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Seeking birthdate of gg grandmother Catherine Jones who was born at Ffestinog around 1829
- 1833, and any information regarding her parents. Her father was Evan Parry Jones, a
wheelwright/undertaker, her mother was Gwen Pugh.
In the 1851 Ffestiniog Census, father Evan is listed as Evan Parry, wheelwright, widower.
Along with daughter Catherine, age 19, and her future husband John Jones.
Catherine Jones and John Jones were married near Ararat, Victoria, Australia in 1857.
Witnesses to the marriage were Edward Jones and Robert Roberts. Edward Jones, born
Ffestiniog around 1831, was a half brother to Catherine Jones, his father being Edward
Parry Jones, and mother Winifred Roberts.
John and Catherine Jones went across to New Zealand in 1866, and settled at Ross, West
Coast. John died at Ross in 1890, and Catherine in 1915. They had four daughters, Jane,
Margaret, Winifred and Ellen.
Ron McPherson.