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Subject: LOUISE MARIE CHRISS & FRANK WALLACE JONES
Date: 29 Apr 2005 18:06:39 -0600

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Surnames: CHRISS JONES COWAN MCDONALD BECKHAM
Classification: Query

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Looking for information which may tie the following people to Frances Rose Cowan McDonald [aka Darling]. Some family information indicates that Louise Chriss Jones may have been related to Frances Cowan McDonald.

1900, 1910 and 1920 census Frank Wallace Jones b. TX and Louise M. [Chriss] Jones b. Ft. Griffin, TX:

1900 they are in Arizona Territory with five children. Her date of birth is July 1875, her husband Frank's date of birth is Nov. 1860. [Later other records will list his birth year as 1867/1868] It appears that they have been married 9 years - - approx. 1891.

1910 they are still in Arizona but they are in Pima County. They now have 9 children: Jennett 17; Gladis 16; Pearl 13; Henry 12; William 10; Earl 8; Carl 5; Raymond 3 and Frederick 6 months.
On the 1900 census the place of birth for Frank's parents is blank, while the birthplace of Louise's mother is listed as Alabama [father's birthplace blank]. On the 1910 census Frank's parents are listed as born in Tennessee and Louise's parents are now listed [both] as born in Missouri.

1920 census has them in Lowell, Cochise County, AZ. Frank's parents are now: Father born Kentucky, Mother Tennessee and Louise's parents: Father born Pennsylvania, Mother Tennessee. There is another child between Frederick and Helyn on this census - - name Vivian so that makes 11 children total. All of the children on all censuses so far are shown as born in AZ. 1920 Jennett, the eldest child, is not in the house.

As previously stated, Frank's birth date on the 1920 census is closer to 1867/68. Additionally, AZ website has pdf for Frank’s death in Bisbee, AZ 1937 and Louise’s death in Bisbee, AZ 1932. Parent info on death certs are: Frank Jones - Father: Scott Jones b. Texas; Mother: Unknown - - Louise Marie Chriss Jones - Father: JJ Chriss b. Texas; Mother: Sadie McDonald b. Pennsylvania.

Names & Births (as best as I can read) of Frank Wallace Jones & Louise Marie Chriss Jones:
1. Jennett or Jennie F. Jones - b. Nov 1892 (from censuses)
2. Glatis, Gladis or Gladys M. Jones - b. Aug 1894 (from censuses)
3. Seda P. or Pearl Jones - b. Feb 1896 (from censuses) Pearl Jones, age 24 married Ben W. Beckham, age 26 on August 2, 1920, both of Bisbee, Arizona.
4. Henry J. Jones - b. Jul 1898 (from censuses)
5. William W. Jones - b. Oct 1899 (from censuses)
6. Earl Jones - b. approx. 1902 (from censuses)
7. Carl Jones - b. approx. 1905 (from censuses)
8. Raymond Jones - b. approx. 1908 (from censuses)
9. Frederick or Fredrick Allen Jones - b. Oct 18, 1909 (from birth cert)
10. Dorothy Vivian Jones - b. Aug 6, 1912 (from birth cert))
11. Helen or Helyn Rosemond Jones - b. Oct 28, 1914 (from birth cert)

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