My late mother remembers her great grandmother Jane from about the age of 3 and remembers that she spoke French as well as English (coming from the Channel Islands)
Jane Harvey was born in about 1850 in Alderney, Guernsey, the daughter of Elisha Harvey. [1]
She married John Martin on 26 September 1874 at St Peter's church, Frampton Cotterell, Gloucestershire.[2]
In 1881 she was with her father and 2 children in Barrow in Furness, Lancashire.[1]
Research Notes
My late mother remembers her great grandmother Jane from about the age of 3 years old, she remembered she spoke French as well as English. (Being from the Channel Islands)
Sources
↑ 1.01.11881 Census:
"1881 England Census"
Class: RG11; Piece: 4293; Folio: 15; Page: 23; GSU roll: 1342025; ED, institution, or vessel: 28 Ancestry Sharing Link (free access) Ancestry Record 7572 #12134379 (subscription required, accessed 27 November 2022)
Jane Martin (31), married daughter, in household of Elisha Harvey (58) at 84 South Row, Barrow in Furness in Barrow In Furness registration district in Lancashire, England. Born in Alderney, Guernsey, Channel Islands.
↑Marriage:
"Bristol, England, Church of England Marriages and Banns, 1754-1937"
Bristol Archives; Bristol, England; Bristol Church of England Parish Registers; Reference: P.fc/R/3/D Ancestry Sharing Link (free access) Ancestry Record 61686 #92175131 (subscription required, accessed 27 November 2022)
Jane Harvey (24) marriage to John Martin on 26 Sep 1874 in Frampton Cotterell, St Peter, Gloucestershire, England.
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