Letitia Caroline (Casey) Jones (1849 - 1944)

Born 1 Oct 1849 in Launceston, Tasmania, Australia

Ancestors

Wife of Peyton Jones — married 21 Oct 1874 in St. Andrew's Church, Brighton, Victoria, Australia

Descendants

Died 1944 at about age 94 in Bath, Somerset, England

Biography

Birth

Birth:

Date: 1 October 1849

Place: Tasmania, Australia

https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/XT61-BFH

BIRTH. 1 Oct 1849

Name: Casey, Latitia Caroline

Record Type: Births

Gender: Female

Father: Casey, Cornelius Gavin

Mother: Gardiner, Latitia

Date of birth: 01 Oct 1849

Registered: Launceston

Registration year: 1849

Record ID: NAME_INDEXES:1108301

Resource: RGD33/1/23/ no 2511

https://stors.tas.gov.au/RGD33-1-23-p923j2k

Marriage

Marriage:

Spouse:

Peyton Jones

Date: 21 October 1874

Place: Westbury, Tasmania, Australia

MARRIAGE. VIC BDM Marriage Reg: #3720/1874

Family name JONES

Given names Peyton

Event Marriage

Spouse's family name CASEY

Spouse's given name Letitia Caroline

MARRIAGE NOTICE. JONES—CASEY.—On the 21st inst., at St. Andrew's Church, Brighton, by the Rev. Samuel Taylor, assisted by the Rev. William Brodribb, Peyton Jones, Esq., eldest son of John Peyton Jones, of Westbury, Tasmania, to Letitia Caroline, daughter of C. Gavin Casey, Brighton. The Australasian (Melbourne, Vic. : 1864 - 1946) Sat 31 Oct 1874, Page 24: https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/139124589

Children

BIRTH. VIC BDM Birth Reg: #17109/1888

Family name JONES

Given names Gwendoln Grische

Event Birth

Father's name Peyton

Mother's maiden name Letitia Caroline (CASEY)

Place of birth ARMADALE

BIRTH NOTICE. JONES.—On the 8th inst., at Auburn-grove, Armadale, the wife of Peyton Jones, C.E. —a daughter. The Argus (Melbourne, Vic. : 1848 - 1957) Wed 15 Aug 1888, Page 1: https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/6898004

(1918). Mrs Kenric Broadribb received news by the mail that her niece, Miss Gwen Peyton- Jones, second daughter of Mrs. Peyton-Jones, has been decorated in France with the Croix de Guerre for good work done under shellfire during the retreat in April. Miss Gwen Peyton-Jones is a niece of Mr. Richard Casey, whose two sons have received Military Crosses. The Daily News (Perth, WA : 1882 - 1950) Friday 1 November 1918, Page 3: http://trove.nla.gov.au/ndp/del/article/81772141

(1919). Mrs. Kenric Brodribb has received some further and very interesting particulars, concerning the honours recently awarded her niece, Miss Gwen Peyton-Jones, second daughter of her only sister, Mrs. Peyton-Jones, who lived in Melbourne until the last few years. Miss Peyton-Jones, who is a sergeant in the First Aid Nursing Yeomanry, won her Military Medal for conspicuous gallantry and devotion to duty as a motor ambulance car driver during military operations. In an emergency she was sent to help to evacuate the hospitals in danger of falling into enemy hands. She cleared a number of British and French wounded, and for three days after continued to assist in evacuating British and French from various dressing stations under heavy shell-fire. During the time she was not actually driving her car she worked continuously, without rest, and was of the utmost assistance to the British Field Ambulance, working in hospitals, and obtaining particulars of the wants or the British wounded. Earlier in the war she was awarded the Croix de Guerre, and was decorated with the same by General Gouraud. The Australasian (Melbourne, Vic. : 1864 - 1946) Saturday 1 February 1919, Page 35: http://trove.nla.gov.au/ndp/del/article/140218099/11767359

(1948). SOLDIERS' FRIEND ON VISIT. MISS G. PEYTON-JONES, who befriended many Tasmanian soldiers, nurses, and nursing aids in Jerusalem during the Second World War, arrived in Launceston yesterday. Although she spent her girlhood in Melbourne, Miss Peyton-Jones has family links with Tasmania. Her paternal grandfather, Mr John Peyton-Jones, was Police Magistrate in the Westbury district, and her father was No. 133 on the roll of the Hutchins School, Hobart. Her maternal grandfather was Dr Cornelius Casey, colonial surgeon for Van Diemen's Land in Sir John Franklin's regime. Miss Peyton-Jones, who went to England in 1908, served in France in the First World War with the First Aid Nursing Yeomanry. In 1929 she went to Palestine and was matron of an ophthalmic hospital conducted by the Order of St. John of Jerusalem. It had to be evacuated because of the fight between the Jews and Arabs. Miss Peyton-Jones returned to her home on the island of Guernsey. It had been occupied by the Germans during the war, and had been looted and badly damaged. Miss Peyton-Jones will stay for a time with Mr C. A. Harrison, Longford, who met her when serving in the Middle East, and is a distant relative. Later, Miss-Peyton-Jones will visit friends in Hobart. The Mercury (Hobart, Tas. : 1860 - 1954) Saturday 9 October 1948, Page 10: http://trove.nla.gov.au/ndp/del/article/27759122

PEYTON – JONES Gwendolyn

Commanding Officer

Serjeant Major

First aid Nursing Yeomanry attached French Army

First Aid Nursing Yeomanry Corps 164 Serjeant Major. - Unit 7

First Aid Nursing Yeomanry – FANY

Unit 7 attached to L'Hospital d'Evacuation at Epernay - 2nd in charge and eventually took over Command in charge of the unit.

Awarded the Croix de Guerre Medal.

Reference: WO 372/23/22536

Medal card of Peyton-Jones, G G

First Aid Nursing Yeomanry Corps 164 Serjeant Major

Note : Confirmation from the FANY's that Gwen Peyton-Jones was Australian by email 3rd march 2014

newspaper articles

The Daily News (Perth, WA : 1882 - 1950) Friday 1 November 1918, Page 3: http://trove.nla.gov.au/ndp/del/article/81772141

The Australasian (Melbourne, Vic) Saturday 1 February 1919, Page 35

The Mercury (Hobart, Tas) Saturday 9 October 1948, Page 10

https://sites.google.com/site/archoevidence/home/ww1australianwomen/fany

Death

DEATH. 1944

Name: Letitia C Peyton-Jones

Event Type: Death

Registration Quarter: Oct-Nov-Dec

Registration Year: 1944

Registration District: Bath

County: Somerset

Event Place: Bath, Somerset, England

Age: 95

Birth Year (Estimated): 1849

Volume: 5C, Page: 539, Affiliate Line Number: 136

https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QVCC-5Y2N

Sources

No sources. The events of Letitia's life were either witnessed by Eric Daly or Eric plans to add sources here later.

Footnotes

Acknowledgments

Thank you to Eric Daly for creating Casey-971 on 10 Oct 13. Click the Changes tab for the details on contributions by Eric and others.