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In our family the main surnames are Jacquinet, Courtoy or Jerkins (from England, Australia and America) and all are the same because the original surname was Jacquinet, from Jussey, Haute Saone, 70, France. Courtoy was an alias, and Jerkins, is the anglicized Jacquinet phonetically...and the story is so long and unbelievable you wont think it is true.
MY RESEARCH
I began investigating my Jerkins family history in 1998, only to learn that ‘Jerkins; as a surname began in South Australia only in 1841. Through a series of trials and brick walls
ie: my great grandfather’s Will which had his name as William Thomlinson Courtoy Jerkins I gradually learnt of his mother’s name, then our connections with Courtoy.
In 2003 Ron Courtoy of London purchased the entire file on John Courtoy from the PRO England. These papers revealed more information. I have slowly made contact with the living of most lines, in Australia and America and now have in excess of 2000 names, all descendants of John Courtoy.
In 2004 I spotted the family tree of Edme Jacquinet, at www.geneanet.com and as I already knew of Claude Jacquinet and Ann Constant being the grandparents of Nicolas Jacquinet I was able to join the trees together.
I am in the process of putting everything I have onto a CD so it can easily be sent to everyone who wants a copy. I will write up each family story if I have it but if you would like to do your own family story, and save me the effort, I would be most grateful.
I know a lot about some of the names and not a lot about others. The project has been very much a combined effort,
cousins, unknown cousins and kind strangers have been
involved and my grateful thanks to everyone, especially Gail Irwin, Lauris Crampton and Ron Courtoy, because without their willingness to get involved most of this would have remained buried under the dust of time.
LINKS
http://www.rootsweb.com/
has most of the names but no stories.
The site contains a search engine but to protect the privacy of the living not everyone is listed – please contact me direct. bushnook@optusnet.com.au
MESSAGE BOARD
I invite you to leave a message on the genealogy forum for Courtoy at the following website. http://genforum.genealogy.com/courtoy/
I encourage everyone to get involved as this is not just my family tree, it belongs to all descendants – who will, one day, be grateful that the hard work is complete.
Judy Jerkins
42 Laughtons Road
Lakes Entrance
Victoria Australia
email bushnook@optusnet.com.au or bushnook@hotmail.com
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