Guernsey Butchers : Tardif

Origin

The Tardif family from Jerbourg, St Martins were one of a small number of long-established Guernsey families to become butchers.

Family

Abraham TARDIF married Charlotte MARTIN

• Abraham TARDIF ( 1817 - ? )
• Peter TARDIF ( 1822 - ? )
• Charlotte TARDIF ( 1824 - ? )
• Joseph TARDIF ( 1827 - ? ) m. Jane BARTLETT
  • Jane Charlotte TARDIF
  • Joseph John TARDIF
  • Rachel Jane TARDIF
  • Maria Elizabeth TARDIF
  • Frederick Nicolas TARDIF ( 1859 - ? ) m Emma
    • Emmeline TARDIF ( 1895 - ? )
    • Charles TARDIF ( 1897 - ? )
• Nicolas TARDIF ( 1831 - ? )
• Charles TARDIF ( 1833 - ? )
• Eliza TARDIF ( 1838 - ? )
• Rachel TARDIF ( 1841 - ? )

(people in bold were butchers)

Earliest Mention in Guernsey

• The TARDIF family have long been established in Guernsey (see Donkipedia)

Stallholdings

• Joseph TARDIF was granted a butcher's license in 1869
• In 1874, he occupied stall 26 in the Meat Market
• By 1888, he occupied stalls 26 and 27 in the market, one of only four butchers to do so.
• His son, Frederick applied for a butcher's license in 1888, and had a stall in the market into the 20th century. By 1911, he had relinquished his stall and became a Fruit Grower.

Residence

• Joseph Tardif lived at Les Maindonneaux, St Martins.
• He moved to Calais Village at Jerbourg in the 1870s.

Links

• Tardif family tree - at Tracey Holmes' web site