Hi Adele

He wasn't born in Bristol was he? This birth reg on FreeBMD:

Births Sep 1901
Jones Alfred William S Bristol 6a 86

Prior thread for JONES / LANE
http://www.forum.forest-of-dean.net/index.php?id=14069

Yes the Royal Oak was known as the Bag'o'nails

It was also under a Brewery from Wickwar , north of Bristol, and had a Jones landlord around 1905....

PLUDDS, Nr. RUARDEAN
Royal Oak, GL17 9UG
In the 1891 petty sessional divisional records it is listed without having a name. In the 1903 book it is simply listed as the Royal Oak, East Dean. There is a Royal Oak Road, the Pludds GL17 9UG.

Map Reference:

Owner in 1891: Arnold Perrett & Co. Ltd., Wickwar Brewery
Rateable value in 1891: £14.0s.0d.
Type of licence in 1891: Beerhouse (off sales only)
Owner in 1903: Arnold Perrett & Co. Ltd., Wickwar Brewery
Rateable value in 1903: £14.0s.0d.
Type oflicence in 1903: Beerhouse (off sales only)

Closing time in 1903: 10pm
Present status:

Landlords:

1891 George Meek
1903 William Henry Jones

1911
JONES WILLIAM H M 1875 36 Westbury on Severn Gloucestershire
JONES JESSIE F 1876 35 Westbury on Severn Gloucestershire
JONES KATHLEEN F 1901 10 Westbury on Severn Gloucestershire
JONES REGINALD M 1897 14 Westbury on Severn Gloucestershire
JONES LESLIE M 1899 12 Westbury on Severn Gloucestershire
JONES BESSIE F 1905 6 Westbury on Severn Gloucestershire
JONES MARGARET F 1910 1 Westbury on Severn Gloucestershire
possibly other children

Name:William Henry Jones
Name: Jessie Morgan
Year of Registration: 1896
Quarter of Registration: Oct-Nov-Dec
District: Ross
County: Gloucestershire, Herefordshire, Hereford and Worcester
Volume: 6a
Page: 964

1901 Pludds
William H Jones abt 1875 West Dean, Gloucestershire, England Head East Dean, Gloucestershire Miner
Jessie Jones abt 1870 Aymestrey Park, Herefordshire, England Wife East Dean, Gloucestershire
Kathleen E Jones abt 1900 Ruardean, Gloucestershire, England Daughter East Dean, Gloucestershire
Leslie Jones abt 1899 Ruardean, Gloucestershire, England Son East Dean, Gloucestershire
Reginald Jones abt 1897 East Dean, Gloucestershire, England Son East Dean, Gloucestershire

Year 1904
Month May
Day 4
Parents Surname JONES
Child Forenames Bessie
Fathers Forenames William Henry
Mothers Forenames Jessie
Mothers Surname
Residence East Dean Gloucester
Occupation Collier
Officiating Minister D. Rowse
Event Baptism
Memoranda In Knight's Hill Chapel
Notes
Register Reference D2598 5/6
Page Number 60
Parish Chapel Forest of Dean Bible Christian Circuit

Year 1905
Month Dec
Day 13
Parents Surname JONES
Child Forenames Amy Sarah
Fathers Forenames William Henry
Mothers Forenames Jessie
Mothers Surname
Residence East Dean Gloucester
Occupation Collier
Officiating Minister D. Rowse
Event Baptism
Memoranda In Knight's Hill Chapel
Notes
Register Reference D2598 5/6
Page Number 73
Parish Chapel Forest of Dean Bible Christian Circuit

Year 1909
Month Sep
Day 8
Parents Surname JONES
Child Forenames Margaret Esther
Fathers Forenames William Henry
Mothers Forenames Jesse
Mothers Surname
Residence Pludds East Dean Gloucester
Occupation Collier
Officiating Minister J. H. Batt
Event Baptism
Memoranda Knight's Hill Chapel
Notes
Register Reference D2598 5/6
Page Number 105
Parish Chapel Forest of Dean Bible Christian Circuit

Year 1915
Month May
Day 5
Parents Surname JONES
Child Forenames Agnes Mary
Fathers Forenames William Henry
Mothers Forenames Jessie
Mothers Surname
Residence The Pludds Lydbrook
Occupation Labourer
Officiating Minister W B Harrison
Event Baptism
Memoranda Privately
Notes
Register Reference 20812
Page Number 56
Parish Chapel Lydbrook

Name: Henry A Jones ??
Year of Registration: 1911
Quarter of Registration: Oct-Nov-Dec
Mother's Maiden Name: Morgan
District: Westbury On Severn
County: Gloucestershire
Volume: 6a
Page: 454

Name: Winifred A Jones ?
Year of Registration: 1913
Quarter of Registration: Apr-May-Jun
Mother's Maiden Name: Morgan
District: Westbury On Severn
County: Gloucestershire
Volume: 6a
Page: 528

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Thanks again for all the help....apparentley his occupation in the 1940's was public works foreman??...anyone help me with that?

The Royal oak was later known to the locals as 'hole in the wall'

Hope you received my other email

Hayley

hi adele
it's cyrilla your cousin here (aunty marg's daughter)she is visiting at the moment and we stumbled onto this site.
to answer your question alfred was born in bristol july 27th 1901,his father, a carpenter, died in his mid 20's, his mother brought him and his brother,reginald, to the forest to housekeep for someone in ruardean.
He was a foreman for a firm putting in mains water in dorset not sure when but before living at the royal oak (the bag o nails).
He was landlord of the unicorn (and we think still working for water firm) in coleford when he married winifred lane (b.19/09/1911)
2 children born there-sam and tony.
He left water firm and unicorn pub to move to the pludds to work in the coal mine and run, with winifred, the royal oak. 2 more children born-margaret and graham (jo),your dad.

Name: Alfred William S Jones
Year of Registration: 1901
Quarter of Registration: Jul-Aug-Sep
District: Bristol
County: Avon, Gloucestershire
Volume: 6a
Page: 86

1911
JONES ALFRED M 1902 9 Ross Herefordshire
JONES REGINALD M 1904 7 Ross Herefordshire
+ Others

Name: Alfred W S Jones
Spouse : Winifred E Lane
Date of Registration: Oct-Nov-Dec 1930
Registration district: Monmouth
Registration county (inferred): Monmouthshire
Volume Number: 11a
Page Number: 70

Name: Alfred Es Jones
Mother's Maiden Surname: Lane
Date of Registration: Apr May Jun 1933
Registration district: Monmouth
Registration county: Wales
Volume Number: 11a
Page Number: 34

Name: Anthony M Jones
Mother's Maiden Surname: Lane
Date of Registration: Jan Feb Mar 1935
Registration district: Monmouth
Registration county: Wales
Volume Number: 11a
Page Number: 36

Name: Margaret A Jones
Mother's Maiden Surname: Lane
Date of Registration: Oct Nov Dec 1940
Registration district: F of Dean
Registration county: Gloucestershire, Shropshire, Herefordshire
Volume Number: 6a
Page Number: 709

Name: Graham C Jones
Mother's Maiden Surname: Lane
Date of Registration: Oct Nov Dec 1942
Registration district: F of Dean
Registration county: Gloucestershire, Shropshire, Herefordshire
Volume Number: 6a
Page Number: 509

Name: Alfred William S Jones
Birth Date: 27 Jul 1901
Death Registration Month/Year: 1970
Registration district: Forest of Dean
Inferred County: Gloucestershire
Volume: 7b
Page: 823

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