William Henry Jones born in 1861 (General)

by awoodman, Friday, May 16, 2008, 03:08 (6044 days ago)

I am trying to trace this ancestor's parents and his family as unfortunately I don't know anything about them. I know William was 74 (according to his grave) when he died on 23/4/1935 so he was either born in 1860 or 1861 in Whitecroft (according to my family). I also know that he married an Emma Jane Edwards who was born in 1859. Their first child was a Rose Amelia Mary (b.1881 in Parkend) and their other children that I know of were Dora, Herbert, Maud, Gertrude, Raymond, William, Riley, Harold and Wilfred. The family moved between Canada and England so some of there children are registered as being born in the United States (Dora, Herbert and Gertrude). In the First World War William served with the 1st Canadian BEF and died in 1916. William Henry Jones died on the way back from Canada on the Cunard White Star Line RMS Berengaria and Emma paid for his body to be put in ice so that he could be buried in Tewkesbury rather than at sea. As that is all I know about him I would be grateful if anyone knows a more exact date of birth or who his parents were. Thankyou very much for any assistance you are able to give.