Family of David JONES and Frances WATKINS

Birth Register David JONESRegistered at Crickenhowell on 21 May 1839 Volume 26 Page 290

Wales Census 6 June 1841 : Penrhys Llanhilleth Monmouthshire Parish Llanhilleth Emuneration District 24 Class HO107 Piece 743 Book 8 Folio 11 Page Number 13 Line 18 GSU Roll 438843 13

Wales Census 30 March 1851 : The Argoed Llanhilleth Monmouthshire District Pontypool : Sub District Pontypool Emuneration District 1a Piece 2449 Folio 13 Schedule 63 Page Number 18 18

Personal Knowledge David JONES Born/age 21 May 1839 on/during 1868 Stone Mason who possibly built cottages at Troedrhiwfuwch Provided by the Personal knowledge of Gail Denise BEMBRIDGE (JONES)

Wales Census 3 April 1881 : 17, High Street Troedrhiwfuwch Glamorgan District Merthyr Tydfil : Sub District Gelligaer Piece 5307 Folio 105 Page Number 6 6

Personal Knowledge David JONES Born/age 21 May 1839 on/during 13 October 1884 Died of Cirrhosis of the Liver Note by Gail Denise BEMBRIDGE (JONES) I have not found David on the 1861 or 1871 census, he could be working away somewhere with Joseph Palmer (husband of his sister Ann). In 1874 he must have been over at St. Dogwells because that is when his first daughter was born. I have not yet found a marriage there though. Frances was 19 in 1874, David was 35. In October 1884 when he died, his eldest daughter Elizabeth Anne (aged 8) registered his death. he is buried at Rhymney Churchyard along with his two youngest daughters, there does not appear to be a headstone, so obviously his father (Jones the Gof) did not spend out on a headstone for him, and his own family would have been too poor to buy one. Where was his wife Frances, why didn't she register his death? At the beginning of December 1884 David Jones Senior, re-wrote his Will, and dead David is just mentioned as son David and not "beloved" son/daughter as the other children are called. One gets the feeling that there had been some family trouble. In the Will the children of dead David are left the 5 cottages at High Street, Troedrhiwfuwch, once they got to be 21 years of age. Up until then, (Lizzie Ann would have been 21 in 1895) they would have equal payments of the rents at intervals, the rents being supervised by William Rowlands and then Mr Prynne the rent collector, and yet these 2 were allowed by the Will to deduct their expenses from the rents. According to family tradition, there was hardly ever any rent money to receive. It had always been spent of repairs etc. At the end of December 1884, Frances married Thomas Holmes at the Cardiff Register Office. Did David die of drowning his sorrows in drink because his wife had left him for another man, or did Frances leave him for another man because of his drinking? She married Thomas Holmes six weeks after David’s death. Provided by the Personal knowledge of Gail Denise BEMBRIDGE (JONES)

Death Register David JONES Born 21 May 1849 : Died 12 October 1884 Registered at Camarthenshire Volume 11a Page 498 Comments : Died of Cirrhosis of the Liver

Burials David JONES Born 21 May 1839 Died on 13 October 1884 Buried 27 October 1884 at Rhymney, Monmouth Source: Monmouthshire, Wales, Anglican Baptisms, Marriages and Burials, 1551-1994

Marriage Certificate Monmouthshire, Wales, Anglican Baptisms, Marriages and Burials, 1551-1994: Page 160 Entry 319 On 23 December 1901 at Llanhilleth Parish Church David JONES : age 23 a Single person of Llanhilleth, Monmouthshire a Coal Haulier married Maud COBBETT age 0019 a Single person of Llanhilleth, Monmouthshire a Coal Haulier in the presence of Elizabeth Ann JONES (Sister of David JONES) and John COBBETT (Brother of Maud COBBETT) : The Husbands Father is David JONES : shown as a Deceased : The Wifes Father is David JONES is shown as a Deceased

Wales Census 7 April 1861 : 101, Voisinfawn, Pantygroes St Dogwells Pembrokeshire District Cardigan : Sub District Cardigan Emuneration District 13 Piece 4176 Folio 78 Schedule 101 Page Number 14 14

Birth Register Frances WATKINSRegistered at Cardigan on 4 October 1855 Volume 11b Page 3

Wales Census 2 April 1871 : Tanybwnfil, West St St. Dogwells Pembrokeshire, Wales District Cardigan : Sub District Cardigan Emuneration District 12 Class RG10 Piece 5540 Schedule 194 Page Number 38 GSU Roll 850859 38

Wales Census 5 April 1891 : 60, Newtown Abertillery Monmouthshire District Bedwellty : Sub District Aberystruth Emuneration District 12 Piece 4353 Folio 94 Page Number 52 52

Wales Census 13 March 1901 : 54, Tillery Street Abertillery Monmouthshire District Bedwellty : Sub District Aberystruth Emuneration District 22 Piece 4936 Folio 45 Schedule 55 Page Number 10 10

Personal Knowledge Frances WATKINS (JONES) (HOLMES) Born/age 4 October 1855 on/during 13 January 1910 Died of Brain Haemorrhage after collapsing in Street Provided by the Personal knowledge of Gail Denise BEMBRIDGE (JONES)

Death Register Frances WATKINS (HOLMES) Born 4 October 1855 : Died 13 January 1910 Registered at Bedwellty Volume 11a Page 48

Personal Knowledge Elizabeth Ann JONES Born/age 27 December 1874 Lizzie Ann had a terrible temper and would spend hours walking around the Blaenau Gwent Graveyard Provided by the Personal knowledge of Gail Denise BEMBRIDGE (JONES)

Birth Register Elizabeth Ann JONESRegistered at Crickenhowell on 27 December 1874 Volume 11b Page 121

England and Wales Register 29 September 1939 : 64, Tillery Street Abertillery Monmouthshire District 585 : Sub District 1 Parish Abertillery Emuneration District Xock Schedule 183 Line 29

Birth Register David JONESRegistered at Bedwellty on 20 April 1876 Volume 11a Page 126

Wales Census 2 April 1911 : 64, Tillery Street Abertillery Monmouthshire District Bedwellty (585) : Sub District Aberystruth Parish Abertillery Emuneration District 29 Class RG14 Piece 31842 Schedule 38

Marriage Certificate London, England, Church of England Marriages and Banns, 1754-1932: Page 97 Entry 193 On 17 September 1932 at Emanuel Church, West End Lane, West Hampstead, London Charles Henry MANSBRIDGE : age 24 a Single person of 90, West End Lane, Hampstead, London a Police Constable married Gwenlian JONES age 0021 a Single person of 90, West End Lane, Hampstead, London a Police Constable in the presence of Ernest SNELLING and Albert Edward LEWIS : The Husbands Father is Charles Sandom MANSBRIDGE : shown as a Labourer : The Wifes Father is Charles Sandom MANSBRIDGE is shown as a Labourer

Death Register David JONES Born 20 April 1876 : Died 1 February 1943 Registered at Bedwellty Volume 11a Page 49

Burials David JONES Born 20 April 1876 Died on 1 February 1943 Buried February 1943 at Brynithel Cemetery, Cemetery Road, Abertillery, Monmouthshire, Wales Source: Gravestones

Birth Register William Henry JONES on 14 June 1877 Volume 11a Page 237/240/244 Comments 3 Identical hits on BMD Register

Ibid. Mary Jane JONESRegistered at Glamorganshire on 20 January 1881 Volume 11a Page 214/361/400/418/733 Comments 5 Persons of that name all registered in same period

Ibid. Jane JONESRegistered at Glamorganshire on 2 August 1883 Volume 11a Comments SevenMatching Records