Amos JAMES 1872 -1936 Blakeney Hill - assoc thread (General)

by slowhands , proud of his ancient Dean Forest roots, Monday, January 28, 2013, 23:19 (4318 days ago) @ Segilla

If there’s any lingering doubt about the Sarah Jane JONES bn c 1870 who md. Amos JAMES of Blakeney Hill in 1891, here’s a personal recollection from c. 1942.
Sarah Jane had a brother Thomas Henry JONES bn 1866. He was the father of my LND born uncle, John Henry JONES.
I well recall on one of two long summer holidays spent in Yorkley with a JONES and SNOOK families, uncle saying he was going to take us to visit his ‘cousin Amos’.
This involved a long walk, including crossing a ‘donkey bridge’ over a railway to where Amos lived.
He had a garden sloping down the hill filled with roses. He showed us his collection and explained rose grafting.
(Here memory gets hazy. Was he of medium height, black neat hair with serious / intense eyes?).
His wife was said to be somewhat strange and this comment is only included as it helps to distinguish ‘cousin Amos` from another Amos JAMES who lived nearby.

Are there any living descendants of Amos JAMES who might be able to add to my knowledge of the family?

Alan Merryweather

http://www.forum.forest-of-dean.net/index.php?id=39692

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