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Jersey may have lots of Le Cornus, Le Gallaises and Houiellebecqs – but there have been some more unusual ones over the years, as Jersey Heritage pointed out this week.
So who had the names of Brain, Goodenough and Toogood?
Jersey Heritage took a look back through the archives...
... incurred a one-pound fine in 1894, having been arrested for an "unprovoked assault".
... died in Havre des Pas in 1931. The funeral director's report gives "Anthony" as his last name.
Perhaps a traveller from the Arthurian world, Lancelot arrived in Jersey in 1916.
A travel permit gives his age as "18 1/2" and his occupation as "seaman".
Perhaps a model of humility, Nancy was married at the Town Church in 1876.
Douglas's will and testament are in Jersey's archive. Originally from New Zealand, he lived in St Brelade.
He did not pass his middle names down to his son.
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