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
Bogroy is the centre of the universe for my Dalgetty family. It is a farm in the small village of Tore on the Black Isle in Ross and Cromarty in the Highland region of Scotland, just across the Kessock Bridge from Inverness. The name comes from the Scottish Gaelic “Bòg Ruadh” meaning “Reddish-brown bog.” The most… Continue reading Bogroy – Centre of the Dalgetty universe
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