10. S. J. Le Rossignol, Historical Notes (Local and General) with special reference to
the Le Rossignol Family (and its connections in Jersey), Trowbridge, (1917). The
mere existence of this book indicates the importance of Robert’s family in
Jersey. http://catalogue.jerseyheritage.org/collection/Details/archive/110303
472/.
11. From Philip Falle’s, History of Jersey, published about 1734.
12. G. R. Balleine, Some Jersey Surnames: Their Origin and Meaning. Societé
Jersiaise Bulletin, (1940), http://members.societe-jersiaise.org/whitsco/
balleinenam.htm. A number of the following references also have the root
address ‘members.societe-jersiaise.org/whitsco/’ which is the home page of
Mr. Tony Bellows who maintains the site for historians of Jersey and
genealogists. I am grateful to Mr. Bellows for his help.
13. Edith however had a substantial provenance herself. She was connected by
marriage to Mr. James Marcus Major who, as a Partner to Mr. Charles
Godfray, was connected to the ‘Old Bank’ in Jersey, a merchant banking
business run from a house in Gorey Harbour in the sailing ship days when
the harbour was one of Jersey’s main trading centres. Le Rossignol, op. cit.
(note 10), p. 135. Today ‘Old Bank house’ is a hotel. http://www.
oldbankhousejersey.com.
14. The reverend Ragg’s account is here in more detail; Alban E. Ragg, A Popular
History of Jersey, (1896). http://members.societe-jersiaise.org/whitsco/wragg0.
htm.
15. The Société Jersiaise, 7 Pier Road, St. Helier, Jersey, JE2 4XW. http://societejersiaise.org/index.php.
16. According to ‘The Historical Notes …’, Le Rossignol, op. cit. (note 10),
p. 128, Austen’s name, ‘Clement’, derived from Augustin’s great aunt Mary,
who married one ‘P. Clement’. Apart from Robert, the children all had
middle names derived from either Augustin or Edith’s family. Robert, like his
father, had just one given name, but he was later to introduce the ‘middle
name convention’ to his own children.
17. Over the next twenty years the Le Rossignols are recorded at 2 Cassiana
Plaisance and 2 Caesarea Place both on St. Saviour Road, the modern day A7
from St. Helier. Some say the address derives its name from the Roman
Antonius, who in AD 300 called the island ‘Caesarea Insula’ (‘Caesar’s
Island’). These addresses were probably one and the same and no longer exist
having been demolished and re-developed. According the Societé Jersiaise the
site where they once stood is now an extension (car park) to a hotel. Those
properties which remain have been largely converted into apartments, however they show that the Le Rossignol house was a fine Victorian property.
Many other members of the Le Rossignol family were also living off St.
Saviour Road at the time.
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the Le Rossignol Family (and its connections in Jersey), Trowbridge, (1917). The
mere existence of this book indicates the importance of Robert’s family in
Jersey. http://catalogue.jerseyheritage.org/collection/Details/archive/110303
472/.
11. From Philip Falle’s, History of Jersey, published about 1734.
12. G. R. Balleine, Some Jersey Surnames: Their Origin and Meaning. Societé
Jersiaise Bulletin, (1940), http://members.societe-jersiaise.org/whitsco/
balleinenam.htm. A number of the following references also have the root
address ‘members.societe-jersiaise.org/whitsco/’ which is the home page of
Mr. Tony Bellows who maintains the site for historians of Jersey and
genealogists. I am grateful to Mr. Bellows for his help.
13. Edith however had a substantial provenance herself. She was connected by
marriage to Mr. James Marcus Major who, as a Partner to Mr. Charles
Godfray, was connected to the ‘Old Bank’ in Jersey, a merchant banking
business run from a house in Gorey Harbour in the sailing ship days when
the harbour was one of Jersey’s main trading centres. Le Rossignol, op. cit.
(note 10), p. 135. Today ‘Old Bank house’ is a hotel. http://www.
oldbankhousejersey.com.
14. The reverend Ragg’s account is here in more detail; Alban E. Ragg, A Popular
History of Jersey, (1896). http://members.societe-jersiaise.org/whitsco/wragg0.
htm.
15. The Société Jersiaise, 7 Pier Road, St. Helier, Jersey, JE2 4XW. http://societejersiaise.org/index.php.
16. According to ‘The Historical Notes …’, Le Rossignol, op. cit. (note 10),
p. 128, Austen’s name, ‘Clement’, derived from Augustin’s great aunt Mary,
who married one ‘P. Clement’. Apart from Robert, the children all had
middle names derived from either Augustin or Edith’s family. Robert, like his
father, had just one given name, but he was later to introduce the ‘middle
name convention’ to his own children.
17. Over the next twenty years the Le Rossignols are recorded at 2 Cassiana
Plaisance and 2 Caesarea Place both on St. Saviour Road, the modern day A7
from St. Helier. Some say the address derives its name from the Roman
Antonius, who in AD 300 called the island ‘Caesarea Insula’ (‘Caesar’s
Island’). These addresses were probably one and the same and no longer exist
having been demolished and re-developed. According the Societé Jersiaise the
site where they once stood is now an extension (car park) to a hotel. Those
properties which remain have been largely converted into apartments, however they show that the Le Rossignol house was a fine Victorian property.
Many other members of the Le Rossignol family were also living off St.
Saviour Road at the time.
1 Robert Le Rossignol
33