Mauger

Mauger family page

Judith Mauger (1803-1881) with her daughter Elizabeth Tardiff (1830-1911)

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Members of the Mauger family at Brookfield Farm

Origin of Surname

There are differing opinions about the origins of this very old surname, which came to the Channel Islands from Normandy. Noms de Famille de Normandie suggests that it started out as a medieval personal name 'Maugier', derived from the Germanic personal name 'Madalgari', a combination of madal (gathering together, or advice) and -gari (lance). Alternatively it comes from the Germanic 'Amalgari', which has a similar derivation.

These options are confirmed by our other major French source, probably consistent with Jersey sources which say that Mauger was the Norman form of the Frankish Maethelgaer.

It is elsewhere suggested that this is a name of different Germanic origins - a medieval nickname which derived from the word 'meger' and described a tall, thin, person, or possibly given the robust humour of the 14th century, the complete reverse.

Early records

The surname Mauger is one of the oldest in the Channel Islands. It is believed to have originated from Archbishop Mauger de Rouen, the uncle of William the Conqueror. The name appears in Jersey in the Short Inquisition of 1274.

Pre-1500 Mauger arms researched by Julian Wilson

Payne's Armorial of Jersey

Malger, Mager, or Mauger, is a name that occurs very early in the histories of both Jersey and Guernsey. Tradition, handed down for several centuries, states that the family owed its origin to Malgerius, Malger, or Mauger, Archbishop of Rouen and son of Richard II, Duke of Normandy, who, for his evil life was refused the pallium by the Pope, and for revolt against his nephew, William the Conqueror, was by him degraded and exiled, and retired in 1055 to Guernsey, where he became enamoured of a damsel named Gisella or Guille. From this amour, adds the same tradition, spring the two local families of Mauger and Guille.

In 1331 Richard Mauger was a landholder in the parish of Grouville, Jersey.

In the reign of Henry V, Jacques Mauger, said to have been a Guernseyman, had conferred on him the Seigneurie of Bosques, in Normandy, with the arms thereto belonging, for successfully storming tlie Castle of Moutmartin, on the night of 25 June 1419, with his men from the island.

The family of Mauger of Jobourg, in Normandy, derives its source from Jersey.

There are several families in England of similar name, and bearing the same arms. One of these, represented by the late John-Pemberthy Magor, of Eedruth, was settled in very early times in North Wales, where it was sufficiently wealthy and important to give its name to the town of Magor. Thence its members migrated, some to Ireland and others to Cornwall, in which latter county the family possesses the important manor bearing its own name.

A younger branch of the house of Major, of Hursley, near Winchester, descended from that of Mauger of Handois, in Jersey, is represented by the Rev Seymour Edward Major.

Branches of the insular family are represented by George Mauger, of St Lawrence, and by James Marcus Mauger, of St Helier.

Pronunciation

This is one of those Jersey surnames of French origin which has lost its original pronunciation in favour of an anglicised version.

What should properly be sounded 'maw-jair' is now pronounced as major, but as noted below, the family whose name is spelt Major, and for which records are included on this page, is a distinct one.

Variants

• Mauger, 1309
• Maugier, 1299
• Mager 1528
• Maugère, found in France
• Malger
• Maior
• Major - not strictly a variant but records included on this page for convenience

Family records

Family trees

• Descendants of George Mauger of Handois
• Descendants of Jean Mauger and Marie Le Bailly
• Descendants of Philippe Mauger and Rachel Anley
• Descendants of Richard Mauger (1736- )
• Descendants of Helier Mauger
• Descendants of Jean and Rachel Mauger
• Descendants of Noel Mauger
• Descendants of Thomas Mauger
• Descendants of Daniel Mauger Added 2018
• Descendants of Edouard Mauger Added 2018
• Descendants of Jean Mauger Added 2020
• Descendants of Pierre Mauger Added 2021
• Descendants of Nicolas Mauger Added 2023

Church records

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Major

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

Mauger

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

Biographies

• Joshua Mauger, businessman and Member of Parliament
• Samuel Mauger - Australian social reformer, son of Guernsey immigrants
• Was Richard Cromwell married to the grand-daughter of a Jerseyman?
• Mauger family members mentioned in a major history of privateering

Société Jersiaise Library records

• Bertram records in La Société Jersiaise Library, including references to members of the Mauger family Added 2018

Great War service

• Mauger family members who served in World War 1
• Elise Mauger: A volunteer nurse who served in a makeshift military hospital in France

Family wills

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

• Mauger burial records 1820-1978

Family homes

• La Chaumiere, St Lawrence
• Le Manoir de Malorey, St Lawrence
• Le Ronvillais, St Mary

Family photograph album

This postcard sent to Mrs J Mauger at New Year 1913 is a little bit of a mystery. It is addressed to her at Rock View, l'Etacq, which the 1911 census confirms was occupied by a Mauger family, headed by John Edward Mauger (1858- ). His wife was Agnes (1875- ). They married in 1897, according to the census, and had five children, Lydia Agnes (1897- ), Elsie Christine (1900- ), Albert Edward (1902- ), Thomas Leech (1906- ) and Ethel Madeline (1910- ). However, the card is written by Lou to 'dear L J', which does not correspond with the name Agnes in the census. We have been unable to find a record of the marriage of John and Agnes, but baptism records for their children reveal that she was Agnes Elizabeth Leech; although, unhelpfully, the register for one of the baptisms gives her surname as Mauger. It just goes to show that even original records can be wrong. And none of this explains why Lou knew her friend as 'L J'. Also living in the household was John's 77-year-old mother Nancy, widow of Jean Edouard. Using St Ouen church records we have been able to create a family tree which goes back nine generations to Thomas Mauger, born in 1638

Family businesses

Family gravestones

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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