I am looking for any information on my grandparants owen & verina jones of harrow hill drybrook any small amount of information would be very much
appreciated i have a photo which i hope to put up on this site soon .
thanking you
joner

Good evening joner305 and welcome to this site. I am sure that you will find many people here keen to help you with your research.

You ask for any information about Owen & Verina Jones, and their marriage record can be found on this site:-

Record_ID: 19897
Entry_Number: 190
Year: 1907
Month: Dec
Day: 14
Grooms_Surname: JONES
Grooms_Forenames: Owen
Grooms_Age: 29
Groom_Condition: Bachelor
Grooms_Occupation: Game Keeper
Grooms_Residence: The Bailey nr Hope Mansell
Grooms_Fathers_Surname: Jones
Grooms_Fathers_Forenames: Thomas
Grooms_Fathers_Occupation: deceased
Brides_Surname: PHILLIPS
Brides_Forenames: Verena Mary
Brides_Age: 26
Brides_Condition: Spinster
Brides_Occupation: [not stated]
Brides_Residence: The Bailey nr Hope Mansell
Brides_Fathers_Surname: Phillips
Brides_Fathers_Forenames: Thomas
Brides_Fathers_Occupation: Labourer
Licence_or_Banns: Banns
Date_of_Banns: [not stated]
Signature_or_Mark: both sign
Witness_1: Charles George Price
Witness_2: Sarah Ann Price
Other_Witnesses:
Officiating_Minister: James Lawton Vicar
Event: Marriage
Memoranda:
Notes:
Register_Reference: P109 IN 1/9
Page_Number: 95
Parish_Chapel: Drybrook

1911 Census of England and Wales

Honey Moon Row, Harey Hill, East Dean, Glos

Owen Jones - Head - 38 - Married - Miner Coal Hewer - Herefordshire Weston
Verina Jones - Wife - 30 - Married - Gloucestershire East Dean
Frederick Thomas Jones - Son - 2 1/2 - Glos-Shire East Dean
Catherine Ivy Jones - 11 Months - Glos-shire East Dean

What other information do you require?

This Verena on FreeBMD?

Births Dec 1881
PHILLIPS Verena Mary Westbury S 6a 238

(Owen seems not able to make his mind up on his age....
FOD records, christened 15 November 1874, WUP, parents Thomas (occ. Sawyer) and Ann)

1851 Census, Hereford WUP
JONES,
Mary - Widow 66 - Pauper,Infirm, born Glos, Berkley
John - Son, 42, born Glos (transcribed as Stone Beakton)
Robert - 23 born Hereford,Weston
Thomas - 20 - ditto

1861 Census, Hereford WUP
JONES (Little Hyde)

Thomas - 28, Sawyer, born Weston, Ann - 26 (Hentland), Allen 6, Mary A - 2(baptised 28 November 1858 WUP) Eliza 8 months

1871 Census, Hereford WUP
JONES

Thomas 37, Ann, 36, Allin 16, Margaret 12, Henry 8, Emily 7, Thomas 3, Charley 11 months.

When Owen married in 1907 he was 29, then 'transcribed as 38 on the 1911 census)... however.... Looking at his place of birth on his marriage and father Thomas deceased - think this is him.

1881 Census, Herefordshire, Weston Under Penyard,
Kingstone

JONES

Thomas - 49, Sawyer, born Hereford, Weston
Ann - 46 - born Hereford, Hentland?
Henry - 18, Carpenter - all children born in W.U.P.
Thomas - 13
Charles - 10
Eva - 8
Owen - 6
Robert - 4

1891 Census, Herefordshire, WUP, Kingstone Cross

Ann JONES - 54 Midwife - born Here, Hentland
Eva JONES - dau - 19 Kitchen Maid Domestic - born Weston
Charles - son - 20 Ag. Lab, born ditto
Owen - son - 16 - ditto
Robert - son - 14 - ditto
*Frank HATCH - Grandson, age 6, Scholar, born Ruardean
Mary CORBETT - Boarder, age 23, Cook Domestic Servant, born Prestbury
Edith CORBETT - 2 - born Cheltenham

1901 Census, Hope Mansel
Hawthorne

Wallace HATCH 39 - Collier Coal Hewer, Hereford, Brampton
Eliza - 40 - born Weston under P
*Fred - 15 - Ruardean
Emily - 14 - ditto
Ethel Alderson, boarder, age 4, born Hereford
Owen JONES - 25, Visitor - Railway Porter, born Weston under Penyard

1891 Census, East Dean

Thomas PHILLIPS - 38, Collier,born Hereford, Kings Caple
Elizabeth - 51 - born Glos. East Dean
Thomas Taylor - the Phillips has been ditto - Son, age 20, Grocer Porter, born ED
Henry TAYLOR - again Phillips has been ditto - Son age 18, Collier, born ED
Sarah Ann - 14 - daughter, General Servant - born ED
Verina - 9 daughter - born ED
Katie - 4 granddaughter - born ED

not quite sure yet, whether this is a second marriage..... (age difference)

1881 Census Westbury on Severn - East Dean

Dancing Greek, Lea Bailey

Thomas PHILLIPS - 28, Coal Miner, born Hereford KC
Elizabeth - wife - 45 born East Dean
James TAYLOR - Son - 21 Coal Miner, (all born East Dean)
William TAYLOR - son -19 - ditto
George TAYLOR - - son - 15, Labourer, born ditto
Thomas TAYLOR - son -11 - ditto
Henry TAYLOR - son - 8

then the children by Elizabeth's second marriage....

Sarah A PHILLIPS - age 4 - FOD records, Sarah Ann PHILLIPPS - 7 January 1877 -East Dean, address Hope Mansell, born 5 December 1876.
Arthur PHILLIPS - age 2

Drybrook Marriage (a tangle.....)

29 October 1876, Thomas PHILLIPS age 22, Bachelor, father John PHILLIPS married Elizabeth TAYLOR age 37, Widow/Spinster - father John MEEK witnesses: George John PHILLIPS and Mary Ann PHILLIPS

1871 Census East Dean
Dancing Green

Wm TAYLOR, 28, Miner, all born East Dean (can't find a marriage yet....)
Elizabeth - 32
James - 11
Wm - 9
Elizabeth - 7
George - 5
Susan - 3

1861 Census, East Dean, Palmers Hill, just next to Dancing Green

William TAYLOR - 21 East Dean
Elizabeth TAYLOR - 22 ditto
James TAYLOR -1 - ditto

next but one family

Hannah MEEK - Widow, 57, Charwomen, born Hereford, Weston
Susan MEEK - 16, daughter born East Dean

1851 Census, East Dean, Pinsel ? Lane, next to Dancing Green

Hannah MEEK - Widow - 47
Joseph - 21
Henry - 14
Elizabeth - 17
James - 7
Susannah - 4

1841 census, near the Dancing Green

Two Meek families (including Elizabeth MEEK)

William -30 - Paper Maker
Jane - 30
Daniel - 6
Jane - 3

then a house with Mary JONES age 28 - not born in County.... and

John MEEK - 40 - Ag. Lab Y
Hannah - 38
Caroline - 16
John - 14
Joseph - 11
George - 9
Henry - 6
Elizabeth - 2 - who married Thomas PHILLIPS in 1876
Frederick - 4

what a loverlly site thank you all so much for your help

Hello,

I am the gt grandson of Owen Jones' brother Charles and have the jones family back to John Jones 1776 and his wife Mary Jones nee Jones at Weston Under Penyard.
I also have the details of Owen's siblings marriages

Hello
My wife is related to Owen & Verena . On her mums side of the family her grandmother was Emily Verena Jones . Her mum & dad are cousins, so in her dads family her grandmother was Catherine Ivy (Jones) Roberts. I intend to trace her family and any help you can give would be appreciated
Richard Hayward

1911
JONES OWEN M 1873 38 Westbury on Severn Gloucestershire
JONES VERINA F 1881 30 Westbury on Severn Gloucestershire
JONES CATHERINE IVY F 1910 11 MONTHS Westbury on Severn Gloucestershire
JONES FREDERICK THOMAS M 1909 2 Westbury on Severn Gloucestershire

Name: Emily V Jones
Mother's Maiden Name: Phillips
Date of Registration: Oct-Nov-Dec 1913
Registration district: Westbury On Severn
Inferred County: Gloucestershire
Volume: 6a
Page: 503

Year: 1913
Month: Nov
Day: 30
Parents_Surname: JONES
Child_Forenames: Emily Verena
Fathers_Forenames: Owen
Mothers_Forenames: Verena
Mothers_Surname:
Residence: Harry Hill
Occupation: Collier
Officiating_Minister: J Lawton Vicar
Event: Baptism
Memoranda:
Notes:
Register_Reference: P109 IN 1/5
Page_Number: 141
Parish_Chapel: Drybrook

Name: Emily Verena Jones
Birth Date: 27 Oct 1913
Date of Registration: Jun 1991
Age at Death: 77
Registration district: Gloucester
Inferred County: Gloucestershire
Volume: 22
Page: 1954

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Year: 1874
Month: Nov
Day: 15
Parents_Surname: JONES
Child_Forenames: Owen
Fathers_Forenames: Thomas
Mothers_Forenames: Ann
Mothers_Surname:
Residence: Kainsham
Occupation: Sawyer
Officiating_Minister: E B Hawkeshaw
Event: Baptism
Memoranda:
Notes:
Register_Reference: AA33/6
Page_Number: 40
Parish_Chapel: Weston under Penyard

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Name: Catherine I Jones
Date of Registration: Jul-Aug-Sep 1910
Registration district: Westbury On Severn
Inferred County: Gloucestershire
Volume: 6a
Page: 263

1911
JONES OWEN M 1873 38 Westbury on Severn Gloucestershire
JONES VERINA F 1881 30 Westbury on Severn Gloucestershire
JONES CATHERINE IVY F 1910 11 MONTHS Westbury on Severn Gloucestershire
JONES FREDERICK THOMAS M 1909 2 Westbury on Severn Gloucestershire

Name: Catherine I Jones
Spouse: Alfred W Roberts
Date of Registration: Oct-Nov-Dec 1935
Registration district: Westbury On Severn
Inferred County: Gloucestershire
Volume Number: 6a
Page Number: 659

Name: Catherine Ivy Roberts
Birth Date: 26 May 1910
Date of Registration: Apr-May-Jun 1977
Age at Death: 67
Registration district: Gloucester
Inferred County: Gloucestershire
Volume: 22
Page: 1865

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Name: Alfred W Roberts
Mother's Maiden Name: Matthews
Date of Registration: Jul-Aug-Sep 1913
Registration district: Westbury On Severn
Inferred County: Gloucestershire
Volume: 6a
Page: 533

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http://www.forum.forest-of-dean.net/index.php?mode=entry&id=29808

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