Origin of surname
The surname Robert is derived from the baptismal name.
The name is very common in Normandy and is said to derive from the Germanic 'Hrodberht', a combination of hrod- meaning 'glory' and -berht, meaning 'brilliant'.
It is believed that the name may have been adopted by the Norsemen as they spread south and established themselves in many parts of Europe, including Normandy, and that it spread from France to England after the Norman Conquest and from France to Jersey at about the same time.
Early records
The name features in island records as early as 1528, but there is a 1340 record for the variant 'Rober'.
The first recorded baptism in Jersey was in St Ouen in 1654, and the family remained largely in the western parishes of St Ouen and St Mary throughout the 17th and 18th centuries.
Variations
- Robert, 1528
- Rober, 1340
- Roberts
- Robertson
Family records
Family trees
- Descendants of Thomas Robert
- Descendants of Thomas Robert and Jeanne Chevalier
- Descendants of Denis Robert
- Descendants of Pierre Robert
- Descendants of Pierre Robert and Rachel Gibaut
Church records
- Robert baptisms in Jersey
- Robert marriages in Jersey (groom)
- Robert marriages in Jersey (bride)
- Robert burials in Jersey
Newspaper records
Great War service
Family wills
Burial records
Family homes
- Belle Vue, St Mary
Family album
Mary Ann Robert (1850-1929). Born in Jersey, the daughter of Pierre Aime Robert (1816-1895) and Nancy, nee Dolbel (1823-1900), she married John Bennett Hollis (1850-1929) at the Dolbel Household, Taradale, Hawkes Bay,NZ in 1878 where they had 11 children. Mary Ann and her sisters emigrated to NZ in the early 1870s.
Family businesses
Family gravestones
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