Lovina Jane (Aiken) Jones (1838 - 1868)

Born 1838 in Potton, Missisquoi, Lower Canada

Ancestors

Wife of Rockwood J. Jones — married 28 Sep 1858 in Potton, Brome, Canada East

Descendants

Died 1868 at about age 30 in Glen Sutton, Sutton, Brome, Quebec, Canada

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Biography

Lovina Jane Aiken (sometimes also known as Lavina) was born in about 1838. She was the daughter of Nelson Aiken and Clarissa Bourne. The birth year is corroborated by the 1861 census referenced below (age 23).

In 1858, she married Rockwood Jones. Rockwood was her third cousin, thanks to a common ancestor Hugh Miller. Lovina and Rockwood had three children as follows:

1. Alice M. b. 1859; d. 1860^[1]
2. Cora Isabella b. 1 April 1861; m. Hiram West Darling, 17 March 1881;^[2] d. 1939
3. Clark J. b. 1867; m. Julia Blanch Holman, 19 May 1897.^[3]

The 1861 Census shows Lovina and Rockwood living in Sutton Township, but with no living children (Alice had died very young)^[4].

Lovina passed away in 1868 at the age of only 29 and was buried in Brock Cemetery in Glen Sutton^[5][6]. Her husband re-married.

After Lovina's death, her surviving children Cora and Clark are seen living in 1871 with their grandparents Joseph and Mehitable Jones,^[7] but rejoined their father once he re-married in 1872.

Sources

1. ↑ FindAGrave| Alice M. Jones
2. ↑ Marriage Record, 1881| Marriage Record, Shows parentage
3. ↑ Marriage Record, Charleston, Vermont, 1897| Marriage Record, Clark Jones & Julia Holman
4. ↑ 1861 Canada East Census, District of Brome, Sub-District Sutton, Page 214, Line 10| 1861 Canada East Census, "Lovina Jones, Age 23"
5. ↑ Glen Sutton Cemetery, Listing dated 28 Sept. 1991, complied by Marlene Simmons, John and Gwen Davis Morton
6. ↑ FindAGrave| "Lovina J. Aiken"
7. ↑ 1871 Canada Census, Province of Quebec, District 126 (Brome), Sub-District c (Sutton), Page 7, Lines 17 & 18| 1871 Canada Census, "Cora Isabel Jones, Age 9 & Clark Jones, Age 4"