Edward
Francis
"Frank"
Jones
Born in La Tranchée, Indre-et-Loire, Centre, France
Ancestors 
Son of Edward J Jones
and Sarah (Foulkes) Jones
Brother of
John William Jones, Humphrey Jones, Elizabeth Bryant (Jones) Heller and Sarah Bryant (Jones) Mitchell
Husband of
Rovilla (Elliott) Jones
— married
6 Jun 1888 in Denver, Colorado, United States
Died
at age 70
in Douglas, Cochise, Arizona, United States
Profile last modified
| Created 28 Aug 2014
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Biography
Edward Francis (Frank) Jones was born on 6 Feb 1864 in La Tranchee, France to parents Edward Jones and Sarah Foulkes. His family had moved from Wales to France for his father to be trained as a smelting consultant. They returned to Wales after 1861 and immigrated to America in 1872 where his father worked as a smelting consultant in Missouri, Pennsylvania and Colorado. When he was 16 he worked in a brickyard in Denver, Colorado when his mother died in 1880. He ran away to California and traveled to Shanghai and around Cape Horn to Liverpool (family report). He married Rovilla Elliott on 6 Jun 1888 in Denver, Colorado. Children: Alice Rovilla, Estella (Stella) Mae, Ethel Elizabeth, Edward (Ted) Roy. He died on 25 Sep 1934 in Douglas, Cochise, Arizona.
Sources
- Find A Grave: Memorial #73667994
- England and Wales Census, 1871", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:V5PP-GRG : 10 July 2021), Edward F Jones in entry for Edward Jones, 1871
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DNA Connections
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Edward by comparing test results with other carriers of his Y-chromosome or his mother's mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known yDNA or mtDNA test-takers in his direct paternal or maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Edward:
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Edward by comparing test results with other carriers of his Y-chromosome or his mother's mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known yDNA or mtDNA test-takers in his direct paternal or maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Edward:
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~6.25%
Cynthia (Mitchell) Paul
:
AncestryDNA, Ancestry member Cyndimp
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~3.12%
Dennis Hutchins :
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Rejected matches › Charles Edward Jones (bef.1866-) › Edward Rainer Jones (1866-1867) › Edward Jones (1862-1884) › Edward Jackson Jones (abt.1862-1933) › James Edward Jones (1865-1940) › Frank Jones (abt.1865-) › Francis Owen Jones (1863-) › Edward A. Jones (abt.1863-)
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