He explained that he was recently contacted by Mr Clark, with whom he became friends a few years ago through a joint interest in all things that fly.
He believed that this was their only connection until the e-mail from Mr Clark showed that there was actually a close connection between Mrs Clark’s family and the Le Sueur family.
‘His wife has been researching her family tree and has uncovered a linage that goes straight through Jersey and in particular the de la Haye family,’ said Mr Le Sueur in an e-mail to the JEP. ‘The possible link with my family history occurred with the marriage of Harriet Swan Le Sueur to George de la Haye on 20 December 1868.
‘George de la Haye was born in 1847 and from the information that has been uncovered we believe that Harriet and George had at least two children who were also called Harriet and George, George junior being born in 1870, though there is another George de la Haye who was born in 1875 (St Brelade) though as this is five years adrift and does not fit in with the rest of information/story.
‘Whichever George it is, he became the father of circa 17 children with a wife Florence Ann Fussell whom he married in 1899 in the Channel Islands and from another wife in Liverpool.
‘From what my friend has told me these relationships appear to have been concurrent although very little is known about the Liverpool connection. It is thought that George may have been a sea farer and that at some point one of his daughters featured in a Liverpudlian newspaper article with reference to her multiple brothers and sisters who all served in the three services during the wars.
‘If possible, through the JEP, my friend’s wife would like to contact any members of the de la Haye family, or descendants, who may be able to help her piece together the Jersey connection to her family history, and also give an insight or lead into the Liverpudlian line based on the limited information available.’
If anyone can help they can call Mr Le Sueur on 490120 or email him at kandidprints@gmail.com George de la Haye and his great granddaughter Jill Clark
