Alice Jane (Turner) Jones (1865 - 1916)

Born 26 Jul 1865 in Adwyrclawdd, Denbighshire, Wales, United Kingdom

Ancestors

Wife of John Williamson Jones — married 1904 in Wrexham, Denbighshire, Wales

Died 14 Nov 1916 at age 51 in Huntly, Waikato, New Zealand

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Biography

Alice (Turner) Jones was born in Wales.

Alice was born in 1865.

Alice (Turner) Jones migrated from Wales to New Zealand.

Alice was married to John Williamson Jones, a Welshman who was a coalminer. After emigrating from Wales, they lived in Huntly, New Zealand.

Alice (Turner) Jones was widowed when her husband was killed in the Ralph's Mine Explosion on 12-Sep-1914

Her husband, John Willian Jones, was killed in the Ralph's Mine Explosion on 12 Sep 1914. It seems that his death affected her greatly and she spent some time in an Asylum. She had suffered depression.

She passed away in 1916. Alice went missing, and was reported as having been seen many places, but of concern was that she was seen by the river. A diligent search was conducted, but she wasn't found until 21 November. ^[1]

Alice and John had no children, but at the time of her death she had a nephew living with her. Alice also had a sister living in Auckland. Her will, completed in 1915, left her estate to her family in New Zealand, Wales, and British Columbia.

Sources

1. ↑ News Item - body found - FOUND IN THE WAIKATO., Auckland Star, Volume XLVII, Issue 278, 21 November 1916

• New Zealand Death Index - Ancestry.com. New Zealand, Death Index, 1848-1966 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2014. Name: Alice Jane Jones; Death Date: Oct-Nov-Dec 1916; Registration Place: Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand; Folio Number: 2713
• Find A Grave: Memorial #169203384
• New Zealand Cemetery Records - Ancestry.com. New Zealand, Cemetery Records, 1800-2007 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2014. Name: Alice Jane Jones; Birth Date: abt 1865; Death Age: 51; Death Date: 14 Nov 1916; Death Place: Huntly; Burial Place: Waikato, New Zealand; Cemetery: Kimihia; Spouse Name: John William Jones
• Probate - "New Zealand, Archives New Zealand, Probate Records, 1843-1998," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QK9V-VCJW : 27 April 2016), Alice Jane Jones, 1917; citing Hamilton, Hamilton Probates - Second Sequence, 1910-1953, record number 707, Archives New Zealand, Auckland Regional Office; FamilySearch digital folder 007113801.
• Birth Certificate downloaded on Ancestry (https://www.ancestry.com/mediaui-viewer/tree/27877/person/25328120524/media/641a969c-befa-42a6-99e3-8c51626981cf?_phsrc=FQq326&_phstart=successSource)