Robert Jones jun (1879 - 1949)

Born 1 Jun 1879 in Portadown, County Armagh, Ireland

Ancestors

Husband of Helen Ann Bateman (Murdock) Jones — married 14 Nov 1912 in Belfast, Ireland

Died 25 Nov 1949 at age 70 in Dundee, Angus, Scotland, United Kingdom

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Biography

Robert Jones, jun., was born at Portadown, county Armagh in 1879. He was the son of Robert Jones, army pensioner, and Martha Dale.^[1]

On 14th November 1914, he married Helen Ann Bateman Murdock in St Luke's church, parish of Lower Falls in Belfast.^[2]

Robert's and Helen's eldest child, Agnes, was born in 1913,^[3] and their youngest, William John, in 1917.^[4] William was yet a toddler, aged two years ten months, when he died of broncho-pneumonia in March, 1920.^[5]

In about 1934, The family removed to Dundee in Scotland, where Robert worked as foreman french polisher for the Caledon Shipyard.^[6] His wife, Helen, died at Dundee in 1947, aged sixty-two years.^[7][8]

Robert Jones was killed in an industrial accident in the Caledon Shipyard on 25th November 1949. He was seventy years of age.^[6][9][10] After a coroner's examination, his body was cremated, and the ashes were interred in Belfast City Cemetery the following spring.^[11]

Census enumerations

1901 census of Ireland

• Robert Jones, head of family, Methodist, reads and writes, age 21, male, French polisher, not married, born in county Armagh [sic]
• Maggie Jones, sister, do., …, age 30, female, housekeeper, do., …
• Annie Jones, sister, do., …, age 28, female, Damask weaver, do., …
• Martha E. Jones, sister, do., …, age 25, female, Damask weaver, do., ...
• census place: Jaffa street, Belfast. The family occupied four rooms, probably in a row house, in the general neighbourhood of the Shankill and Falls roads.^[12]

1911 census of Ireland

• Robert Jones, head of family, Methodist, reads and writes, age 31, French polisher, single, born in county Armagh [sic]
• Maggie Jones, sister, do., …, age 40, female, weaver, do., …
• census place: Jaffa street, Belfast (Shankill district)^[13]

Sources

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1. ↑ General Register Office of Ireland (GRO), Dublin. Civil Registration Indexes and Records of Births (1864ff), Marriages (1845ff), and Deaths (1864ff). Digital image hosted online by Culture, Heritage, and the Gaeltacht, Ireland, at irishgenealogy.ie (accessed and transcribed by Alison Kilpatrick). Abstract: "1879-06-01 – Birth – Robert Jones, born in Morrison’s Court, Portadown, on 1st June 1879, son of Robert Jones of David street, Portadown, painter, and Martha Jones, formerly Dale; informant: father; registered 24th June 1879 (W. Stewart, registrar). Archival ref. Lurgan registration district, Portadown sub-district, pg. 12, GRO nos. 9/804/02071148."
2. ↑ General Register Office of Ireland (GRO), Dublin. Civil Registration Indexes and Records of Births (1864ff), Marriages (1845ff), and Deaths (1864ff). Digital copies hosted online by Culture, Heritage, and the Gaeltacht, Ireland, at irishgenealogy.ie (accessed and transcribed by Alison Kilpatrick). Abstract: "Marriage – 1912-11-14 – Robert Jones, bachelor (of 12 Jaffa street, age 34, bachelor, french polisher, son of Robert Jones, labourer) and Helen Ann Murdock, spinster (of 12 Jaffa street, age 29, spinster, cook, daughter of William Thompson Murdock, Royal Navy Reserve) were married on 14th November 1912 in St Luke’s church in the parish of Lower Falls in Belfast, according to the rites and ceremonies of the Church of Ireland, by licence, by the Rev. Ernest Hayes; witnessed by John Murdock and Martha Crawford. Archival ref. [Belfast] registration district, GRO nos. 14/297/05608759."
3. ↑ General Register Office of Ireland (GRO), Dublin. Civil Registration Indexes and Records of Births (1864ff), Marriages (1845ff), and Deaths (1864ff). Digital copies hosted online by Culture, Heritage, and the Gaeltacht, Ireland, at irishgenealogy.ie (accessed and transcribed by Alison Kilpatrick). Abstract: "Birth – 1913-08-12 – Agnes Wilhelmina Helen Jones, born on 12th August 1913 at 12 Jaffa street, Belfast; daughter of Robert Jones of same address, french polisher, and Helen Anne Jones formerly Murdock; informant: C. Gault, 11 Geoffrey street, present at the birth; registered 12th August 1913 (S.L. Browne, registrar). Archival ref. Belfast registration district, Belfast Urban No. 3 sub-district, GRO nos. [-]96, 205-01590903.”
4. ↑ General Register Office of Ireland (GRO), Dublin. Civil Registration Indexes and Records of Births (1864ff), Marriages (1845ff), and Deaths (1864ff). Digital copies hosted online by Culture, Heritage, and the Gaeltacht, Ireland, at irishgenealogy.ie (accessed and transcribed by Alison Kilpatrick). Abstract: "Birth – 1917-04-28 – William John Murdock Jones, born on 28th April 1917 at 12 Jaffa street, Belfast; son of Robert Jones of 12 Jaffa street, french polisher, and Helen Jones formerly Murdock; informant; Isabella Culbert, 182 Snugville street, present at the birth (signed with her mark); registered 5th May 1917 (H.D. Osborne, registrar). Archival ref. Belfast registration district, Belfast Urban No. 3 sub-district, GRO nos. [14/[-]87, 01543251.”
5. ↑ General Register Office of Ireland (GRO), Dublin. Civil Registration Indexes and Records of Births (1864ff), Marriages (1845ff), and Deaths (1864ff). Digital copies hosted online by Culture, Heritage, and the Gaeltacht, Ireland, at irishgenealogy.ie (accessed and transcribed by Alison Kilpatrick). Abstract: "Death – 1920-03-23 – William John Murdock Jones, son of Robert Jones, french polisher, died on 23rd March 1920 at 12 Jaffa street, Belfast, aged two years ten months; cause of death: broncho pneumonia, certified; informant: father, registered 24th March 1920 (H.D. Osborne, registrar). Archival ref. Belfast registration district, Belfast Urban No. 3 sub-district, GRO nos. 23/183/04413353.”
6. ↑ ^{6.0 6.1} Dundee Courier, 26 November 1949 (pg. 2). “Shipyard Worker Killed.” Citing the death of Robert Jones, aged 70 years, formerly of Belfast, widower. Digital image © D.C. Thomson & Co., Ltd.; hosted online at findmypast.co.uk (accessed by subscription, and transcribed by Alison Kilpatrick, 2019-11-20). — Transcript: "SHIPYARD WORKER KILLED. / Seventy-year old Robert Jones, 32 Kinnordy Terrace, Dundee, was killed instantly when knocked down by a shunting engine at the Caledon Shipyard, Dundee, yesterday. / The engine was pushing a single waggon, and it is thought Mr Jones slipped and fell while attempting to cross the line. / He was foreman french polisher with the Caledon Company. He came from Belfast 15 years ago. / Mr Jones was a widower. A daughter kept house for him.” Transcriber’s note: The use of the slash symbol, i.e., /, indicates a new paragraph in the original text.
7. ↑ National Records of Scotland (Edinburgh). Statutory Registers (1855ff). Index entry hosted online at scotlandspeople.gov.uk (accessed by Alison Kilpatrick, 2019-11-19). Abstract: "Death – 1947 – Helen Ann Jones (other surname: Murdoch), died in St Clement registration district in 1947. Archival ref. 282/2 478.”
8. ↑ Find-a-Grave Memorial. Original records held by the Belfast City Cemetery, Belfast, Northern Ireland. Memorials posted to www.findagrave.com by “Cyndi,” various dates (2017, 2018); accessed, 2019-11-19. Abstract: "Memorial no. 186280602. Helen Ann Jones [formerly Murdock], birth: unknown, death: 15 Jun 1947; burial: Belfast City Cemetery, Belfast, County Antrim, Northern Ireland; gravesite details: age 62 years [born c.1885], burial date 5 December 1947."
9. ↑ Dundee Courier, 26 November 1949 (pg. 5). Death notice for Robert Jones of 32 Kinnordie Terrace, Dundee. Digital image © D.C. Thomson & Co., Ltd.; hosted online at findmypast.co.uk (accessed by subscription, and transcribed by Alison Kilpatrick, 2019-11-20). — Transcript: "JONES—Suddenly (the result of an accident), on Nov. 25, 1949, Robert Jones, 32 Kinnordie Tce., Dundee, husband of the late Helen Murdoch [sic]. Funeral service in the Cathedral Church of St Paul on Mon., at twelve o’clock noon, thereafter at Dundee Crematorium at 12.30 p.m. Friends wishing to attend please notify Messrs J. & J. Gray, 18 Perth Rd. (telephone 4604).”
10. ↑ National Records of Scotland (Edinburgh). Statutory Registers (1855ff). Digital image hosted online at scotlandspeople.gov.uk (purchased and transcribed by Alison Kilpatrick, 2019-11-19). — Abstract: "Death – 1949-11-25 – Robert Jones, widower of Helen Ann Murdoch (of 32 Kinnordy Terrace, Dundee, french polisher, son of Robert Jones, soldier, and Martha Dale, both deceased), died on 25th November 1949 in Stannergate Road, aged 70 years; cause of death: shcok and haemorrhage from multiple body injuries due to a vehicular accident; seen after death by Shelia G.F. Conacker, M.B., Ch.B.; informant: A. W. Jones, daughter, 32 Kinnordy Terrace; registered 28th November 1949 (Normal Steele, registrar). Archival ref. District of St. Andrew in the Burgh of Dundee, NRS no. 738, pg. 246, Statutory Register no. 282/3 738."
11. ↑ Find-a-Grave Memorial. Original records held by the Belfast City Cemetery, Belfast, Northern Ireland. Memorials posted to www.findagrave.com by “Cyndi,” various dates (2017, 2018); accessed, 2019-11-19. Abstract: "Memorial no. 186281003. Robert Jones, birth: unknown, death: 25 Nov 1949; burial: Belfast City Cemetery, Belfast, County Antrim, Northern Ireland; gravesite details: age 70 years [born c.1879], burial date 5 April 1950."
12. ↑ National Archives of Ireland, Dublin. Census of Ireland of 1901. Robert Jones, age 21, with sisters, Maggie (30), Annie (28), and Martha E. (25); Jaffa Street, Belfast; archival ref. Shankill DED, county Antrim, house no. 69. Digital images produced in partnership with Library and Archives Canada; hosted online by the NAI, www.census.nationalarchives.ie (accessed and transcribed by Alison Kilpatrick, 2019-11-13).
13. ↑ National Archives of Ireland, Dublin. Census of Ireland of 1911. Robert Jones, age 31, with sister, Maggie (40); Jaffa Street, Belfast; archival ref. Shankill DED, county Antrim, house no. 69. Digital images produced in partnership with Library and Archives Canada; hosted online by the NAI, census.nationalarchives.ie (accessed and transcribed by Alison Kilpatrick, 2019-11-13).

Links

• Arborealis: Family outline of John Jones (c.1799–1876) and Anne Houston (c.1818–1882, and children