Hugh Jones (1865 - 1914)

Born 1865 in Liverpool, Lancashire, England

Husband of Mary Ellen (Rigby) Jones — married 27 Aug 1892 in Wesleyan Chapel, Pennington

Descendants

Died 7 Aug 1914 at about age 49 in Leigh, Lancashire, England, United Kingdom

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Biography

Hugh was born in 1865 in Liverpool.

Hugh married Mary Ellen Rigby on August 27th 1892, at the Wesleyan Chapel in Pennington. She was living in Plank Lane, Westleigh.

By March 31st 1901, Hugh and Mary were living at 78 Twist Lane, Leigh. Hugh had his own shop selling household furnishings. They had three children - John Edward (6), Herbert (3) and Lily (1).

By April 2nd 1911, they were living in Common Lane Street, Westleigh. Mary's mother Margaret was living with them. They were still running a furniture shop, and had seven children, the eldest of whom was to become the founder of modern computational chemistry.

Hugh passed away August 7th 1914 in Leigh district, aged 49.

Mary died April 5th 1939 in Leigh district, aged 73. She was buried in Leigh Cemetery.

Sources

• Death registration https://www.freebmd.org.uk/cgi/information.pl?cite=yrmj%2FSQrQ0oW9Sd6k7RBdA&scan=1

• "England and Wales Census, 1891," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:7472-WN2 : 10 December 2017), Hugh Jones in household of Margaret Rigby, Leigh, Lancashire, England; from "1891 England, Scotland and Wales census," database and images, findmypast (http://www.findmypast.com : n.d.); citing PRO RG 12, Lancashire county, subdistrict, The National Archives of the UK, Kew, Surrey.

• "England and Wales Census, 1891," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:7472-VT2 : 10 December 2017), Edward Jones, Leigh, Lancashire, England; from "1891 England, Scotland and Wales census," database and images, findmypast (http://www.findmypast.com : n.d.); citing PRO RG 12, Lancashire county, subdistrict, The National Archives of the UK, Kew, Surrey.

• "England and Wales Census, 1901," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:X9P9-TVJ : 8 April 2016), Mary E Jones in household of Hugh Jones, Leigh, Lancashire, England; from "1901 England, Scotland and Wales census," database and images, findmypast (http://www.findmypast.com : n.d.); citing Leigh subdistrict, PRO RG 13, The National Archives, Kew, Surrey.

• "England and Wales Census, 1911," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XWYK-YD7 : 2 August 2017), Mary Ellen Jones in household of Hugh Jones, Leigh, Leigh, Lancashire, England; from "1911 England and Wales census," database and images, findmypast (http://www.findmypast.com : n.d.); citing PRO RG 14, The National Archives of the UK, Kew, Surrey.

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