Born in Victoria, British Columbia
Ancestors 
Daughter of William McNiffe
and Anne Jane (Irvine) McNiffe
Sister of
Charles Irvine McNiffe, William John (McNiff) McNiffe, Mary Jane McNiffe, Ann Sophia (McNiff) Fagan and Margaret Teresa (McNiffe) Hartley
Wife of
Frederick Crossly Jones
— married
10 Sep 1889 in Victoria, British Columbia, Canada
[children unknown]
Died
at age 89
in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
Profile last modified
| Created 15 Jan 2022
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Biography
Grace (McNiff) Jones was born in British Columbia, Canada.
Grace McNiff was born in Victoria, British Columbia on 17 Dec 1867 to William McNiffe and Anne Jane Irvine. Baptism took place at St. Andrew's Cathedral on 12 Jan 1868.[1]
At the time of the 1881 census, their family resided in Victoria.[2]
Grace married carpenter Frederick Crossly Jones on 10 Sep 1889.[3]
They resided in California, United States[4][5], later relocating to Seattle, Washington[6].
She passed away at the Shannon Convalescent Home in Vancouver, British Columbia on 14 Jun 1957.[7] Grace was survived by three sisters.[8]
Burial took place at the Mountain View Cemetery in Vancouver on 17 Jun 1957.[7]
Sources
- ↑ "British Columbia Baptisms," database. Entry for Grace McNiff; BC Archives Mfilm Number: B16242, St Andrews Cathedral, Victoria, 12 Jan 1868, Birth date: 17 Dec 1867, Birth place: Victoria, Father: William, Mother: Ann Jane Irving. Not digitized. http://search-collections.royalbcmuseum.bc.ca/Genealogy Royal British Columbia Museum: BC Archives (royalbcmuseum.bc.ca/genealogy : accessed 15 Jan 2022).
- ↑ "Canada Census, 1881," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MV6S-L58 : 2 March 2021), Grace McNiffe in household of Wm McNiffe, Victoria, British Columbia, Canada; from "1881 Canadian Census." Database with images. Ancestry. (www.ancestry.com : 2008); citing Wm Mcniffe, citing Library and Archives Canada, Ottawa, Ontario.
- ↑ "British Columbia Marriage Registrations," database with images. Entry for Frederick Crossly Jones and Grace McNiff; Registration Number: 1889-09-004457, Victoria, 10 Sep 1889. http://search-collections.royalbcmuseum.bc.ca/Image/Genealogy/4aaeb698-e464-4f85-9a96-da86f3155704 Royal British Columbia Museum: BC Archives (royalbcmuseum.bc.ca/genealogy : accessed 15 Jan 2022).
- ↑ "United States Census, 1900", database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M9GQ-L3K : 12 January 2022), Grace Jones in entry for Frederick C Jones, 1900.
- ↑ "United States Census, 1910," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MVGK-3TP : accessed 15 January 2022), Grace Jones in household of Fred C Jones, Township 2, San Mateo, California, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 55, sheet 18A, family 397, NARA microfilm publication T624 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1982), roll 104; FHL microfilm 1,374,117.
- ↑ "United States Census, 1920", database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MHNR-XFX : 4 February 2021), Grace Jones in entry for Fred C Jones, 1920.
- ↑ 7.0 7.1 "British Columbia Death Registrations," database with images. Entry for Grace Jones; Registration Number: 1957-09-006803, Vancouver, 14 Jun 1957. http://search-collections.royalbcmuseum.bc.ca/Image/Genealogy/47d1daef-9a70-48fb-84d5-6adb8c502b43 Royal British Columbia Museum: BC Archives (royalbcmuseum.bc.ca/genealogy : accessed 15 Jan 2022).
- ↑ Obituary for Jones, Grace; Vancouver, BC: The Province, 14 Jun 1957, p33. https://www.newspapers.com/clip/92624734/grace-jones-obituary (newspapers.com : accessed 15 Jan 2021).
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- Find A Grave: Memorial #26258282
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