Samuel Jones (1862 - 1946)

Born 23 Sep 1862 in Baillieborough, County Cavan, Ireland

Ancestors

Husband of Henrietta (Maxwell) Jones — married 20 Sep 1905 in St. George's, Dublin North, County Dublin, Ireland

Descendants

Died 13 Mar 1946 at age 83 in Dundrum, County Dublin, Ireland

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Biography

Samuel Jones, son of Samuel Jones and Margaret Porter was born 23 September 1862 at the family farm in Lisgar, Bailieborough, County Cavan, Ireland. He was baptized, Presbyterian, at Corglass, Bailieborough on 21 May 1863.^[1]

Samuel died 13 March 1946 in Simpsons Hospital, Dundrum, Rathdown, County Dublin of Hemiplegia, Hypertension and Myocarditis.^[2] According to the family, Samuel was hit by a tram in Dublin, got up, walked back to where he was staying, and died later the same day. If this story is correct he possibly went into shock and suffered a stroke causing paralysis down one side (hemiplegia). Samuel was reputedly buried 19 March 1946 in Bailieborough Churchyard.

Samuel Jones married late in life at the age of 42 to Henrietta Maxwell, daughter of John James Maxwell and Elizabeth Roun(d)tree on 20 September 1905 at St. George, Dublin, County Dublin Ireland.^[3] They had five children -

1. Henrietta (Hetty) de Vere Jones (1906-1987)
2. Margaret Muriel (Meta) Jones (1908-1998)
3. Elizabeth Lorenza (Laura) Jones (1910-1995)
4. Samuel James Jones (1911-1992)
5. Albert William Jones (1918-1992)

Samuel was a chemist and dentist in the Medical Hall Main Street, Bailieborough. The family lived almost next to the Medical Hall on the corner of Main Street and Ann Street (formerly William Street).

Sources

1. ↑ CORGLASS County Co. Cavan, Presbyterian, Birth: 23-Sep-1862, Baptism: 21-May-1863, Samuel s/o Samuel Jones & Margaret Porter, Lisgar; http://ifhf.rootsireland.ie/
2. ↑ 1946 DEATHS Registered in the District of Dundrum in the Superintendent Registrar's District of Rathdown in the County of Dublin; https://civilrecords.irishgenealogy.ie/
3. ↑ Vol 2 / p452 / No.121 / 20 September 1905 Church of Ireland; https://civilrecords.irishgenealogy.ie/

BAPTISM

CORGLASS County Co. Cavan, Presbyterian

Birth: 23-Sep-1862, Baptism: 21-May-1863, Samuel s/o Samuel Jones & Margaret Porter, Lisgar

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DEATH

Second Page 586 / 04222587 / Superintendent Registrar's District: Rathdown, Registrar's District: Dundrum

1946 DEATHS Registered in the District of Dundrum in the Superintendent Registrar's District of Rathdown in the County of Dublin

No: 46, 1946 Thirteenth March Simpson's Hospital Dundrum, Samuel Jones, M, Widower, 83 years, Chemist, Hypertension & Myocaditis, Hemiplegia Certified.

Informant: Alexander B. Macintyre Present at Death Simpson's Hospital Dundrum, Registered Sixteenth March 1946, A. Sutton Asst Registrar.

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MARRIAGE

Vol 2 / p452 / No.121 / 20 September 1905 Church of Ireland

Registrars District of Dublin 1905 Marriages Solemnized at the Parish Church in the Parish of St. George in the Co of the City of Dublin

Samuel Jones, Full Age, Bachelor, Chemist, Address Bailieborough Co Cavan, Father Samuel Jones, Farmer

Henrietta Maxwell, Full Age, Spinster, Address 51 Eccles Street, Father John J. Maxwell Merchant

Married in Parish Church by Licence, by Me Arthur W. Barton, In the Presence of Mabel F De. C. Jones & Thos J. Smyth

https://civilrecords.irishgenealogy.ie/