William Claude Jones (1893)

Born 11 Jun 1893 in South Kingstown, Washington, Rhode Island, United States

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William Claude Jones was born in South Kingstown on 11 June 1893. ^[1] In 1915 he worked as a patrolman for the U.S. Coast Guard at the Point Judith Station. ^[2] When he registered for the draft on 5 June 1917 William resided on High Street in Wakefield and worked in a munition plant for the DuPont Company of Wilmington, Delaware. He reported military service in the Coast Guard. ^[3] No further record for William has been found until 4 December 1928 when he married Sarah Jewel Barnett in Harrison County, Mississippi. ^[4] Sarah was born in Shady Grove, Alabama on 28 March 1904 and was the daughter of Benjamin M. Barnett and Addie Kent. ^[5] The couple resided with Sarah’s parents two years later when William was employed as a mate on a steamship. ^[6] The marriage did not last long since Jewel married second in Harrison County to Alfred R. Lyngby on 24 June 1931. ^[7] Jewel married a third time, on 4 September 1947 in Harrison County, to Edward Guillermin. ^[8] They were divorced in 1949 in Escambia County, Florida. ^[9] William was enumerated in the 1940 U.S. census among the vessel crews in Wilmington, Delaware. He was a ship’s officer in the merchant marine. The vessel or company name is difficult to read but may be Tembeck-Bennett Co. He reported that he had lived in Houston, Texas in 1935. ^[10]

The last record of William that has been found is his World War II draft registration card on 27 April 1942. William resided at 1304 Crawford in Houston and worked for the Strachan Ship Company. ^[11]

Sources

1. ↑ “Rhode Island, State Births Index, 1819, 1852-1900,” William Claude Jones (11 June 1893); digital image, Family Search, digital film no. 004023716, image 134; image from Rhode Island, Department of Health, State Birth Register, 1893, 40: 69, Division of Vital Records, Providence.
2. ↑ 1915 Rhode Island State Census, Narragansett, ED 432, p. S, dwelling 204, family 226, William C. Jones in the Amos P. Tefft household; digital image, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/search/catalog/1532188 : accessed 24 February 2021), image 19 of 29.
3. ↑ “U.S., World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918,” digital images, Ancestry (https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/6482/ : accessed 25 February 2021), card for William C. Jones, serial no. 1100, order no. 83, Precinct 1, South Kingstown, Rhode Island.
4. ↑ “Mississippi, County Marriages, 1858-1979,” Jones-Barnett (4 December 1928); digital images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/search/collection/3477669 : accessed 25 February 2021), digital film no. 007748173, image 344 of 913; imaged from Harrison County, Mississippi, Marriage Record, 41: 45, Circuit Clerk, Gulfport.
5. ↑ “U.S., Social Security Applications and Claims Index, 1936-2007,” Jewel Guillermin (21 April 1993), database, Ancestry (https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/60901/ : accessed 25 February 2021).
6. ↑ 1930 U.S. census, Mobile County, Alabama, population schedule, Ward 5, Mobile, ED 53, sheet 9B, dwelling 145, family 179, William C. Jones and Jewel Jones, lodgers, in Benjamin Barnett household; digital images, Ancestry ((https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/6224/ : accessed 21 February 2021); NARA microfilm publication T626, roll 41.
7. ↑ “Mississippi, County Marriages, 1858-1979,” Lyngby-Jones (24 June 1931); digital images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/search/collection/3477669 : accessed 25 February 2021), digital film no. 007748172, image 178 of 920; imaged from Harrison County, Mississippi, Marriage Record, 43: 201, Circuit Clerk, Gulfport.
8. ↑ “Mississippi, County Marriages, 1858-1979,” Guillermin-Lyngby (4 September 1947); digital images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/search/collection/3477669 : accessed 25 February 2021), digital film no. 007748183, image 699 of 862; imaged from Harrison County, Mississippi, Marriage Record, 75: 328, Circuit Clerk, Gulfport.
9. ↑ “Florida, U.S., Divorce Index, 1927-2001,” digital database, Ancestry, (https://www.ancestry.com : accessed 2 January 2019), Sarah J. Guillermin – Edward Guillermin (1949), certificate no. 14403; citing Florida, Department of Health, Florida Divorce Index, 1927-2001, Jacksonville.
10. ↑ 1940 U.S. census, New Castle County, Delaware, population schedule, Wilmington, sheet 5A, line 4, William Claude Jones; digital images, Ancestry (https://www.ancestry.com/search.collections/2442/ : accessed 15 February 2021); NARA microfilm publication T627, roll 549.
11. ↑ “U.S., World War II Draft Registration Cards, 1942,” digital images, Ancestry (https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/1002/ : accessed 26 February 2021), card for William Claude Jones, serial no. U105, Local Draft Board No. 2, Houston, Harris County, Texas.

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