Category: Jersey

A Bouchet (née Allan) runs the London Marathon
Allan · Bouchet · Jersey

A Bouchet (née Allan) runs the London Marathon

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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

Pierre Bouchet – A reformed outlaw
1800s · Bouchet · France · Jersey

Pierre Bouchet – A reformed outlaw

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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