Martin Bienvenu (1814 - 1853)

Born May 1814 in St Peter Port, Guernsey, Channel Islands

Ancestors

Husband of Margueritte Pride (Cochrane) Bienvenu — married 29 Aug 1839 (to 18 Feb 1849) in St. Peter Port, Guernsey, Channel Islands

Descendants

Died 20 Oct 1853 at age 39 in St Peter Port, Guernsey, Channel Islands

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Biography

Born MAY 1814

Died 20 OCT 1853. Geurnsey, St. Peter Port

Buried 22 OCT 1853. Guernsey, St Peter Port, Town Church.

Occupation: Clerk, Sailor.

Note: Clerk in Bailliffs office, Advocates office, and Greffe.

Marriage: Martin Bienvenu son of Pierre and Marguerite Cochrane daughter of Jean were married 29 August 1839 ( Town Church page 39 ).

Marriage: Martin Bienvenu widower son of Pierre, aged 37, of this Parish and Mary Morel widow of Henry Boyd, aged 36, of St Laurence Jersey were married 28 September 1851 ( Town Church page 184 ).

Death: 25 Oct 1853, Martin Bienvenu, parents Pierre Bienvenu and Elizabeth Lynton Martin, aged 39, of Bouet, Commis du Baillif( Bailiff's clerk), Maladie interieure ( Greffe 57/2158 ).

Burial: Martin son of Peter Bienvenu. and Elizabeth Lynton Martin his wife, died 20 Oct 1853 and buried 22 Oct 1853, born Guernsey, aged 39 year 4 months ,. ref: B117 Z see 1925 ( Candie 2757/2647).

ref 99-157. Martin also was a sailor who sailed around the world in a cargo vessel calling in at Auckland, NZ, on the 14th Jan 1860 and leaving on 14th March 1860 having come from Three Kings Island and sailed for Hong Kong.

Sources

"England and Wales Census, 1841," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/M7WM-SWZ : accessed 9 June 2016), Martin Bienvenu, St Peter Port, Guernsey And Adjacent Islands, Channel Islands; from "1841 England, Scotland and Wales census," database and images, findmypast (http://www.findmypast.com : n.d.); citing PRO HO 107, The National Archives, Kew, Surrey.

"Channel Islands Births and Baptisms, 1820-1907," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/FGY6-BMT : accessed 9 June 2016), Martin Bienvenu in entry for Jean-Cochrane Bienvenu, 20 Aug 1846; citing Guernsey, Channel Islands, reference 42; FHL microfilm 473,983.

• Fact: Residence (1841) St Peter Port, Guernsey And Adjacent Islands, Channel Islands
• Fact: Residence (1851) St Peter Port, Guernsey And Adjacent Islands, Channel Islands
• Fact: Occupation The Bailiff'S Clerk

Sources

• "Family Tree," database, FamilySearch (http://familysearch.org : modified 19 January 2017, 23:54), entry for Martin Bienvenu(PID https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/4:1:KDSJ-KGX); contributed by various users.