This is page 2 of 5 tracing the history of the Jones family who came from Much Wenlock in Shropshire, near the England/Wales border. We suspect, but cannot definitively trace, Welsh origins. If you have a connection to any individual or family featured here, or if you want to leave us your feedback, tap or click the icon to contact us . Browse by clicking the previous page/next page buttons or following the numbered (e.g. [2]) or parental ([Parents]) links.

3. Jonathan William JONES [ Parents ]. Born 1858 in Forster Street, Walsall, Jonathan died 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 about 1860 in Owston. It is not known when she died. They had the following children, all born in Knossington and baptized in St Peter, Knossington: (1) Jane Ellen , born 1883 and baptized 30/4/1884. (2) William Osman [ 5 ] . (3) Frederick Richard [ 6 ] . (4) Fanny Elizabeth , born 29/1/1888 and baptized 15/7/1888. Fanny died 1971, in Brixworth, Northamptonshire, age 83. In 1915, when Fanny was age about 26, she married Caleb Henry CHAPMAN (known throughout his life as Henry, 1884-1959) in Plomesgate, Suffolk. (5) Stanley Jonathan [ 7 ] . (6) Jessica Mary , born 1893 and baptized 10/12/1893. Jessica emigrated to Canada on board the "Saxonia" that sailed from London to Halifax, Nova Scotia, arriving there 30 March 1920. She accompanied her brother Frederick Richard Jones, his wife and children. (7) Geoffrey Charles Harris [ 8 ] .  (8) John Henry [ 9 ] . 4. Richard Williams JONES [ Parents ]. Born 18/3/1863 in Forster Street, Walsall,  Richard died 18/3/1907 on his 44th birthday 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 age 28, he married Mary LILLYWHITE , daughter (according to the marriage certificate) of Stephen LILLYWHITE , a gardener, in the Parish Church (All Saints), West Ham. Mary’s birth date and her parents’ identity are a mystery. The census records suggest an 1864 birth year in Brentford; the age on her death certificate indicates an 1864 birth as well. However, there is no trace of a birth registration in the GRO birth index. Further research indicates that Mary may be linked to a large Brentford based Lillywhite family, father Thomas, mother Ann Donovan, although the deceased father on her marriage certificate was given as “Stephen”. 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’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 involved working with horses. James Goater was a “carman” - a common name at the time for a driver of horse drawn vehicles. Maybe he was the link that brought Richard and Mary together. Mary died 17/10/1897 at 51 Meeson Road, West Ham, age 33, little over a month after her daughter Elizabeth’s birth. Cause of death certified by R. Bringsley Hunt LRCP as “Peritonitis 6 days. Cardiac Syncope”. Richard registered the death, and his daughter’s birth, on the same day. They had the following children: (1) Richard Joseph [ 10 ] . (2) Lillian Mary , born 5/12/1893 in West Ham and baptized 31/12/1893 in All Saints, West Ham. (3) Herbert Henry [ 11 ] . (4) Elizabeth May , born 14/9/1897 in West Ham and baptized 24/10/1897 in All Saints, West Ham. On 7/12/1898, when Richard was age 35, he married Mary Ann MAYHEW , daughter of Alfred MAYHEW , a labourer, in All Saints, West Ham. Mary Ann was born about 1864 in Dagenham and died 29/3/1901 at 51 Meeson Road, West Ham, age 37, two days before the 1901 census. Cause of death certified by E. S. Galbraith LRCP as “Phthisis following parturition” (tuberculosis following childbirth). We have so far been unable to trace the child who, we assume, died shortly after birth as it does not appear in the 1901 census. Mary Ann was buried 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. Between 1901 and 1907, Richard may have married Ann, who is described as his widow on his death certificate and in her 1911 census entry. However, we have been unable to find a marriage in the GRO index.