Not a typical post for my family tree blog, but felt like a pretty historic family moment to me! Just before 9am on 27 April 2025, I stepped out of my hotel into a sunny London Sunday morning, fully kitted out, ready to run and triple checked I had everything I needed. I wished another… Continue reading A Bouchet (née Allan) runs the London Marathon
I cry at movies….and this one in particular over the past year, since the passing of my much loved Grandma and Mother-in-law. If you haven’t seen the Pixar movie Coco, it is about a boy called Miguel who accidentally visits his family in the afterlife on Dia de Muertos, the Day of the Dead. The… Continue reading An ofrenda to my ancestors on el Dia de Muertos
My Grandma, Marian Carrick, nee Tobin, died a year ago on 29 October 2021. She was the most incredible woman. She was born into a generation that made the most of what they had and toughed it out. I’ve never known anyone else be able to make a whole meal out of an onion and… Continue reading Proud to be a Land Girl
Carrick is my mum’s maiden name. It originates from the border region between Scotland and the north of England – territory that changed hands many times over the centuries. Carrick is a habitational name meaning ‘rock’ from the Gaelic ‘carraig’. The surname was first found in Ayrshire and those who lived in the steep and… Continue reading Carrick Family Overview
Bouchet is my husband’s family name. The Bouchet name originates in the Champagne region but found mostly in Britanny and in the Alps. It is possibly derived from a nickname meaning ‘mouthpiece’ or ‘big mouth’ – no comment! Our family’s connection with the Bouchets is in the heart of Britanny, France, mostly Dinan and… Continue reading Bouchet Family Overview
Pierre Marie Jacques Bouchet was born in Dinan, Britanny, France on 9 July 1823. He was my husband’s Great Great Grandfather and the first Bouchet to live in Jersey. He arrived in Jersey in 1861 at a time when there was a regular influx of French agricultural workers coming to Jersey for the potato harvest.… Continue reading Pierre Bouchet – A reformed outlaw
The Tobin family are my mum’s mum’s family. The name can be traced back to France. Originally St Aubyne and it is believed that they migrated to Ireland during the Norman conquest. Tobin as we know it is an Anglicised form of the Gaelic name – Tóibín. The collapse of the textile industry in the… Continue reading Tobin Family Overview
Allan is my maiden name and my father’s family surname. It is a Scottish and Northern English surname. ‘Allan’ spelling rather than ‘Allen’ is typically Scottish. Lanarkshire in Scotland had the highest density of the Allan surname in the 1800s but our Allan family originates from Banffshire in the Highland region of Scotland. The Allan… Continue reading Allan Family Overview
Two of my husband’s ancestors were Governors of the Bank of England. Given that my day job has often required me to pay attention to macro economics, which more often than not helped cure my insomnia, I found this particularly interesting. Matthews Beachcroft and Samuel Beachcroft are my husband’s 6th Great Grandfather and 7th Great… Continue reading The Bank of England and the Beachcrofts
Whisky drinkers all over the world know the name Dalwhinnie. A single malt with a flavour which has branded it as one of the best in the world and known as the gentle spirit. If you have ever visited the distillery you’ll know that it and the tiny village next to it, are the only… Continue reading Dalwhinnie – the gentle spirit
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