Hi Peter
I too have looked in 1881 for either Roger Jones and cannot see
them.......How do you know that Roger Jones senior was born prior to
1852.....do you have him in any census at all, maybe the 1871?
Where does it give his place of birth in the census returns that you
have.....
I have looked for a baptism in Llandebie parish church, but not one for a
Roger Jones...
Let me know Pauline
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Sent: 22 January 2010 16:24
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Subject: [CMN-L] Roger Jones
Hi
I wonder if someone can help me with my brick wall. I have taken my maternal
grandfather back to 1690 but I just can't seem to make much headway with my
paternal grandfather.
His name is Roger JONES and when he married my Grandmother, Elizabeth LEWIS
of Brynamman on 29 May 1892 in Llandebie, he was a Collier and allegedly
aged 20 (ie born c1872).
I say allegedly because whilst this ties in fairly well with the 1901 (aged
27) and very well with the 1911 (aged 39 born in the Rhondda, Glamorgan) I
have not been able to find a suitable Roger born in Wales c1872? Nor have I
been able to locate him on either the 1881 or the 1891.
Strangely, I can't find any trace of his father either. He was also called
Roger JONES and would have been born sometime before 1852.
I have a note of my Grandfather's siblings from a deceased family member's
memory but I know nothing more about them other than the fact that Sarah
Jane JONES married a James POWELL. The other siblings are Rees and Morgan
JONES.
Roger JONES (c1872) was wounded in WW1 and he was left with a shaking arm
and head as a result. He lived with his wife Elizabeth at 32 Harold St
Tirydial, Ammanford until he died around about 1934. I can remember going to
that house in the 1940's and being given some of the home made toffee that
my grandmother always seemed to have available for us children.
Grandmother Elizabeth was well known up and down the Valley for the home
made ointments she used to sell. Her most famous one being the burn ointment
she sold to the Tinplate and Iron Workers. Hence she was known as Mrs Jones
Yr Eli, or Mrs Jones the Ointment.
If anyone else knows about or is researching this family I would very much
appreciate finding out something more about these grandparents.
Peter Jones - now living in Hornchurch Essex
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