Margaret Rachel Bailey-Guernsey

[JakeMcGhee]

Good Evening everyone,

I have been looking into my Fathers side of the family, and digging deeper into the family based in Guernsey, My Great x4 Grandmother (Margaret Rachel Bailey/Taverner was born in Guernsey, but spent the majority of her life on the mainland of The UK, the one piece of information I struggled to find was her birth record, I have her marriage record to my Great x4 Grandfather, and her Death certificate, where she is always listed as Margaret, on her Death certificate her parents are listed as James Bailey and Margaret Lapage/Lepage, and that in 1904 she was 67 years old, making her birth either 1836 or 1837, I am aware that her Fathers name was actually Thomas Bailey, as stated on her two marriage records (she remarried after my Great x4 Grandfather passed) but today I came across a Baptism on the Island of Guernsey, in 1836, for a Marguerite Rachel Bailey to a Thomas Bailey and Marguerite le page, this is almost certainly in my mind my Great x4 Grandmother, but I was wondering, would she have Anglicised her first name? as pretty much everything checks out apart from the first name (even the middle name)

Kind regards,
Jake

[amondg]

Of course she could, or those that heard her name wrote as Margaret.

[amondg]

1841 St. Peter Port, Guernsey

Thomas Bayley 44  Seaman
Margaret  39
Margaret   4
Thomas R   3

1851 Census  Back Street.
Margaret Bailey   49 widow  Charwoman
Margaret   14
Thomas   12

[amondg]

Thomas Bailey married Marguerite Le Page by license 9 September 1829 Castel, Guernsey.

He is son of Robert.

Ref FindMyPast

[Neale1961]

Yes, French names were anglicised.

1841 census Guernsey, St Peter Port, High Street
Thomas Bayley 44 Seaman born Guernsey
Margaret Bayley 39 born Guernsey
Margaret Bayley 4 born Guernsey
Thomas R Bayley 3 born Guernsey

1851 census Guernsey, St Peter Port, Back Street
Margaret Bailey widow 40 charwoman born St Peter Port
Margaret Bailey daughter 14 scholar born St Peter Port
Thomas Bailey son 12 Tobacconist apprentice  born St Peter Port

1871 census Guernsey, St Peter Port
Magaret Bailey 70 widow, charwoman, born Guernsey Castel

[carolgenealogy1970]

The 1836 baptism record for Marguerite Rachel Bailey, daughter of Thomas Bailey and Marguerite Le Page, is a strong match for your Margaret. It was very common for Guernsey natives to anglicize names like Marguerite to Margaret when moving to mainland Britain. Your great x4 grandmother consistently used "Margaret" in later life, which matches that pattern exactly. The 1881 census even lists her mother (Marguerite Le Page) as “Margaret Bailey” living with her in Glasgow – tying three generations together.

Good Evening everyone,

I have been looking into my Fathers side of the family, and digging deeper into the family based in Guernsey, My Great x4 Grandmother (Margaret Rachel Bailey/Taverner was born in Guernsey, but spent the majority of her life on the mainland of The UK, the one piece of information I struggled to find was her birth record, I have her marriage record to my Great x4 Grandfather, and her Death certificate, where she is always listed as Margaret, on her Death certificate her parents are listed as James Bailey and Margaret Lapage/Lepage, and that in 1904 she was 67 years old, making her birth either 1836 or 1837, I am aware that her Fathers name was actually Thomas Bailey, as stated on her two marriage records (she remarried after my Great x4 Grandfather passed) but today I came across a Baptism on the Island of Guernsey, in 1836, for a Marguerite Rachel Bailey to a Thomas Bailey and Marguerite le page, this is almost certainly in my mind my Great x4 Grandmother, but I was wondering, would she have Anglicised her first name? as pretty much everything checks out apart from the first name (even the middle name)

Kind regards,
Jake