Hazel Isabella (Hughes) Jones (1923 - 2015)

Born 29 Jul 1923 in Wagga Wagga, New South Wales, Australia

Ancestors

Wife of Wilfred Henry Charles John Jones — married 24 May 1945 in Wagga Wagga, New South Wales, Australia

Descendants

Died 1 Mar 2015 at age 91 in Gosford, New South Wales, Australia

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Biography

Hazel was born in 1923. Her parents were Francis James Hughes (1891-1969) and Ruby Mary (Boyton) Hughes (1891-1934).

At the age of 11, her mother passed away, and her father sent her to board at St Joseph's Catholic School in Leeton.^[1][2]

Around 1942, Hazel met Wilf while he was training with the Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF) in Wagga Wagga, and they got engaged in 1943.^[3][4] They married at Wagga Wagga on 24 May 1945.^[5]

After Wilf was discharged from the RAAF at the end of WWII, they settled in Scone and made regular visits to Hazel's father and brother (Jim Hughes) in the Riverina.^[6]

Wilf found employment with the NSW Water Conservation & Irrigation Commission when Glenbawn Dam was being constructed. After that was completed, the family moved to Raymond Terrace (while Wilf worked on the Grahamstown Water Scheme), Keepit Dam (near Tamworth), Wyangala Dam (near Cowra), and then Copeton Dam (near Inverell). They stayed on after the construction of Copeton Dam was finished.

The children born to Hazel and Wilf were:

1. Allan Jones
2. Garry Jones^[7]
3. Peter Jones

Hazel's father, Frank Hughes, died in December 1969 when she was 46 years old.

In the early 1980s, Wilf and Hazel retired to the NSW Central Coast, first living in Narara and then Wyoming.

In 1994 Hazel's older brother, Jim Hughes passed away at Narrandera.

Wilf passed at away in Gosford District Hospital in October 2001. This was just a few weeks short of his 80th birthday and Hazel was 78 years of age at the time.

On March 1, 2015, Hazel passed away at Gosford Hospital in Gosford, New South Wales.^[8] She was 91 year old at the time. She was buried on March 6, 2015, at Palmdale Memorial Park Lawn Cemetery, where she shares a plot with Wilf, her husband of 51 years.^[9].

Sources

1. ↑ SCHOOL EXAMINATIONS (1938, December 14). Daily Advertiser (Wagga Wagga, NSW : 1911 - 1954), p. 5. Retrieved March 29, 2023, from http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article143844165
2. ↑ St. Joseph's School, Leeton (1940, December 10). Daily Advertiser (Wagga Wagga, NSW : 1911 - 1954), p. 2. Retrieved March 29, 2023, from http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article144330364
3. ↑ PERSONAL (1943, September 10). The Scone Advocate (NSW : 1887 - 1954), p. 1. Retrieved March 29, 2023, from http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article161118667
4. ↑ NARANDERA NEWS (1943, September 16). Daily Advertiser (Wagga Wagga, NSW : 1911 - 1954), p. 4. Retrieved March 29, 2023, from http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article144000545
5. ↑ NSW BDM marriage reg. no. 12015/1945, of JONES, WILFRED HENRY, and HUGHES, HAZEL ISABELLA, registered at WAGGA WAGGA
6. ↑ PERSONAL (1950, November 24). The Scone Advocate (NSW : 1887 - 1954), p. 1. Retrieved March 29, 2023, from http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article162723508>
7. ↑ District Personal Notes (1950, May 5). The Scone Advocate (NSW : 1887 - 1954), p. 1. Retrieved March 29, 2023, from http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article162727367
8. ↑ NSW BDM death registration of JONES, HAZEL ISABELLA, Reg. No. 267750/2015, showing parents FRANCIS JAMES HUGHES and RUBY MARY HUGHES formerly BOYTON
9. ↑ Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/197744640/hazel-isabella-jones: accessed 29 March 2023), memorial page for Hazel Isabella Hughes Jones (29 Jul 1923–1 Mar 2015), Find a Grave Memorial ID 197744640, citing Palmdale Lawn Cemetery & Memorial Park, Palmdale, Central Coast Council, New South Wales, Australia; Maintained by Peter Jones (contributor 49245532).

DNA

• Maternal relationship is confirmed by a GEDmatch test match between Sandie McKoy and her third cousin twice removed Peter Jones. Their most-recent common ancestors are Maria (Smith) Costain (1828-1875) and Charles Boyton (1825-1861). Estimated number of generations to MRCA = 4.2, based on sharing 44.9cM across 3 shared segments with a largest segment of 19.4 cM.
• Maternal relationship is confirmed by a GEDmatch test match between Amanda Benton and her third cousin once removed Peter Jones. Their most-recent common ancestors are Maria (Smith) Costain (1828-1875) and Charles Boyton (1825-1861). Estimated number of generations to MRCA = 4.5, based on sharing 28.2cM across 2 shared segments with a largest segment of 14.4 cM.