In a message dated 08/11/2009 12:01:08 GMT Standard Time, christelhelen@yahoo.co.uk writes: Can anyone tell me the parents of a Griffith Jones baptised in Brandon & Byshottles, in 1884? He is registered in the last quarter of that year. Sorry, I don't currently have access to 1891 census or the baptism ... >From the 1891 Census: Source Citation: Class: RG12; Piece: 4098; Folio 14; Page 22; GSU roll: 6099208. Father George Jones b 1855 Weischam, Denbighshire, Wales. Mother Sarah b 1854, same place. Siblings: Edward,Fanny,George,Margaret,Elizabeth,& Charlotte. Griffith's Army Pension record (only 2 pages) is online, gives his enlistment & discharge address in 1920 as 29 Cooper St,Sunderland Road, Gateshead. Name: Griffith Jones Estimated Birth Year: abt 1884 Age at Enlistment: 35 Birth Parish: Brandon Birth County: Durham Document Year: 1919 Regimental Number: 89603 Ancestry.com. British Army WWI Pension Records 1914-1920 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: The Generations Network, Inc., 2007. Regards Hazel "Life is a roller-coaster...........just got to ride it!"
Dear Hazel Thank you so much! That was much more than expected! I presume that the father was a coal miner come up from Wales to Durham ... Is that because jobs were scarce in Wales or expertise needed in Durham ? ... Christel --- On Sun, 8/11/09, WHRutherford@aol.com <WHRutherford@aol.com> wrote: > From: WHRutherford@aol.com <WHRutherford@aol.com> > Subject: Re: [NMB] Griffith Jones 1884 > To: northumbria@rootsweb.com > Date: Sunday, 8 November, 2009, 12:37 > > > In a message dated 08/11/2009 12:01:08 GMT Standard > Time, > christelhelen@yahoo.co.uk > writes: > > Can anyone tell me the parents of a Griffith Jones > baptised in Brandon & > Byshottles, in 1884? He is registered in the last quarter > of that year. > Sorry, I don't currently have access to 1891 census > or the baptism ... > > > >From the 1891 Census: > Source Citation: Class: RG12; Piece: 4098; Folio > 14; Page 22; GSU roll: > 6099208. > > Father George Jones b 1855 Weischam, Denbighshire, Wales. > Mother Sarah b 1854, same place. > Siblings: > Edward,Fanny,George,Margaret,Elizabeth,& Charlotte. > > Griffith's Army Pension record (only 2 pages) is online, > gives his > enlistment & discharge address in 1920 as 29 Cooper > St,Sunderland Road, Gateshead. > Name: Griffith Jones Estimated Birth Year: abt 1884 Age > at Enlistment: 35 > Birth Parish: Brandon Birth County: Durham Document > Year: 1919 Regimental > Number: 89603 > Ancestry.com. British Army WWI Pension Records 1914-1920 > [database > on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: The Generations Network, Inc., > 2007. > > Regards > Hazel > > > > "Life is a roller-coaster...........just got to ride > it!" > > > The NORTHUMBRIA FAQ page is located at http://www.bpears.org.uk/NorthumbriaFAQ/ > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to NORTHUMBRIA-request@rootsweb.com > with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the > subject and the body of the message >