John Jones

1848 - 1924  (76 years)

• Name	John Jones  [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12]
  Birth	1848	N W, Flintshire, Wales   [2]
  Born	13 Jan 1848	Flint, Flintshire, Wales   [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 11, 12]
  Gender	Male
  Birth	1850	Bolton, Lancashire, England
  Residence	1851	Flint, Flintshire, Wales   [12]
  	Relation to Head of House: Son
  Occupation	1861
  	Bricklayer's labourer
  Residence	1861	Flint, Flintshire, Wales   [2]
  	Relation to Head of House: Son
  Moved	Abt 1871	Flint, Wales to Manchester, England
  Residence	1871	St Peter, Bolton, Lancashire, England   [7, 11]
  	Relation to Head: Son
  Occupation	1881
  	Bricklayer
  Residence	1881	27 Cardiff Street, Harpurhey, Manchester, Lancashire, England   [6]
  Residence	1881	Great Bolton, Lancashire, England
  Moved	Between 1884 and 1887	Manchester to Bolton, Lancashire, England
  Occupation	1891
  	Bricklayer
  Residence	1891	16 Baythorpe Street, Little Bolton, Bolton, Lancashire, England   [3]
  	Relation to Head: Head
  Occupation	1901
  	Bricklayer
  Residence	1901	94 Grosmere St. (?), Little Bolton, Bolton, Lancashire, England
  Residence	1901	Bolton, Greater Manchester, Lancashire, England   [4]
  	Relation to Head of House: Head
  Residence	1911	Bolton, Lancashire, England   [8]
  Immigration	1912	to Hamilton, Wentworth County, Ontario, Canada
  Arrival	1913  [5]
  Religion	Methodist
  Residence	1 Jun 1921	Hamilton, Wentworth, Ontario, Canada   [5]
  	Residence Religion: Methodist; Marital Status: Widowed; Relation to Head: Father
  Died	26 Apr 1924	Hamilton, Wentworth, Ontario, Canada   [1]
  	diabetus
  Buried	29 Apr 1924	Hamilton Cemetery, Hamilton, Wentworth, Ontario, Canada
  Person ID	I8294	Brown Genealogy
  Last Modified	26 Sep 2026

  
  

  Father	William Jones,   b. 1819, Flint, Flintshire, Wales ,   d. Abt 1853, Flint, Flintshire, Wales  (Age 34 years)
  Relationship	natural
  Mother	Jemima Williams,   b. 1819, Flint, Flintshire, Wales ,   d. UNKNOWN, Lancashire, England
  Relationship	natural
  Married	8 Dec 1844	Mold, Flintshire, Wales   [13, 14, 15, 16]
  Family ID	F2353	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Eleanor (Ellen) Evans,   b. 1847, Rhuddlan, Flintshire, Wales ,   d. Dec 1912, (or 1913) at sea between England and Canada  (Age 65 years)
  Married	2 Jul 1871	Cathedral, Manchester, Lancashire, England   [9, 16, 17]
  Children	1. Daniel Jones,   b. 1869, Bolton, Lancashire, England ,   d. Sep 1874, Flintshire, Wales  (Age 5 years)  [natural]   2. John Evans Jones,   b. May 1870, Manchester, Lancashire, England ,   d. UNKNOWN  [natural]   3. William Thomas Jones,   b. 8 Jun 1874, Manchester, Lancashire, England ,   d. 27 Jan 1918  (Age 43 years)  [natural]   4. Daniel Jones,   b. 1876, Manchester, Lancashire, England ,   d. UNKNOWN  [natural]   5. Sgt. Richard Evan Jones,   b. 6 Nov 1879, Harpurhey, Manchester, Lancashire, England ,   d. 1 Sep 1936, Kingston, Frontenac, Ontario, Canada  (Age 56 years)  [natural]   6. Elizabeth Ann Jones,   b. 30 Jul 1882, Manchester, Lancashire, England ,   d. 24 Jan 1918, Hamilton, Wentworth, Ontario, Canada  (Age 35 years)  [natural]   7. Harriet Ellen Jones,   b. Abt Dec 1887, Bolton, Greater Manchester, Lancashire, England ,   d. Aug 1906, Bolton, Greater Manchester, Lancashire, England  (Age 18 years)  [natural]
  Last Modified	26 Sep 2026
  Family ID	F2361	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  No birth record has been found for John, however his death record shows his parents as "William Jones and Jemima Williams." Harriett Jones (John's granddaughter) recalled that John was born in 1848 in Flintshire, Wales, with parents: Richard Jones and Unknown Williams. Census records also indicate Flint as his birth place. John's death certificate gives his parents' names as William Jones and Jemima Williams. It also says that he had resided in Ontario for 60 years at his time of death, which is impossible. In 1851, John was residing on Parish Lane in Flint, Flintshire, Wales, with his parents William and Jemima and his older brother William. About 1853, when John was about 5 years old, his father died of unknown causes. In July 1854, when John was 6 years old, his mother remarried to George Griffiths. In 1861, at age 13, John was residing with his mother, Jemima Griffiths, and brother, William Jones, at 7 Duke Street in Flint, Flintshire, Wales. His step-father was not at home. Several other Jones families were living next door who could be William's siblings. Sometime between 1861-1871 John moved to Atherton (a suburb of Bolton, which is itself a suburb of Manchester), Lancashire, England. In 1868, John Jones and Ellen Evans had a son, Daniel, three years prior to their marriage. In May 1870, John Jones and Ellen Evans had a son, John, who was recorded as being 11 months old in the 1871 census on 2 Apr 1871. His birth was not registered until Jul-Dec 1871, after his parents marriage. In 1871, John Jones appears twice in the census. Firstly, at Bottom of Valenton Brown, Blackley, Lancashire, England, with his widowed mother, Jemima Griffiths, and half-sister, Harriet Griffiths. On 2 July 1871, at age 23, John Jones married at Manchester Cathedral in Manchester, Lancashire, England to Ellen Evans, age 25. They were both living at 196 Hamilton Street (a row house located in Atherton on the outskirts of Bolton), Manchester, Lancashire, England, at the time of their marriage. They already had two children. John was employed as a bricklayer. John's father's name was William, a coalminer, and Ellen's father's name was Thomas, a mariner. The mothers' names were not given. . As Ellen came from Rhuddlan, Flintshire, Wales, about 15 miles west of the town of Flint, it is presumed that John and Ellen met in Wales prior to moving to Manchester. Sometime between 1883-1887, John Jones moved his family to the town of Bolton, just outside Manchester (now a suburb of Manchester). Bolton was experiencing a similar industrial boom to Manchester, but being a smaller town was somewhat cleaner and subject to less corruption and exploitation. Somewhat less. In December 1912, John and Ellen Jones set sale for Hamilton, Wentworth, Ontario, Canada, having been preceded there in March 1907 by their son Richard Evan Jones and his wife, Annie Liptrot. Ellen died during the crossing and was buried at sea.

  
  

• Sources

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