Origins of surname
There are two possible derivations of this English surname. The most likely is an occupational name for a 'caulker', who sealed the seams of ships with a mixture of rope fibres and pitch. Alternatively it may be a regional name for someone from Picardy in Northern France, a region adjoining Normandy, from which many of William the Conquerors followers came, thus introducing this name into England after the 1066 invasion
Early records
The first appearance of this surname in Jersey records was the baptism of Thomas Pitcher in St Helier in 1845. He was born in 1837, the son of Josiah and Jane Richard
Variations
- Pitcher
Family records
Church records
- Pitcher baptisms in Jersey
- Pitcher marriages in Jersey (groom)
- Pitcher marriages in Jersey (bride)
- Pitcher burials in Jersey
Family trees
Great War service
Pitcher family members who served in the Great War
- Reginald Arthur Pitcher (1899- ) (St H), son of Arthur Adolphus and Caroline Edith, nee Cullabine, Driver RFA
Notes on our list, abbreviations used etc
Occupation records
Family wills
These wills created by members of the family are now held by Jersey Archive. By visiting the archive site and using the names, dates and reference numbers shown here, it is possible to view a copy of each will. You will have to subscribe to the Archive's online service to do this. To find out more about this collection, which covers the period from 1663 to 1980, and how to search for your family's wills there, visit our Jersey wills page
- Pitcher : Arthur Adolphus , 15 Peirson Road, St Helier - 03/Feb/1945 , 14/May/1947 , D/Y/A/117/133
- Pitcher : Benjamin Jones , of Crewkerne, Somerset, England, now of St Lawrence - 21/Mar/1887 , 02/May/1887 , D/Y/A/46/86
- Pitcher : Benjamin Poulson , Unity Villa, Millbrook, St Lawrence - 28/Jul/1919 , 13/Nov/1942 , D/Y/A/110/23
- Pitcher : George Benjamin , of 21, Peirson Road, St Helier - 24/Mar/1959 , 16/Apr/1964 , D/Y/B1/79/13
- Pitcher : Grace Edith , widow of Alfred Reece and of Alfred John Carter, of Cornaways, Tower Road, St Helier - 10/Nov/1976 , 14/Feb/1978 , D/Y/B1/273/52
- Pitcher : Marion Emily , of 11, The Terrace, Flat 2, Grosvenor Street, St Helier Bequeaths to Lieutenant-Colonel Duncan St Vincent Gordon, the portrait of the late Air Commodore D Le Geyt Pitcher by Oswald Burley - 22/Aug/1951 , 21/Jan/1960 , D/Y/B1/57/43
- Pitcher : Maurice Charles , of La Chesnee, Trinity and formerly of Marita, Chasse Brunet, St Savour - 29/May/1969 , 03/Mar/1972 , D/Y/B1/171/22
- Pitcher : Minnie , nee Cullabine, widow of Benjamin Poulson Pitcher, of Bonita, Bel Royal, St Lawrence - 05/Dec/1945 , 29/Nov/1950 , D/Y/B1/7/32
Burial records
Family businesses
1948, just one of Arthur Adolphus Pitcher's businesses
Family album
Family gravestones
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