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From: Shell Leo <>
Subject: Re: [ENG-CAMS] RE : Jones
Date: Mon, 29 Jan 2007 08:38:36 -0800 (PST)
In-Reply-To: <923168.65652.qm@web26307.mail.ukl.yahoo.com>


hi david
thanks for the reply and info
--- David <> wrote:

> In 1841 Henry's occupation looks to be Farmer. I
> must confess that if I had been the transcriber I
> too would have transcribed Rachel as Machal, the
> same as Ancestry!
>
> Cambs FHS has an excellent website at
> http://www.cfhs.org.uk/Search.html which includes a
> baptism index 1801-37. As they seem to have married
> at Whittlesey (member submission, therefore
> unreliable, on IGI) perhaps that was Henry's home
> parish rather than Ann's. The baptism index has a
> Henry baptised in 1806 in Whittlesey which could
> just fit with an 1841 census age of 30 ie if he was
> born in the second half of 1806 he would have been
> 34 in June 1841 which would have been rounded down
> to 30 in the census.
>
> Sawtry All Saints burials on the NBI only go up to
> 1837 so you would need to check the parish register.
> There's a death on FreeBMD of Henry Jones in the
> March quarter 1847 in Huntingdon registration
> district (which includes Sawtry). This is the only
> death of a Henry Jones in Hunts 1841-61. Similarly
> there are two Ann Jones deaths in Hunts in the same
> period, the first of which was in June 1844 in
> Huntingdon registration district.
>
> Regards
>
> David
>
> Shell Leo <> a écrit : Henry
> Jones born c. 1811 in Cambridgeshire. He married
> Ann Rowell born c.1806 Huntington. We have found a
> record of their marriage on 1 May 1826.
>
> On the 1871 Census Henry is shown as being 30 but is
> unclear what occupation he holds. Ann is shown as
> being 35. At this time they have six children living
> with them, Henry (8), William (13), Thomas (10),
> Sarah
> (6), John (3) and Rachel mis-transcribed as Machel
> (15).
>
> Unfortunately we have been unable to trace a death
> date for Henry mainly because of the name being very
> common during this time, however we have a date of
> c.
> 1847 for Ann.
>
> Generation 3
> Rachel Jones who was born c.1826 and baptised on 8
> March 1828. She married William Peach on 8 November
> 1842 by Banns in the parish of Sawtrey All Saints,
> Huntington. What is interesting is that in the age
> column on the marriage certificate it states that
> both
> William and Rachel were under age. This is
> interesting
> and draws many more questions than it answers.
>
> On the 1841 Census Rachel is shown as being aged 15
> and living with her parents Henry and Ann along with
> her siblings. (Please see census information for
> Henry)
> On the 1851 Census Rachel is shown as being 24.
> William is shown as being 28 and a farm labourer. At
> this time they have two children Susan (6) a scholar
> and Thomas (2).
>
> hi just thought i would re post my jones limited
> info
> from camb thanks Michele
>
>
>
>
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