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Dear List,
I am researching the Jones line of my family which to date has proved quite
difficult.I have a William Jones born Midsomer Norton Somerset in 1851 and
after 1871 he seemed to just disappear.I have found a couple of William
Jones's born about the right time frame in MN but the fathers turn out to be
not the right ones.After scrolling through page after page of census records
the other day I think I may have found a possibility living in Nant y
glo,Aberystruth Monmouthshire in 1901.This William was born in MN in 1851
and was a coalminer like mine (and probably all the others as well) and was
married to a Rachel and they had 4 children,the eldest 21 so I am presuming
he married about 1878 or there abouts.On looking up Ancestry I put in
William Jones born 1851 MN marrying Rachel in about 1871-1884 in the area
they were in in 1901 and came up with 2 possibles and 1 probable.
1 was William Jones marrying in the 1st quarter 1875 at Crickhowell
Breconshire Monmouthshire to Rachel Hopkins and the 2nd marrying in the 2nd
quarter at the same place in 1876 to a Rachel Leek. Another whom I'm not
sure as there were 4 names on the page and the Rachel Yates may have been
marrying a William Jones or the other chap listed.They were married in the
1st quarter 1875.
Is there anyone on the list who may be able to do a look up to see if the
father of these William Jones's is listed .My Williams father was Joseph
Jones.
I know I have found records before where the marriage lists the fathers of
both parties but for the life of me I can't find them this time.Any help
would be appreciated.
Regards,
Elaine Skehan,
Victoria,Australia.