This in formation and photos have been supplied by Richard Hemery. Alice Mary's father was his great grandfathers brother

Alice Mary Hemery was wife of Charles Gosselin McMahon Wilder, who was Rector at Great Bradely  from 1870 - 1881. She was born in 1852 in Grouville Jersey Channel Islands, to a family descended from French Huguenots who emigrated to Jersey in 1685. 

Her great grandfather Clement Hemery born 1747 had fought  the French at the rank of Captain in the Battle of Jersey in 1781. In a famous picture of the battle by the American artist John Singleton Copley, Alice's great grandfather can be seen. He is in the centre of the picture, with the flagpole apparently coming out of his head: Copley sketched many of the soldiers in the painting from life. To view the picture click on this link. 

Her grandfather Clement born 1776 had been a successful merchant trading from Jersey.

Alice's father Peter Hemery born in 1813, was also a merchant, and became a Colonel in the Jersey Militia. He fought a duel in Jersey in 1840 with a Lieutenant Herbert 'over a lady'. There were no casualties. Five years later he married Frances Hunt, also known as Fanny. She was 10 years younger than him and born in Ireland. It is not recorded if she was the lady over which the duel was fought. They had five children, Clement William born in 1848, Emily born 1849, Alice Mary born 1852, Adela Frances born 1856, and Alexandra Violet born in 1863. In the 1861 Census the family's address is Lansdown House St. Lawrence, Jersey. 

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The photos below are circa 1866 and taken by the renown photographer Henry Mullins of Jersey (link). She would be 14, so just three years before her marriage.