The Jones family

Children of Joseph and Marianne (nee Mason). All baptised at St Martins church, North Nibley.

Emma (1834-1918)

John (1836-1867)

Henry (1841-1841)

Children of Stephen and Elizabeth (nee Exell). Both baptised at Nibley Congregational Chapel

Mary (1838-1912)

Ann (1839-1906)

Map reproduced with the kind permission of Geoff Gwatkin

In the 1840s, the three sons of William Jones lived in the eastern end of the parish. George and his wife Sophia, who had no children, lived in what is now Rose Cottage (coloured yellow). Stephen and Elizabeth, his wife, lived at Galloway, coloured green. Joseph and his wife Marianne lived at Westridge House, coloured blue.

At the time of the 1841 Census, Stephen and Elizabeth had two children, Ann and Mary (both baptised in the Congregational Tabernacle in the village. Later that year, the couple had another daughter, Rebecca. Perhaps because of that, their older daughter, Mary, was living with Joseph and Mary/Marianne at Westridge. In 1851, Ann was living in Woodmancote with her grandfather, Timothy Exell. In 1861 she was living in Woolley House, Chaddleworth, Berkshire, working as an under laundry maid. Ten years later she was still there, promoted to laundrymaid.

In 1881, she was visiting Elizabeth Hope at Shaw-cum-Donnington, Berkshire. Elizabeth had worked as a fellow laundress in Chaddleworth. In 1891, she was retired and living with her married sister Rebecca. The household also included Rebecca’s husband Edward Mason, and their father Stephen. Ten years later, the family (without Stephen, who had died) were living at Binley Farm, where Edward was farming.

Ann died, aged 67, in 1906, and was buried in the churchyard of St Martins church.

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I have a problem with Mary Jones, or rather, two Mary Jones, of roughly the same age. On 20/11/1839, Mary, the daughter of Stephen and Elizabeth Jones, was baptised in North Nibley chapel. On 7/10/1838 Mary, the daughter of Joseph and Marianne Jones, was baptised at St Martins church. A Mary was living with Stephen and Elizabeth in 1841, and later married James Harris. But I can find no record of burial of the other Mary.

Mary was living with her parents and four younger siblings in 1851, at Galloway. In October 1858 she married James William Harris, a labourer, at St Martins, North Nibley. In 1861 they were living in Kingswood at Ithell Mill with their one-year-old son Albert. They had three sons, and spent the rest of their lives in Kingswood. Mary died in 1912, aged 74. James died in 1919.

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James’ wife Marianne died in 1842. In 1849 he married Pheby Littleton. At the time of the 1851 Census, the family were living at Westridge with Pheby’s father. Henry had died in 1841, only a year old. Emma and John were living in the household.

In 1861 Emma was working as a servant in Mildmay Park, Islington. Ten years later, she was still in Mildmay Park, working as a servant, at a difference address. In 1876 she married Isaac Mason, a farmer from North Nibley. The marriage took place in St Lukes, Islington. In 1881 the couple were living at Castle Stream Farm, Dursley. Isaac died in 1884. In 1891 Emma was living at Rose Cottage, North Nibley, working as housekeeper for William Canning.

In 1889, at the church of St John the Baptist, Gloucester, Emma married her brother in law Charles (the brother of her previous husband). He had been married to Julia Jones, the daughter of Joseph Jones and his second wife Phoebe.

In 1891 and 1901 the couple were living on the Street, North Nibley. They both died in 1918, and were buried at St Martins, in the village. Emma was 84.

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John married Jane Bowman at Berkeley church in April, 1860. At the time of the marriage he was a labourer, living in Alkington. Their son George Albert was born the next month. In 1861 the family were living in Newport, Berkeley. John died in 1867, aged only 32 years, and buried at Berkeley church.

Their son Henry was born about that time as, when he was baptised in September 1868, he was recorded as being 2 years old.

In 1871, the widowed Jane was working as a farm labourer and was supporting 4 children aged 10 and under. In 1901 she was a patient in Gloucester Lunatic Asylum. She died in the September of the following year, and was buried in Berkeley churchyard.