James Jones (bef. 1824 - 1870)

Born before 1 Feb 1824 in Fazeley, Staffordshire, England [uncertain]

Ancestors

Husband of Jane (Glenn) Jones — married 4 Jan 1847 in St Phillips, Birmingham, England

Husband of Elizabeth Jane (Rogers) Roberts — married 15 Jul 1857 in Bell Block, New Plymouth, New Zealand

Descendants

Died 10 Nov 1870 after age 46 in Hua Village, Taranaki, New Zealand

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Biography

James Jones was born in Fazeley, Staffordshire around the beginning of 1824. He was christened on Feb 1st 1824. He grew up on Mill Lane (near Robert Peel's cotton mill) and had two sisters.

Later he lived in Edmund Street, Birmingham where, in 1847 at age 23, he married Jane Glenn (b. Seckington) at St Philips Church. They are recorded as living in St Bartholomew's Row, Birmingham at the time of the 1847 census.

James's occupation at that time was as a porter for the railways, possibly at Curzon Street station, which is adjacent to where they lived.

They had two living children, Sarah and Thomas, at the time they emigrated to New Zealand in 1853 leaving from St Katherine's Docks, London on the ship Joseph Fletcher. Sarah died on the voyage out and was buried at sea off Western Australia (4).

They arrived in New Plymouth and settled at Hua (now called Bell Block). James took to farming on Mangorei Rd and is listed in jury lists of the day (1). They had two more children (Catherine and James) before Jane died in an accident in 1856 (2). James married Elizabeth Rogers in 1857 and had a further six children.

During the Land Wars, James served with the Taranaki Volunteer Rifles (3). Elizabeth and the children were evacuated to Nelson (1).

James died in 1870, aged 47 and is buried in St Lukes cemetery, Bell Block along with his son James who died in 1871. ^[1]

Sources

1. ↑ Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/186667311/james-jones: accessed 26 May 2023), memorial page for James Jones (1824–1870), Find a Grave Memorial ID 186667311, citing St. Luke's Cemetery Biblical Garden and Labyrinth, Bell Block, New Plymouth District, Taranaki, New Zealand; Maintained by theosmum (contributor 48201822).

http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~ourstuff/JosephFletcher1853.htm Electoral Rolls, Grey and Bell, 1869-1870 UK parish and census records

See also:

(1) various issues of the Taranaki Herald (2) Taranaki Herald 23.8.1856 (3) Taranaki Militia and Volunteers, Military Diary 1861-3, Puke Ariki Library (ARC 2001-359) (4) Diary of Mary Messenger, Puke Ariki Library, New Plymouth.