Great Grandparent: Martha Hannah Jones
- Her Parents: John & Elizabeth Jones
- Her Grandparents: David Jones
Mini Family Tree (Direct Ancestors)
The family tree to date may be summarised:
Jones Family
David Jones b c 1790
Married c 1810
John Jones b c 1810/1
Married 12/4/1841
Elizabeth Counter b 1815
Children:
Elizabeth Jones b 1842/3
Martha Hannah Jones b 1844/5
John Richard Jones b 23.6.1947
Martha Hannah Jones b c 1844/5
d 15.5.1889 (age 40?)
Married 13.08.1864 (age 20)
George Christopher Bower b c 1841/2
d 15.03.1877 (age 35)
William Bower b 23.10.1867
Married 6.06.1897
Charlotte Hayes b 15.08.1876
Frederick Bower b 12.09.1910
d 10.9.2006
Married 11.07.1936
Doris Ivy Brecht b 15.03.1912
d 29.6.2003
Colin Malcolm Bower b 12.01.1944
Married 15.10.1966
Christine Elizabeth Collier b 26.03.1946
Link to Family Tree
Martha Hannah Bower (formerly Jones) & Descendants
Summary of Research To Date
Surprisingly good progress has been made with this difficult name particularly when I found a John Jones in the 1851 and 1861 Censuses!
I have found the birth of John Richard Jones but not Martha Hannah Jones as yet.
Birth Marriage & Death Certificates Held
- Births: 1 + 3 Unwanted
- Marriages: 3
- Deaths: 1
Certificates held-Martha Hannah Bower (formerly Jones)
Census Records Obtained
- 1841 (?) John & Elizabeth Jones
- 1851 John Jones Widower & family
- 1861 John Jones Widower & family
- 1871 Martha (Jones) Bower and brother John R Jones
- 1881 Martha (Bower) Hennenn
John R & Matilda Jones & family
- 1891 John R & Matilda Jones & family
- 1901 John R & Matilda Jones & family
- 1911 John Richard Jones, Widower
Other Research Undertaken
- IGI - nil
- Parish Records - nil
- Wills
- Businesses - nil
- Correspondence
- Visits - nil
- Photographs
- Misc Info/Documents
I obtained the 1889 death certificate of Martha Hannah Hennen (formerly Bower born Jones) who after the death of George Christopher Bower married Frederick Hennen.
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Exraordinarily, I traced the family in the 1851 and 1861 Censuses to learn that John Jones (Senior), Widower was born in Yorkshire.
Finding John Richard Jones' name in the 1861 Census meant I could get:
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Entries in the 1881, 1891, 1901 and 1911 Censuses were added.
I included the Jones family in the project: The Big One!
The Big One - Family History Research Report - Jones Family
In writing up the Big One! research report for the Jones/Counter Family, I traced the birth and baptism of Elizabeth Counter and a potential entry in the 1841 Census for John & Elizabeth (Counter) Jones.
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Some while ago I spotted a family tree via Ancestry. It gave the names of John Jones' mother (Martha Spence), his grandparents and great grandparents! I have accepted that this information is true.
If it is, it takes our tree back to David Jones a Lead Miner born in 1723, married in Marrick, North Yorkshire and died there in 1800 (age 77).
Marrick is near Reeth, which was the main centre of the Swaledale lead mining industry.
I also found an entry in the 1841 Census for John and Elizabeth Jones.
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I hold a certificate for the marriage of:
John Jones (Father David Jones, School Master)
married 12.4.1841
Elizabeth Counter (Father Richard Counter, Excise Officer)
at St Matthew's, Bethnal Green
I did find out a little more on Ancestry:
1. Elizabeth Counter born 10.11.1815
bp 8.12.1815 at St Matthew, Bethnal Green
(Parents Richard Counter, Excise Officer& Elizabeth of Collingwood Street)
2. Richard Counter (1783-1855)
married 29.3.1804
Elizabeth Jones
at Old Church, St Pancras
3. A Richard Counter lived at 58 Clark Street, Mile End Old Town from 1833 for some years, per the Electoral Roll 1832-1965
I updated the individual records including Elizabeth Jones:
I had previously found out that an ancestor in the Jones Family was a lead miner in Swaledale.
I was lucky enough to find a map of Swaledale in a local charity shop. It shows places where the family lived, e.g. Reeth, Grinton and Marrick:
I had noticed some errors which reminded me to go back to the Family Trees submitted to Ancestry by other people.
At the end of 2021, I started to put information into an Appendix:
Census 1841
One of the benefits is that I found brothers John and David Jones, Brokers living together in London. This was before John Jones married Elizabeth Counter later in 1841:
1841 Census
Wellington Place, Mile End Old Town, Stepney
John Jones (25) Broker (not born in Middlsex)
- he married Elizbeth Counter later in the year
David Jones (30) Brother Broker (not born in Middlesex)
Hannah Jones (30) David's Wife
Martha Jones (3)
David Jones (2)
Thomas Jones (9 months)
Bp of Martha Hannah Jones
At long last, I found the christening of Martha Hannah Jones but not the registration of her birth.
St Dunstan's, Stepney
Martha Anne Jones (should be Martha Hannah) bp 21.7.1844
(Parents John Jones, Labourer of Mile End Old Town and Elizabeth)
John Jones' mother Martha (Spence) Jones and his sister Isabella were still living in Reeth in 1841:
1841 Census
Reeth, Grinton, Yorkshire
Martha Jones (age 70) born in County - Yes
Isabella Jones (age 25) ditto
Mary Jones (age 2 months) ditto
(Isabella, Charwoman (age 37) and Mary (age 7) were still living in Low Street, Reeth in 1851)
At the turn of the year and into the New Year, I completed an Appendix of information about the family, when they lived in the lead-mining area in Swaledale, North Yorkshire:
Colin Bower
10 February 2022
Links to:
Jones Family - Main Links
Family History - Main Index