Hello Terry,
Thank you for your kind offer of help.
So far I have Walter William JONES born about 1824 in Holywell, died 22
Jan 1871 in Llandudno, Min y Don. His father was William JONES, also a
shoemaker. Unfortunately there seems to be no record of Walter's burial
either thro' Llandudno MIs or Caernarfon Lookups.
Walter was married twice. His second wife Mary ROBERTS was born in
Llandrillo, Denbighshire (I believe there are two places of this name).
They had five boys: Thomas Owen, John, Roger Perris, David Llewelyn and
Evan. I have Mary living at 3 Min y Don in 1871 and 1881 but at 4 Min y
Don 1891, nothing in 1901.
I do not know for sure who Walter's first wife was. I have a birth cert
for a William Walter JONES (hoping he is my GGF) in 1854 Toxteth Park,
father Walter William, mother Eleanor BARKLEY. There is a marriage of
an Ellen BERKLEY to a Walter JONES on 12 May 1853 Wrexham. A bit of
straw-clutching I know but all the censuses, marriage certs and death
certs have the right age and occupation for Walter but I still would
prefer some more corroboration.
Although not on the 1871 index I have managed to find a William Walter
JONES a lodger in Llanbeblig aged 16 born Liverpool 1854.
At the moment I have a two-pronged search. The first is to discover who
Walter's first wife was. The second is to pin down Walter's PoB in
Holywell. I have some parish records for Holywell for the 1824 period
but Walter does not show on them. Perhaps SKS would know if there are
any other church records for the period 1820 - 1830.
Sorry about going on at such length.
Kind regards,
Roger
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From: THJ [mailto:tchj@btinternet.com]
Sent: 07 March 2005 22:40
Hello Roger,
I spotted your Jones query on the Flintshire List. Although I have
four
separate Jones families in my tree, none are from Holywell.
I live in Lancashire and visit N Wales fairly often. I'll see what I
can
find out about your Walter.
Terry Haslam-Jones
>
>The only information I have so far is:
>
>Walter William JONES born Holywell about 1824, died 1871 Llandudno.
>Occupation Boot & Shoemaker.
>
>His father was William JONES, also a shoemaker.
>
>Regards,
>
>Roger Jones
>Holland
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