GODFRAY LINE

GODFRAY LINE - JERSEY

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Generation 1 - JERSEY

Information researched by Elizabeth Greef 
with assistance from CIFHS & Pam Hislop.

Most events occurred in St Helier (St H), Jersey.

Jean GODFRAY + 25 October 1797 Marie LE VAVASSEUR DIT DURELL

Generation 2 - JERSEY

Children of Jean GODFRAY and Marie LE VAVASSEUR DIT DURELL:

§        Marie GODFRAY, bap. 8 August 1798 (Gp:. Me. Jean Deslandes & Marie Davau his wife - great-uncle and great-aunt)

§         Jean Philippe GODFRAY, bap. 3 October 1800  (St H) (Gp. Philippe Gautier et Jeanne Le Vavasseur dit Durell), + Elizabeth (Betsy) Esther MACHON, daughter of George MACHON & Elizabeth (Marie) PICOT

§         Philippe GODFRAY, bap. 14 February 1804 (St H) (Gp. Jean Deslandes & Elizabeth Davau his wife, representing Philippe Le Vavasseur dit Durell & Anne le Cras his wife (uncle & aunt)


Generation 3
- JERSEY

Children of Elizabeth (Betsy) Esther MACHON and Jean Philippe GODFRAY:

§         Elizabeth Marie GODFRAY, bap. 13 April 1828 (St H) (Gp. George Machon et Marie Le Vavasseur)

§         Marie GODFRAY, bap. 28 November 1830 (St H) (Gp. Charles Machon et Marie Mowatt)

§         Jean GODFRAY, bap. 11 November 1832 (St H) (Gp. Jean Francois Godfray et Catherine Angelique Elizabeth de Mitre)

§         Durell GODFRAY, bap.  3 January 1836 (St H) (Gp. George Charles Durell et Jane Grant), + (1) Harriet JOYCE? (2) Sarah STAMMER/S

§         Eliza GODFRAY, bap.  8 November 1837 (St H) (Gp. Henry Machon (oncle) et Miss Eliza Forbes)

§         Walter Frederick GODFRAY, b. 17 October 1841 (St H) (Gp. Me Jean Le Sueur & Mse Elizabeth Belford)


Generation 4
- JERSEY

Children of Durell GODFRAY and Harriet JOYCE?

§         Isabella ("Bella") GODFRAY, b.1863 (St H), + __________ COLE

§         Charles D. GODFRAY, b.1865 (St H) 

§         Henry J. GODFRAY, b.1867 (St H) 

§         William George GODFRAY, b. 1870 (St H), d. 2 March 1939, +Priscilla Angelina LE PREVOST, b. c1869, daughter of Mary BATTAM and Thomas LE PREVOST 

§         Edwin Walter GODFRAY, b. 1 September 1872 (St H) , d. 24 April 1906, + 5 November 1892 Laura Adeline LE PREVOST, b. 27 November 1871 (St H), daughter of Mary BATTAM and Thomas LE PREVOST 

§         Harriet Elizabeth GODFRAY, b. 1874 ( St H), + c1902 Albert William STEPHENS, b. c1875 - See STEPHENS line

Child of Durell GODFRAY and Sarah Stammers:

§        Mabel GODFRAY, + _______ BROWN


Generation 5
- JERSEY

Children of Edwin Walter GODFRAY and Laura Adeline LE PREVOST:

§         Violet Edith GODFRAY, b.2 November 1893 ( St H); d. 8 March 1980 Sydney, Australia, + 30 April 1920 James Henry Coutanche MARTIN, son of James John Pearce MARTIN and Edith Florence COUTANCHE

§         Edwin Joyce GODFRAY, b. 25 September 1894 (St H); d. 27 April 1971, + 1918 Aldershot, Eng.

§         William Durell GODFRAY (GODFREY), b. 21 August 1896 (St H), d. Oct. 1968 USA, + Kathleen DUFFY; moved to USA

§         Lilian Laura GODFRAY, b.18. August 1898 (St H); m. Earnest ALEXANDER 

§         Thomas Le Prevost GODFRAY, b. 10 August 1899 (St H); d. 27 October 1899

§         Priscilla May GODFRAY, b. 28 March 1901 (St H); d. 11 May 1978; + (1) Celestino DE CASTRO, (divorced) ,+ (2) Jack REEVES 

§         May Doris GODFRAY, b. 1902 (St H); moved to USA;+ (1) Richard STEPHENS, b. Jersey, + (2) Albert WATMOUGH - See STEPHENS line

§         Walter Thomas GODFRAY, b.  February 1905; d. 22 March 1906

 

Generation 6 - JERSEY, USA, UK

For children of Violet Edith GODFRAY & James Henry Coutanche MARTIN, see the MARTIN line.

Child of William Durell GODFRAY & Kathleen DUFFY:

§ Edward ("Eddie") GODFRAY, b. 28 January 1919, d. Sept. 1968 USA

Children of Lilian Laura GODFRAY:

§ One still living - Jersey

§ Maurice ALEXANDER

§ Sheila ALEXANDER

Child of Priscilla May GODFRAY & Celestino ("Tino") DE CASTRO:

§ Berenice DE CASTRO, b. 25 June 1928, d. 19 April 2001, England,  + Ettore ("Et" to the family, "Peter" in his professional life) BOITA, b. 25 August 1924, d. 17 October 1997, England.  Search The Internet Movie Database: www.imdb.com for "Boita, Peter" to see his movies.

Child of May Doris GODFRAY & Richard STEPHENS ( in USA):

§ Leslie STEPHENS, + Barbara

Generation 7 - UK

Child of Berenice DE CASTRO & Et BOITA:

§ Peter Charles BOITA, living, + 4 January 1974 (Lesley) Anne PRICE, living


Generation
8 - UK

Child of Peter BOITA & Anne PRICE:

§ Adam Peter BOITA, living


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