Origin of Surname
This name is a diminuitive form of grand, the French for large, so the original Grandin must have been a big man.
It has been suggested that the name may be a shortened form of Grandison, a surname from Switzerland, which was well-known in Jersey when Otto de Grandison, a Swiss, was appointed Lord of the Isles in 1275 by his friend Edward I, when he became King of England and had to relinquish the title he had been given by his father Henry III. However, this is unlikely. Otto only visited Jersey once very late in his 53-year tenure, and it is believed that the surname Grandin was not present in the island until the early 16th century.
Early records
The first baptisms were recorded in St Brelade in the 1560s, but Grandins were living in several parishes in the 16th and 17th centuries.
- Nicholas Grandin, born in Trinity in 1526, married Guillemette Cabot of the same parish in 1551
- Nicholas Grandin, born in St Lawrence in 1560, married Collette Le Quesne, daughter of Philippe and Cardine Le Cornu
- Thomas Grandin, born in St Ouen in 1616, married Rachel Syvret in 1620
- Thomas Grandin, born in St Mary in 1672, married Esther Le Vesconte
Variants
- Grandin, 1528
- Grindin, this is a separate family but there are undoubtedly some church records for which the name has been wrongly recorded one way or another
Famous family members
Lilian Grandin, born in St Helier in 1876 (a commemorative plaque on the building where she was born gives the date as 1896, but commemorative stamps were issued by Jersey Post Office in 1976 to commemorate the centenary of her birth), was Jersey's first woman doctor. She went to China as a Methodist missionary, where she met and married journalist Edwin John Dingle. She died in 1924 of typhus after setting up a clinic and leper colony in Yunnan province.
Family records
Family trees
- Descendants of Jean Grandin
- Descendants of Philippe Grandin and Marguerite Cabot
- Descendants of Pierre Grandin
- Descendants of Samuel Grandin and Jeanne Richardson
Church records
- Grandin baptisms in Jersey
- Grandin marriages in Jersey (groom)
- Grandin marriages in Jersey (bride)
- Grandin burials in Jersey
Family histories
- Charles George Grandin, bigamist in Australia
Great War service
Occupation records
Family wills
Burial records
Family photo album
J Grandin was a Jersey Celtic defender in the 1900s
This picture supposedly shows Louisa Grandin, nee Allix, wife of John Elias Grandin, with son Richard John, born in 1882 and daughter Violet, born in 1885. However, Richard John was born in 1892 and did not have any younger sister, so the identity of both children must be open to speculation
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Family businesses
1905
C D Grandin's Albert Stores was on the corner of Burrard Street and Grove Place in the mid-19th century
1895
1899
1903 advert
1915
1915
Drain cover still in place in 2020 - Picture courtesy of Jersey Temps Passe
1927
1896
Family gravestones
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Almorah cemetery
Almorah cemetery
Almorah cemetery
Almorah cemetery
Almorah cemetery
Almorah cemetery
Almorah cemetery
Old Mont a l’Abbe cemetery
Old Mont a l’Abbe cemetery
Mont a l’Abbe cemetery
St Ouen parish cemetery
St Ouen parish cemetery
St Saviour
The grave of Great War casualty Charles Philip de Carteret Grandin at Trois Arbres Cemetery, Steenwerck, Nord
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