NameGeorge William de Carteret AKA Le Caouain,, 2719
Birth DateApr 3, 1869
Death Date1940 Age: 70
Spouses
Marr Date1894
Marr PlaceSt Peter Jersey
Family ID1089
*New [OCCU] notes for George William de Carteret AKA Le Caouain,
Farmer Norman language journalist and writer Jersey
He was secretary of the Jersey Farmers Union.-
Notes for George William de Carteret AKA Le Caouain,
George William de Carteret, (1869 St Peter, Jersey - 4 September 1940), was a Norman language journalist and writer from Jersey.
Working as a farmer in St Peter, George William de Carteret wrote, under the nom de plume Le Caouain (the owl), a great number of articles each Saturday for Les Chroniques de Jersey. Le Caouain purportedly lived with his wife, Marie Hibou in the attic of the printshop and flew round the parish halls reporting on parochial politics.
G. W. de Carteret also wrote under the nom de plume of G.W. de C.. Although the bulk of his writings were in prose, he wrote some poems for the Eisteddfod as well as theatrical dialogues for performance.
He was secretary of the Jersey Farmers Union.