• Tailor Thomas Gaudin was in business at 10 Halkett Place in the 1840s with his milliner wife Mary, who employed several bonnet makers who lived on the premises

Family gravestones

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Tips

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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