Le Marquand

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Le Marquand family page


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This very common Jersey surname can be traced back to at least the beginning of the 14th century

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Mary Ann Le Marquand c1850, a very early Jersey photographic portrait


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Origin of Surname

The origin of Marquand is believed to be the French marchant (the merchant), probably derived from an early tradesman between Jersey and France. The ultimate root of the name lies in the Latin word mercis, meaning commerce or merchandise.

Early records

The family name appears in the Assize Roll of 1309 in Jersey, and the Jersey Chantry Certificate of 1550 includes Edmond, Janette, Raulin, Raulyn or Rauolyn, and Thomas.

The earliest occurence of the variant Marquand in Guernsey was in 1513, when the parish school of St Peter Port, Guernsey was founded by the gift of Thomas Le Marquand and his wife, Yonette Thelby.

Raoulin Le Marquand was Procureur-General in Jersey, 1507-1519. He is recorded as living in "La Vallée de St Laurens": [1] His son, also named Raulin, was a Jurat, 1551-1555.

It is not clear whether Le Marquand and Le Marchand/Le Marchant were different families in Jersey or just variations in spelling within a single family. We continue to list them separately.

Variants

  • Le Marquand, 1668
  • Le Marquant, 1528
  • Le Marcant 1515
  • Le Marchand
  • Marchand
  • Le Marcquant
  • Marquant
  • Le Marchant
  • Marchant
  • Marchent
  • Merchant

Family records

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Jersey family trees


The first three trees all have the same starting point, but there are differences of detail between them, and the third shows a new line into the 20th century. We are unable at this stage to venture an opinion as to which tree is more reliable when they conflict with each other.


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Family histories


Mary Ann Le Marquand's house in Malbaie, Quebec, built for her by fellow Jerseyman Thomas Le Page














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Church records

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Le Marquand

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Newspaper records


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Great War service



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Family wills



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Burial records

Notable Jerseymen

  • Senator Cyril Le Marquand, arguably Jersey's most important post-war politician
  • Senator John Le Marquand, cousin of the above and architect of Jersey's post-war education system
  • Senator J J Le Marquand, not related to the above but in the States at the same time
A Le Marquand family stops on Victoria Avenue to pose for a photograph with their car. Nobody would dream of doing that today. From left to right, Mary Le Marquand; Bernard (Bunny) Le Marquand, sitting on the mudguard; Alf Le Marquand inside the car; Annie Le Marquand, and her two sisters

Guernsey

The family of Le Marchant has been long seated in this island. The common ancestor of the different branches now living was Peter Le Marchant, who held the office of Lieut-Governor and Bailiff in the time of Edward III, and dying in 1335, left two sons, John and Denis.


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Family businesses


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Family album

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The Marchand family in Little Falls, Minnesota, in about 1910. Back row, right to left: Alice, Alexina, Ferdinand, Leopold, Laura, Hector. Front row, right to left: Willie, Victoria, Agnes, Joseph, Edward
The wedding of William Shambrook Le Marquand (1906-) and Ruby Mourant
Le Marquand and Houssel cousins. Queenie le Marquand (bottom right) with her cousins Girlie Stephens and Frank and Denis Houssel. Both the men were killed on active service in WW2

Occupation curfew cards

Curfew passes issued to Francis and Leonard Le Marquand during the Occupation as members of the Honorary Police [2]

Politicians

Two unrelated 20th century politicians celebrating election victories. On the left, Winter Le Marquand, always known as 'WP' is returned as Constable of St Peter in 1976. On the right, long-serving Senator John Le Marquand celebrates another election victory in 1969


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Family gravestones

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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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Notes and references

  1. ABSJ III, 293
  2. These cards are held by Jersey Archive. Visit The Archive online catalogue for more information. A subscription may be needed to view some of the site's content
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