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My Great-Grandfather Edward Simon Jones is showing in the 1911 Index as living in the Wrexham District of Denbighshire.He was born in 1849.Can anyone show the household he was staying with please?

Regards
William Russell Jones

1911 census - household transcription
Person: JONES, Edward Simon
Institution: Wrexham Union Workhouse, WREXHAM WORKHOUSE

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Name Relation Condition/
Yrs married Sex Age Birth
Year Occupation Where Born Original
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JONES, Edward Simon Inmate Widower M 62 1849 Coal Hewer Denbigh Ruabon VIEW

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RG number:
RG14 Piece:
34071 Reference:
RG14PN34071 RD621 SD3 ED44 SN9999

Registration District:
Wrexham Sub District:
Wrexham Enumeration District:
44 Parish:
Bersham

Address:
Workhouse Near Wrexham County:
Denbighshire

Thanks Ann,its quite sad really,he had three children still alive,though one was living in Wigan,but two were living about four miles from the Workhouse.

regards
William Russell Jonnes.

Hello William,

For some reason the whole index did not come up........will take a look and see if there are any jones people near him.

Ann

Crikey there are loads of them!!!!!!!!! Are the rest of the family accounted for in 1911?

Ann

His two children still alive living locally were William Simon(c1880 married to Lucy(1884),my Grandparents,and Elizabeth Davies(1886) Widow with a son Graham born in c 1907.


Regards
William Russell Jones.

It looks like he is on his own.......poor thing. Denbighshire Record Office have the holdings for the workhouse.........as you can pinpoint the year there may be info regarding the circumstances as to why he ended up there.......also he & his wife may have received out relief previous to her death, which can also tell a story.

Ann

Thanks Ann,his Wife died before 1901.In 1901 he was with his son Walter in the Wigan area.Walter was obviously still in Wigan in 1911.

Whether it had anything to do with his appearance in the Workhouse I don't know but I believe there was some friction between the two chilldren I mentioned,William and Elizabeth.

William resented the fact that Elizabeth married the local Colliery Manager!

Regards
William Russell Jones.

It is well worth making enquiries, if you live near to Denbighshire you can book a day and do the search yourself...........its riveting stuff!

Wigan to Wrexham in those days was quite a trek.....wonder did he head straight there (workhouse)......It was unusual in those days to own your property so he probably gave his rented house up to go live with his son.
Ann

Thanks Ann,there was a lot of movement back and to between the Wrexham area and Wigan by the Coalminers of the day.He obviously moved back to Wrexham sometime between 1901 and 1911.As I've just seen in the free Index to 1911,his son Walter was in Wigan in 1911,he married there in 1909.

I only live about 18 miles from the County Record Office at Ruthin.

Regards
William Russell Jones.

Gosh its a small world..........I live just outside Mold.

census - household transcription
Person: JONES, Walter
Address: 34 Leeds St New Springs Near Wigan

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JONES, Walter Head Married M 23 1888 Coke Work Machinist Conveyor Slacks Conveyor Machine Coke Ovens Wales Rhosymedre VIEW
JONES, Charlotte Wife Married
2 years F 21 1890 Devonshire Colyton VIEW
JONES, Margaret Daughter F 1 1910 Lancs Aspull VIEW

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RG number:
RG14 Piece:
22966 Reference:
RG14PN22966 RG78PN1344 RD458 SD2 ED6 SN261

Registration District:
Wigan Sub District:
Aspull Enumeration District:
6 Parish:
Aspull

Address:
34 Leeds St New Springs Near Wigan County:
Lancashire

Ann

They had 2 children 1 death.........sad

Thanks Ann for the details about Walter.I live in Cefn Mawr the adjoining village to Rhosymedre.

Regards
William Russell Jones.