4th May 1907
Measles outbreak at the boys’ home
Measles infected 35 residents of the Jersey home for boys in what came to be described variously as an “epidemic” or “plague”. Six of the boys subsequently contracted pneumonia, perhaps from spending too long laying down, and their treatment was extended further. A thanksgiving service was held at Gorey Church once all the boys had been declared well.
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Other events that occured in May
The Queen Mother names a new lifeboat
- Queen Elizabeth, The Queen Mother, visited Jersey to officially name the island’s new lifeboat Thomas James King.
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Methodist minister Jean de Quetteville is born
- Jean de Quetteville took Methodism from Jersey to Guernsey but the locals on the neighbouring island weren't initially keen to hear him preach.
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US mayor John Bailhache is born in Jersey
- Although John Bailhache was born in Jersey, at St Ouen, he’ll be better remembered as the Mayor of Columbus after his appointment in 1835.
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Disco doorman is sentenced to death for murder
- The Royal Court sentenced a 23-year-old man to hang for the murder of Judith Harris, who had been found battered in an alley.
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