Hello Listers! Searching for any descendents of Edward JONES and Isabella SCOTT from the Forst of Dean in the 19th c. Edward was a 'tinman' born in Lydrook. Isabella was the daughter of a forgeman at Lydbrook. They were married at English Bicknor in 1842 and moved around a good deal. Their children were: *Edward JONES born 1843 Lydbrook, Gloucestershire Isabella JONES born abt 1845 Wolverhampton, Staffordshire *Edmund James JONES born 1847 Hartlebury Worcestershire Mary JONES born abt 1850 Hartlebury Worcestershire Sarah JONES born abt 1852 Hartlebury Worcestershire *Absolom JONES born 1854 Birmingham, Warwickshire Susannah JONES born abt 1857 Parkend, Gloucestrshire *Adeline JONES born abt 1859 Parkend, Gloucestrshire Louisa Ann (possibly Lois Ann) JONES born abt 1866 Parkend Gloucestershire Belinda JONES born abt 1869 Parkend, Gloucestershire Amazingly, great-grandchildren of four of these JONES siblings (see names with *) have found one another in the last 2 or 3 years and are cooperating on a combined research effort from New Zealand, Canada and England. And we are making progress! We'd like to find out about the rest of the other (not starred) siblings. If this is your family please contact us. Good hunting, Lorraine Victoria, BC Canada

"L. Toleikis" wrote: > > Hello Listers! > > Searching for any descendents of Edward JONES and Isabella SCOTT from the > Forst of Dean in the 19th c. Edward was a 'tinman' born in Lydrook. > Isabella was the daughter of a forgeman at Lydbrook. > > They were married at English Bicknor in 1842 and moved around a good deal. > > Their children were: > > *Edward JONES born 1843 Lydbrook, Gloucestershire > Isabella JONES born abt 1845 Wolverhampton, Staffordshire > *Edmund James JONES born 1847 Hartlebury Worcestershire > Mary JONES born abt 1850 Hartlebury Worcestershire > Sarah JONES born abt 1852 Hartlebury Worcestershire > *Absolom JONES born 1854 Birmingham, Warwickshire > Susannah JONES born abt 1857 Parkend, Gloucestrshire > *Adeline JONES born abt 1859 Parkend, Gloucestrshire > Louisa Ann (possibly Lois Ann) JONES born abt 1866 Parkend Gloucestershire > Belinda JONES born abt 1869 Parkend, Gloucestershire > > Amazingly, great-grandchildren of four of these JONES siblings (see names > with *) have found one another in the last 2 or 3 years and are cooperating > on a combined research effort from New Zealand, Canada and England. > And we are making progress! > > We'd like to find out about the rest of the other (not starred) siblings. > If this is your family please contact us. > > Good hunting, > > Lorraine > Victoria, BC > Canada > > ==== ENG-GLOS-FOREST-DEAN Mailing List ==== > There's a new mailing list for the Lost Conections web site > [email protected] , dont forget http://www.lostconnections.co.uk for all your UK needs, try out the chatroom on our new look site > > ============================== > Visit Ancestry's Library - The best collection of family history > learning and how-to articles on the Internet. > http://www.ancestry.com/learn/library Lorraine My FOD JONES: John JONES m (1697 Newland) Dorothy BIRT Dorothy b1702 Newland Hannah b1703 Newland Elizabeth b1712 Newland Richard b1713 Newland d 1746 Newland Richard JONES m Elizabeth ? Elizabeth b1728 Newland Samuel b1737 Newland d1767 Newland Samuel JONES m (1758 Newland) Mary HARRIS Mary b1759 Newland d1835 Newland Anne b1763 Newland Mary JONES m 1787 John CONSTANT My grandmother Elizabeth Jane CONSTANT was a great grandaughter of Mary JONES and John CONSTANT. It would be interesting to know if any of the various JONES lines hook up further back. In the Autumn 1994 edition of Forest Footsteps the Journal of the defunct Royal Forest of Dean Family History Society the following appeared on p8: "BETTY AND COLIN JONES have presented the Society with a large box containing what appears to be the records of all the Jones families that have ever lived in the Forest. We are very indebted to them both. It may be a long job to present the data in a form accesible to all members but in the meantime it is going to our librarian Bob JONES for appraisal." I would be greatly interested to hear from anyone on the mailing list who might have any clues as to the fate of this large box. Gordon Morley Orleans Ontario

Gordon Morley wrote:- > "BETTY AND COLIN JONES have presented the Society with a large box > containing what appears to be the records of all the Jones families that > have ever lived in the Forest. We are very indebted to them both. It > may be a long job to present the data in a form accesible to all members > but in the meantime it is going to our librarian Bob JONES for > appraisal." > > I would be greatly interested to hear from anyone on the mailing list > who might have any clues as to the fate of this large box. Yes indeed, and the rest of the records too. Members were promised that details of the records disposal would be forwarded to them. We were also promised a refund of subscriptions, which had only just been paid when the Society folded. I'm still waiting. Maybe a complaint to the FFHS would be appropriate. =============================== David Steel <[email protected]> Adelaide, South Australia keeper of the Gloucestershire Surnames List at <http://www.tpg.com.au/users/dsteel/glsnames.htm> =================================================