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Societies incorporated by Act of the States of Jersey: Jersey District Nursing Association including a booklet of local rules and the anual report dated 1939
Reference: B/A/W30/150/16
Date: 1940 - 1941

Petition to Major General E H Willis, Lieutenant Governor; Charles Edward Malet de Carteret, Bailiff and the States of Jersey from Samuel Falle and the Committee of the Jersey District Nursing Association requesting an Act of Incorporation to enable them to expand as an organisation. Presented by John Thomas Ferguson, Constable of St Helier, lodged au Greffe.

Will and Testament of Charles Bertram Messervy, Maison Herault, St Aubins, late of HM Customes, Port of Liverpool. Dated 25 January 1908. Codicil added 21 June 1913. Bequeaths to The Home for Aged & Infirm Women £200; to Dr Barnardos Home for Boys £200; to the Salvation Army, Jersey £200; to the Jersey District Nursing Association £200; to the Société Jersiaise £200. 1 booklet, 1 paper (in French)

Testament of John Richard Sinnatt, Le Chalet, Havre des Pas, St Helier. Dated 3 August 1923. Bequeaths to the Jersey Society for the Blind £500; to the Masonic Temple £5; to the Jersey District Nursing Association £5; to Dr Barnardos Home £5; to the Jersey District Nursing Association £5; to Dr Barnardos Home, Jersey £5; to the Jersey Female Orphans Home, £5; to the Little Sisters of the Poor £5; to the Salvation Army £5; to the Dean of Jersey for the poor £5; to the Benefits Society for Jersey Merchant Seamen £5 and to the Shipwrecked Fishermen and Mariners Royal Benevolent Society £5. Codicil added 4 June 1924

Testament of Leila Miriam Cooke, The Royal Hotel, David Place, St Helier, widow of Charles Bertram Messervy. Dated 7 February 1925. Bequeaths to The Home for Infirm & Aged Women £200; to Dr Barnardos Homes £200; to the Salvation Army £200; to The Jersey District Nursing Association £200; to the Société Jersiaise £200; to St Dunstans Hostel £1000; to the London Hospital £1000.

Testament of Sophie Elizabeth Osmont, Clydeshill, Havre des Pas, St Helier, widow of Joseph Henry Randall. Dated 20 October 1926. Bequeaths to the Jersey District Nursing Association £5.
Reference: D/Y/A/86/131
Date: 4 November 1926

Testament of Inverness John Bathe, 3 Hillside, Wellington Road, St Saviour. Dated 28 June 1919. Codicil added 31 March 1921 Codicil added 29 October 1924 Codicil added 28 August 1925. Bequeaths to the Jersey General Dispensary £50; to the Little Sisters of the Poor £50; to the Home for Infirm and Aged Women £50; to the Jersey District Nursing Association £50; to the Jersey Blind Society £50. Codicil added 8 February 1926.

Testament of Emmeline Augusta Barreau, 51 La Motte Street, St Helier. Dated 9 March 1922. Bequeaths to the Brompton Hospital for Consumption, London £1000; to the Royal London Opthalmic Hospital £500; to the Hospital for Sick Children, Great Ormond Street £500; to St Bartholomews Hospital £500; to Dr Barnardos Homes, London, £500; to the Jersey Branch of Dr Barnardos Homes £250; to St Thomas's Hospital London, £500; to the Jersey Blind Society £250; to St James Church, Jersey £200; to the Home for Infirm & Aged Women £200; to the RNLI £250; to the House of Help, Jersey £100; to the YMCA, London £500; to the Jersey Branch of the YMCA £200; to the Jersey Society, London £200; to the Société Jersiaise £200; to the Jersey Female Orphans Home £250; to the Jersey General Hospital £500; to the Christian Alliance of Women & Girls, Jersey £200; to the Seamens Home, Deptford £200; to Victoria College £100 for the Arthur Hamptonne Barreau Memorial Prize; to St Helier £400 for the upkeep of the Barreau and Hamptonne family graves. Codicil added 9 March 1922; to the London Hospital £500; to the Jersey District Nursing Association £500 Codicil added 31 March 1922; bequeaths to the Bailiff of Jersey £8000 to purchase paintings for the new Art Gallery Codicil added 26 September 1923; increases the legacy to the Jersey branch of the YMCA to £500 Codicil added 18 March 1924 Codicil added 29 March 1926

Testament of Gertrude Mary Samson of 9, David Place, St Helier. Dated 16 January 1928. Bequeaths to the Mother Superior of Maison St Marculf, The Limes, Green Street £200; to the Jersey Society for the Welfare of the Blind £100; to the Jersey Home for Aged and Infirm Women £100; £1500 on trust after the death of Emma Simmonds, the executor should realise the trust fund and distribute 2/3rds to the National Fund for Cancer Research and 1/3rd to Dr Barnardos Homes. Residue of personal estate: 1/3rd to the Jersey Maternity and Infant Welfare Centre, 1/3rd to the Jersey District Nursing Association and 1/3rd to the Royal Alfred Society/Mission for Aged Seamen.

Testament of Louisa Jane Romeril, 51 Great Union Road, St Helier. Dated 13 September 1922. Bequeaths all household furniture and linen to the Salvation Army. Residue of personal estate: 1/6 to Dr Barnardos Home; 1/6 to the Jersey General Dispensary; 1/6 to The Jersey Blind Society; 1/6 to the Jersey District Nursing Association; 1/6 to the Salvation Army Officers Retirement Fund; 1/6 to the Salvation Army Rescue Work. Codicil added 13 September 1922. Bequeaths to the Salvation Army Officers Retirement Fund and the Salvation Army Rescue Work £100 each.

Testament of Louisa Falla, 3 Temple Villas, Stopford Road, St Helier, widow of Theodore Le Gallais. Dated 12 April 1930. Desires to be buried in Almorah Cemetery. Bequeaths to the Rector and Churchwardens of St Saviour £200 for the poor; to The Home for Infirm & Aged Women £100; to The Jersey Blind Society £100; to The Jersey District Nursing Association £100.

Will and Testament of Evelyn Isabella Mary Burnet-Craigie, ''Easter Ogil'', Grouville. Dated 8 June 1936. Bequeaths ''Easter Ogil'' to William de Salis Bass; to the Grotain Hall Spiritualist Community, London, £25; to the Jersey District Nursing Association £25.
Reference: D/Y/A/99/124
Date: 30 November 1936

Testament of John Thomas Ferguson, 22 Great Union Road, St Helier. Dated 10 March 1933. Bequeaths to the Infant Welfare Centre £50; to the Jersey District Nursing Association £50; to the Jersey Blind Society £50; to the parish of St Helier £50 for the maintenance of the family grave at Mont-a-l'Abbé cemetery.
Reference: D/Y/A/102/50
Date: 15 March 1938

Testament of Irma Amélie Le Seelleur, 17 Landscape Grove, Mont Cochon, St Helier, widow of Herbert Edward Foard. Dated 14 May 1941. Bequeaths to the Vicar and Churchwardens of St Andrews Church £25; to the Jersey Dispensary & Infirmary £25; to the Jersey Clinic £25; to the Home for Aged & Infirm Women £25; to the Jersey District Nursing Association £25; to Brig-y-Don £25; to the Constable of St Helier's Charity Fund £25; to the General Hospital £25; to the Jersey Maternity & Infant Welfare Centre £25; to the Jersey Blind Society £50; to Marie Marguerite Trachy her mother's sampler dated 1852.

Testament of Sarah Kate Poore, 1 Trafalger Terrace, St Johns Road, St Helier. Dated 21 August 1940. Bequeaths to the Vicar and Wardens of St Simons Church, Jersey £200; to the Jersey Society for the Education & Welfare of the Necessitous Blind £100; to the Jersey District Nursing Association £100.
Reference: D/Y/A/111/32
Date: 21 July 1943

Testament of Laura Perree née Collas, Oaklands, St Saviour. Dated 9 June 1942. Bequeaths to the Jersey District Nursing Association, St Saviours Branch £300; to the Little Sisters of the Poor £300; £300; to the Jersey Branch of the Girls Friendly Society £300; to the Home for Infirm & Aged Women £300. Residue of personal estate to be divided equally between the Free Cancer Hospital, RNLI, Jersey Merchant Seamens Benefit Society Inc, and the Jersey Blind Society.