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The Jones Family of Much Wenlock, Shropshire
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1. William JONES. All that is known at present is that William was a grocer, chemist and druggist and married Anne. There is no trace of a marriage for them in the Much Wenlock parish registers.
They had the following children, all baptized in Much Wenlock, Shropshire:
i. Thomas, baptized 18/7/1802.
ii. William, baptized 3/9/1803.
iii. Mary, baptized 25/8/1804.
iv. St John, baptized 21/11/1806.
v. Sarah, baptized 7/6/1809.
vi. Anne, baptized 23/7/1811.
vii. Elizabeth, baptized 15/10/1813.
viii. William, baptized 5/12/1815.
ix. Alice, baptized 3/3/1819.
x. Joseph [2] (1821-1864)
 2. Joseph JONES [Parents]. Baptized 8/4/1821, Much Wenlock, Shropshire. Joseph died 26/11/1864 age 43 in Forster Street, Walsall, Staffordshire. Cause of death certified as “Diseased Liver, Phthisis” (in other words, Tuberculosis). Mary Ann Brown of Warwick Street, Walsall was in attendance and registered the death on 28/11/1864. Joseph’s occupation: Journeyman Saddler.
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A journeyman was one who served his apprenticeship in a trade and worked as a fully qualified employee. The term originated in the medieval trade guild regulations; it derives from the French journee (”a day”) because journeymen were traditionally paid daily.
Each guild normally recognized three grades of worker - apprentices, journeymen, and masters. As a qualified tradesman, a journeyman might have become a master with his own business but most remained employees.
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Joseph first married unknown. She died before 1854. It is not yet known whether they had any children.
On 25/9/1854 when Joseph was 33, he second married Elizabeth WRIGHT, daughter of Jonathan Wright & Jane Buzzard at the Parish Church, Knossington, Leicestershire. Elizabeth was baptized on 6/11/1825 in Knossington, Leicestershire and died there on 4/6/1895, age 69. Cause of death given as “Abdominal Abscess”, certified by W. Wear MRCS. Jane Elizabeth Harris registered her mother’s death on 5/6/1895. Jane’s address given as 4 Agar Street, Strand, London.
Elizabeth had the following child (father unknown):
i. Frederick Wright, born 1848.
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Harriet Jones and Tom Mould had the following children:
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Joseph and Elizabeth had the following children:
i. Harriet, born quarter ending June 1855 Walsall, Staffordshire and baptized 13/7/1856 in Knossington, Leicestershire. It is not known when she died. In the quarter ending September 1877, when Harriet was age 22, she married Tom Henry MOULD, son of Henry MOULD and Catherine CARTER. Born quarter ending March 1854 in Skeffington, Leicestershire, it is not known when Tom died.
ii. Jane Elizabeth, born quarter ending March 1857 in Walsall, Staffordshire. Baptized 31/3/1868 in Knossington, Leicestershire, age about 11. In 1884 when Jane Elizabeth was 24, she married Henry HARRIS, son of Henry HARRIS & Harriet LAMBERT, in Tunbridge, Kent. Born about 1860 in Brenchley, Kent. Occupation: Plumber and painter; Manager of house decorators.
iii. Jonathan William [3]
iv. Joseph, born 1861, Walsall, Staffordshire. Joseph does not appear in the 1871 (or later) census so it is assumed he died sometime before 1871.
v. Richard Williams [4] (1863-1907).
3. Jonathan William JONES [Parents]. Born quarter ending June 1858 in Forster Street, Walsall, Staffordshire. Jonathan died in the quarter ending March 1923 in Oakham, Leicestershire, age given as 64. Occupation: general agricultural labourer.
On 16/1/1883, when Jonathan was age 24, he married Ellen HARRIS, daughter of William HARRIS and Rebecca CULPIN in Owston Parish Church, Leicestershire, with the Rector of Knossington, J. H. M. de Mowbray, officiating. Ellen was born quarter ending March 1860 in Owston; it is not known when she died.
They had the following children, all born Knossington, Leicestershire:
i. Jane Ellen, born quarter ending December 1883.
ii. William Osman [5]
iii. Frederick Richard, born quarter ending September 1886.
iv. Fanny Elizabeth [6]
v. Stanley Jonathan, born quarter ending March 1891.
vi. Jessica Mary, born quarter ending September 1894.
vii. Geoffrey Charles Harris, born quarter ending June 1896. In the quarter ending June 1923, when Geoffrey was age about 27, he married Phyllis M BROWN in Leeds, Yorkshire.
viii. John Henry, born quarter ending December 1899.
4. Richard Williams JONES [Parents]. Born on 18/3/1863 in Forster Street, Walsall, Staffordshire. Richard Williams died on his 44th birthday - 18/3/1907 - at 17 Evesham Road, Stratford. Cause of death certified as “Emphysema Bronchitis Syncope” by P Sullivan LRCP. Occupation: Tram car/stage carriage driver.
On 30/4/1891 when Richard Williams was 28, he married Mary Ann LILLYWHITE in the Parish Church, West Ham, Essex.
Mary Ann’s date of birth and her parents are a mystery. Census records suggest an 1865 birth year in Brentford, Middlesex, However, there is no trace of a birth registration at the Family Records Centre.
Further research indicates that Mary may have belonged to a large Brentford based Lillywhite family, father Thomas, mother Ann Donovan. This couple’s daughter, Elizabeth, born about 1860 in Brentford, married a James Goater in 1882.
James Goater appears as a witness to Richard and Mary Ann’s marriage in 1891. Richard Jones was a tram car/stage carriage driver and as a young man was employed as a groom. All these occupations involve working with horses. James Goater was a “carman” - a driver of horse drawn vehicles. Maybe he was the link that brought Richard and Mary Ann together.
Mary Ann died at 51 Meeson Road, West Ham on 29/3/1901, age 37, two days before the 1901 census. Cause of death certified by E S Galbraith LRCP as “Phthisis following parturition” (in other words TB following childbirth). Buried on 2/4/1901 at West Ham Cemetery, Forest Gate in, according to the current Cemetery Superintendent, an unmarked public grave, the precise location of which was not recorded and is now lost.
They had the following children:
i. Richard Joseph [7] (1892-?)
ii. Lillian Mary, quarter ending December 1894, West Ham.
iii. Herbert Henry [8] (1895-1942)
iv. Elizabeth May, born 14/9/1897, West Ham. Elizabeth’s mother Mary Jones, formerly Lillywhite, was described as “deceased” on the birth certificate, even though she did not die until 1901.
Between 1901 and 1907, Richard may have married Ann, who is described as his widow on his death certificate. However, there is no record of a marriage for Richard and Ann in the GRO marriage index between these dates.
5. William Osman JONES [Parents]. Born 4/2/1885 in Knossington, Leicestershire. It is not known when William died. Occupation: Grocer’s porter (1911).
On 21/3/1906, when William was age 21, he married Elizabeth Jane NEALE, daughter of George and Sarah NEALE, in Somerby, Leicestershire. Elizabeth Jane was born quarter ending December 1881 in Somerby. It is not know when she died.
They had the following children:
i. George Osman [9] born quarter ending June 1908 in Somerby, Leicestershire.
ii. Mabel Abigail, born quarter ending June 1910 in Somerby, Leicestershire.
6. Fanny Elizabeth JONES [Parents]. Born quarter ending March 1888 in Knossington, Leicestershire. Fanny Elizabeth died in 1971, age 83.
In the quarter ending March 1915, when Fanny was age about 26, she married Caleb Henry Caleb CHAPMAN (known as Harry) in Plomesgate, Suffolk. Born quarter ending September 1884 in St Olave, Southwark, Caleb died about 1959, age 74.
They had the following children:
i. Caleb, born quarter ending June 1915 in Plomesgate, Suffolk.
And 4 other children who are thought to be still living.
7. Richard Joseph JONES [Parents]. Born 16/3/1892, 51 Meeson Road, West Ham. Occupation: Clerk at time of marriage. Later railway goods yard manager, Glasgow Central Station. It is not known when Richard Joseph died.
On 15/10/1921 when Richard Joseph was age 29, he married Mabel Thomasine DALLADAY, daughter of Thomas DALLADAY, a shoemaker, .at St Swithin’s Church, Hither Green, London.
Mabel Thomasine was born quarter ending March 1896 in Woolwich, London. It is not known when Mabel Thomasine died, or whether she and Richard Joseph had any children.
8. Herbert Henry JONES [Parents]. Born 26/9/1895 at 51 Meeson Road, West Ham. Herbert Henry died in the City Hospital, St Albans, Hertfordshire on 27/6/1942, age 46. Buried in Hatfield Road cemetery, St Albans, Hertfordshire. Occupation: Commercial traveller (1922). Meter reader for electricity company (1942). Cause of death: Peritonitis; Perforated ulcer of colon; Intestinal obstruction.
The birth certificate records HERBERT HENRY. His marriage and death certificates, and cemetery record, show HENRY HERBERT. The reason for the switch is unknown, but one possibility exists. Herbert's aunt, Jane Elizabeth Jones married Henry Harris. His brother (so Jane's brother in law), born about 1868, was Herbert Harris. If, as is suspected, Herbert Jones was brought up by Jane and Henry after his parents' deaths, he may have been known as HENRY to avoid confusion with Herbert Harris. In addition, Henry Harris had a nephew, Herbert Leslie Harris, born 1900. A case of one too many Herberts...?
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Herbert Henry Jones fought at Mons in 1914. Regiment 1/20 London, later Royal Engineers. An Army pass dated 28 February 1915 states ”No. 1405 (Rank) Pte (Name) Jones H. H. has permission to be absent from his quarters from 6.30 am to 9.45 pm 28 Feb 1915 for the purpose of proceeding to London. (Station) St Albans. J.J. Bell Capt Commanding no. 3 coy.”
Another Army pass (Army Form B295) dated 19 February 1919 states: “No. 1 Regiment R.E. No 198851(Rank) Spr. (Name) Jones has permission to proceed from Dover for the purpose of proceeding to Hither Green. (Station) Dover. Departure section. Disposal Unit. Dover.”
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On 11/2/1922 when Herbert Henry was age 26, he married Doris Esther HARRIS, daughter of Frederick George HARRIS & Esther Rose BURRIDGE, at Holy Trinity Church, Penge. Born on 1/8/1892 in St Albans, Herts, Doris Esther died in Peacehaven, Sussex on 7/1/1968, age 75.
They had the following children:
i. Betty Doris [10] (1922-2003)
ii. Peter Leslie [11] (1926-2002)
And 1 other who is still living.
9. George Osman JONES [Parents]. Born 28/4/1908 in Somerby, Leicestershire. George died died 27/12/1956 at the Royal Infirmary in Leicester, age 48. Occupation: Engineer’s fitter.
On 3/6/1933, when George was age 25, he married Gertrude COOK at the Parish Church, Melton Mowbray, Leicestershire. Gertrude was born 12/10/1910 in Melton Mowbray and died there 9/2/1993, age 82.
They had the following children:
i. Ralph (1936-2009)
And 2 others who are still living.
10. Betty Doris JONES [Parents]. Born 22/11/1922 in Lewisham, London. Betty Doris died on 12/4/2003, age 80. Buried on 24/4/2003 at Marston Lane cemetery, Bedworth, Warwickshire.
In the quarter ending March 1951, when Betty was age 28, she married Donald W HAYWARD at St Peter’s Church, St Albans, Hertfordshire. They had 1 child who is still living.
Betty second married Arthur CULLIMORE. They had no children.
11. Peter Leslie JONES [Parents]. Born 17/2/1926 in Lewisham, London. Peter Leslie died in George Eliot Hospital, Nuneaton on 26/9/2002, age 76. Buried on 7/10/2002 in Marston Lane cemetery, Bedworth, Warwickshire.
In the quarter ending December 1951, when Peter was age 25, he married Florence PITT in Coventry, Warwickshire. It is thought that Florence was born in 1922 in Walsall. The couple were divorced in the 1960s and had no children.
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Peter Jones was evacuated from London during WW2 to Chilham, Kent. He served in the Airborne Division during WW2 and took part in the parachute drop over the Rhine with the 6th Air Landing Brigade. Later, he was a Sergeant in the Royal Military Police in Trieste, Italy. After leaving the army, he worked for an undertakers. He was Industrial fire officer, and later security officer, for Armstrong Whitworth and later Hawker Siddeley, Rootes, Chrysler Talbot, Jaguar. Peter retired in 1986.
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