Thomas Gosselin's servants

From Thomas Gosselin's Livre des domestiques depuis 1811, in the Library collection.

 

Came	Name	Discharged
1811 January 24	Grace	1811 3 August
1811 July 8	Betsey from Mrs Brabazon	1811 10 November
1811 November 11	Betsey Batiste¹	1812 8 February
1812 March 2	Marie Guilbert²	1814 2 June
1812 February 10	Betsey Catts	1821 26 March: 'she left us to live with her Father & Mother.'
1815 September 11	Marie Marquand	11 September 1820: 'she left us to be married.'
1820 September 4	Susan Martin	15 April 1821: 'she left us on account of ill health.'
1821 March 26	Hannah Effort	26 June 1821
1821 June 27	Mary Mauger	20 January 1823: 'she left us to be married.'
1821 October 8	Kitty Martel	1 November 1823
1823 January 20	Martha Guilbert	13 June 1825: 'she left us to be married.'
1823 November 1	Betsey Catts	5 August 1824: she left us to live with her Father & Mother.'
1824 August 16	Rachel Le Page	21 May 1825: 'she left us to go and reside with her friends.'
1825 April 1	Betsey Batiste	7 April 1827: 'discharged her on account of sickness.'
1825 June 9	Betsey Chidlay	6 April 1826
1826 August 28	Susan Batiste	28 April 1828
1827 November2	Mary Le Page	28 April 1828
1828 March 1	Mary Goslin	20 October 1828: 'left us.'
1828 April 1828	Mary Huray	28 November 1828
1828 April 16	Betsey Batiste	-- April 1829
1828 October 22	Susan Lihou	20 July 1835: 'she left us to be married.' 'To Susan's nephew, January 1 1835, £1 by gift.'
1829 October 26	Patty Robin	26 March 1830
1829 March 2	Martha Priaulx	24 June 1830: 'she left us to be married.'
1830 16 June	Anne Cornhill	13 May 1835: 'she left us to live at Major Baynes'.'
1830 June 28	Anne Simmons	30 October 1830
1830 October 24	Marie Le Cheminant	10 January 1831: 'discharged her on going to Holland.'
1831 August 30	Anne Cole³	31 March 1832
1832 June 9	Maria Cornhill	13 October 1832: 'she sailed for Brixham on Sunday 14 October 1832.'
1832 October 20	Marie Gallienne	-- January 1834: 'discharged by Joshua during our stay at Rotterdam about January 1834.'
1834 June 2	Sarah	14 August 1834: 'she left us to return to the Misses Dobrée with whom she had resided on their return from Madeira.'
1834 August 14	Maria Cornhill	25 May 1835: 'she left us to live at Mrs Phillips', an English lady residing in Ross Place.'
1835 May 25	Sophie Marquand	27 August 1839: January 4 1836, she became cook at Ten pounds a year.'
1835 June 22	Rachel Guilbert	22 December 1835: 'January 1 1836, £1 to cash paid her for New Years's gift, altho' she had left us being sick.'
1836 January 4	Mary Le Page	3 March 1836
1836 March 3	Sarah Wilman	2 April 1844
1839 August 29	Betsey Catts alias De Jersey	29 May 1844: 'she came to live with us on 29th August 1839 for £12 a year, beside £1 a year for New Year's gift. I also agreed to give her £2 a year for her children whilst she lives with us and until they can maintain themselves.' 'Left on account of illness and not able to do the usual work of the house.'
1843 September 21	Judith David	She came to live with us as nursery maid for 13 guineas a year.'4
29 April 1844	Martha Poidevin	25 May 1844: 'she left on account of ill health.'
1844 May 30	Jane Rankler	Long-term servant, still working for the household in 1876, when the ledger ends.
1844 June 26	Mary Anne Williamson	17 September 1844
1844 October 10	Jane Smith	1 December 1849: 'she came to live with us at £12 guineas a year as cook.'
1844 November 26	Mrs Jury (wet nurse)	19 March 1845: 'she left us ... the boy being weaned at 4 months.'
1845 March 19	Nancy Rabey	9 October 1850: 'she came to live with us as under nurse for £7 10/- a year: she left us to go home to resume her trade of needlework.'
1849 December 1	Charlotte Du Port	3 March 1855: 'she left us on account of having a bad hand.'
1850 October 9	Sophia Martin	20 May 1854: 'she came to live with us as under nurse and working servant: she left us to go home.'
1855 March 19	Anne Stockdale	8 November 1858: 'she left us to be married: gave her a tea caddy worth 12/6.'
1858 November 8	Mary Galey	22 January 1872: 'she came to live with us as cook: she left us to nurse a sick niece of hers.'
1872 March 25	Margaret Girard	Long-term servant, still working for the household in 1876, when the ledger ends.

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¹ 'She came to live with my Grandmother, & we had engaged a Judith on 11th November 1811 at seven guineas a year, but my Grandmother & us exchanged servants by agreement.'

² 'She came to live part of the time with my Grandmother & afterwards with us.'

³ 'April 2. Paid Mrs Mitchell for 3 nights and 2 days' board & lodging before embarking 3/9d.' Pasted-in note: 'Guernsey 31st March 1832. Received of Mr T Gosselin seven shillings for the passage of Anne Cole by the Unity to Brixham. [Signed] George Cornhill. In TG's Hand: 'The Unity sailed on Sunday 1st April at 8 o'clock in the morning, with Ann Cole on board.' Gosselin has also written in the account book: 'Sent her from whence she came by the Unity, Captain Cornhill, for Brixham, paying 7/- for passage.'

⁴ 'April 9 1844: Harriet's first tooth. [Paid Judith David] 5s.' 'July 22 1845. Fred's first tooth. [Paid Judith David] 5s.' Loose note: '15 April 1846. Lent her for equipping her son going to sea, £5. 4th March 1847: on her offering me this day payment of the five pounds, I told her that she might keep them, and consider her quarter's wages of £3.13.6 due the 21st as paid to her. [She still owed the remainder.]'