Jersey Archive: Contract from 14th Century returned by Canada
Jersey Heritage said the collection first came to its attention when Herb Reynolds, a Canadian descendant of the Pallots, contacted the archive last year.His family had emigrated to Canada with a number of documents relating to the Pallot, de Gruchy and Giffard families in Jersey.In the 1970s they were donated to the University of Alberta alongside more recent family material relating to Canada.
'Gathering clouds'
Other highlights from the collection include the 1502 will of Mathieu de Gruchy of Trinity, records relating to Adèle Haarseth, nee Pallot, from her military nursing career, a biography of the three Pallot brothers' time as pioneer settlers in Canada in the 1900s and correspondence that gives a "vivid sense of the gathering of the clouds before the Second World War and the Occupation".Mr Reynolds said the family was encouraged to return the collection to the island after meeting Jersey historian Guy Dixon, who has researched the de Gruchy family.He said it led his family to understand their history and "ignited our interest in returning the records to Jersey where we feel they will be better cared for and appreciated".
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