May Jones

Jones, Mary Anne

Birth Name Jones, Mary Anne
Birth Name Jones, Mary Ann
Also Known As Jones, Polly 1 2
Gramps ID I0579
Gender female
Age at Death between 59 years, 1 month, 20 days and 60 years, 1 month, 19 days

Events

Event Date Place Description Sources
Birth between 1872-04-04 and 1873-04-03 Merthyr Tydfil, Glamorgan, UK   3 4
Birth between 1873-04-01 and 1874-03-31 Merthyr Tydfil, Glamorgan, UK   5
Birth between 1872-04-03 and 1873-04-02 Cefn Coed, Merthyr Tydfil, Glamorgan, UK   6
Residence (Unknown) 1881-04-03 11 Dan Y Deri Lane, Cefn Coed   2
Residence (Unknown) 1881-04-03 The Rising Sun Inn, 133 High Street, Cefn Coed   3
Event Note

This must be the right Margaret, because she is living with Mary Ann Jones of the right age, she has the right age, Mary Ann is listed as the granddaugheter of Margaret's mother which would make her Margaret's niece, it's the same house...

Residence (Unknown) 1891-04-05 The Rising Sun Inn, 133 High Street, Cefn Coed   4 7
Occupation 1891-04-05   Grocer's assistant 4
Residence (Unknown) 1901-03-31 The Rising Sun Inn, 133 High Street, Cefn Coed   5
Occupation 1901-03-31   Grocer's assistant 5
Residence (Unknown) 1911-04-02 Rising Sun Stores, 73 High Street, Cefn Coed   6
Occupation 1911-04-02   Grocer's assistant 6
Residence (Unknown) 1925-04-11 Rising Sun Stores, 73 High Street, Cefn Coed   8
Will 1925-04-11     8
Mentioned 1925-04-25   in will of Margaret Williams, latterly Thomas 9
Event Reference Note

Received house at 72 High Street, Cefn Coed and the Rising Sun Stores at 73 High Street, Cefn Coed, for her use during her lifetime.

Residence 1932-05-23 Rising Sun Stores, 73 High Street, Cefn Coed   8
Death 1932-05-23 Rising Sun Stores, 73 High Street, Cefn Coed   1 10 11 8
Probate 1932-08-26   granted to William Jones, engineer, and to Charles Arthur Jones, smith. Gross £1444, Net £429 11 8

Parents

Relation to main person Name Birth date Death date Relation within this family (if not by birth)
Father Jones, Aaron [I0578]between 1846-04-03 and 1847-04-02
Mother Williams, Caroline [I0577]between 1844-04-08 and 1845-04-07
    Brother     Jones, Thomas [I0585] between 1866-04-03 and 1867-04-02 1932-05-23
    Sister     Jones, Eliza [I0586] between 1869-04-03 and 1870-04-02
         Jones, Mary Anne [I0579] between 1872-04-04 and 1873-04-03 1932-05-23
    Brother     Jones, James Charles [I0587] between 1875-04-04 and 1876-04-03
    Brother     Jones, Charles [I0588] between 1878-04-04 and 1879-04-03 1939-09-28
    Brother     Jones, William [I0589] between 1882-04-06 and 1883-04-05 after 1932-08-06

Media

May Jones

May Jones

Narrative

Mary Ann (or Polly) seems to have been in two places at the same time for the 1881 census.

Narrative

On Monday 15 Aug 2011, in Merthyr Tydfil library (reference section!), John Mallon told EJW that he lived next door to the Rising Sun Stores. (The Rising Sun proprietor later told EJW that John lived around the corner on the side road, not on the high street.) John appeared to be about 40, didn't have an email address, and neglected to leave a phone number.

John Mallon said that Dai the Rising, proprietor of the Rising Sun Stores some time before the present occupants, inherited the shop from his Aunt Polly, who died relatively young sometime around 1930. Was this Mary Ann Jones? We know she was called Polly from one of the two 1881 censuses. Her nephew would have been the sone of one of her siblings, about whom we know nothing.

John Mallon also said that one of his, John Mallon's, ancestors was a Thomas Williams born in Llywel about 1800. He said that Llywel was tiny and it could be the same person. His Thomas was sibling to Rebecca, Rhys, Walter who was a botanist, and David who emigrated to the US. The father of his Thomas Williams was William Thomas from ?Senny?

John said that the Llywel baptism records are in good condition. They're at the Welsh National Archive.

Pedigree

  1. Jones, Aaron [I0578]
    1. Williams, Caroline [I0577]
      1. Jones, Thomas [I0585]
      2. Jones, Eliza [I0586]
      3. Jones, Mary Anne
      4. Jones, James Charles [I0587]
      5. Jones, Charles [I0588]
      6. Jones, William [I0589]

Ancestors

Source References

  1. JTW Solicitor's letter 1932 [S0179]
  2. Caroline Jones 1881 census [S0601]
  3. Margaret Williams 1881 census [S0595]
  4. Margaret Thomas 1891 census [S0594]
  5. Margaret Thomas 1901 census [S0593]
  6. Margaret Thomas 1911 census [S0592]
  7. Victorian Cefn directories [S0650]
  8. Mary Ann Jones Will [S0683]
  9. Margaret Williams (latterly Thomas) will [S0682]
  10. Mary Jones BMD death [S0603]
  11. Mary Anne Jones probate index [S0652]