Arthur Grant Jones - Llanberis

[Tall Al]

Hi,

I am trying to find the deaths of Arthur and his wife without any success.

Arthur was born 22 Jan 1885 in Llanberis and married Annie Mary Thomas (born 1887 Llanllyfni) at Caernarfon in 1910.

They had a child in 1910 but after that date I can't see them.

Can anyone help?

Thanks

Alan

 

[CaroleW]

Where and when did the child marry

Have you checked www.cwgc.org.uk in case he died in WW1

[Tall Al]

Hi Carole,

Thanks for your interest.

I have looked but couldn't see his death in WW1.

His daughter Phyllis May Jones married in 1950 in Anglesey to a Patrick P Murphy and she died there in 1985 following her husbands death, also in Anglesey, in 1979.

My missing link is that I can't seem to find what happened to her parents.

Alan

[hogynpg]

AGJ emigrated to Australia in the 1920's leaving his wife and children. Annie Mary Jones died in the 1970's after living in Talysarn and Penygroes

[hogynpg]

They had 3 children   ; one died at an early age the other two both in 1985

[CaroleW]

http://www.findmypast.co.uk/passengerListPersonSearchStart.action?redef=0

He left in 1925 from London - Sydney

[EmyrBorth]

Hi
He's in Dolperis, Llanberis, 1911 Census with wife and one child, Insurance Agent with Prudential(?); also a visitor.
His name appears in New South Wales, Police Gazette, 15 May 1929; don't know in what context. Can't access it because I only have basic subscription to Ancestry.
Emyr

[Tall Al]

Hi,

Thank you so much for the details.

I can't understand how you could come to leave your wife and children to go to the other side of the world - how very sad.

Life must have been extremely tough for Annie Mary (nee Thomas) and her children. You say they had 3 children - have you more details?

For your information, I am connected to Annie Mary and her family via my Great Grandfathers sister. 

Any additional information would be much appreciated

Alan

[EmyrBorth]

Hi
London Gazette, 1924:
Jones, Arthur grant, residing and carrying on business at X.L. Boot stores, Talysarn, in the county of Carnarvon. Boot and shoe retailer. Bankruptcy proceedings.
Date of 1st meeting, May 20, 1924, Official Receivers Office, Chester.
Date of Public Examination, June 27th, 1924, Court House, Bangor.
There will probably be more info in local papers.

The Sydney Morning Herald, 1st February 1928:
CHARGE OF BIGAMY, GOULBURN, Tuesday.
Arthur Grant Jones, a slate quarry foreman, was committed for trial yesterday on a charge of bigamy. Evidence was given that Jones had married Annie Mary Thomas at Carnarvon, Wales, and that she was still alive. Later, it was alleged, he went through the form of marriage with Miss Madeline Armstrong, of Bungonia, at Campsie, N.S.W..  Jones was defended by Mr E F Thomas. He reserved his defence, and was admitted to bail in one surety of £50.

Same paper, 14th February 1928:
GOULBURN QUARTER SESSIONS, GOULBURN, MONDAY
At the Quarter Sessions, Arthur Grant Jones, slate quarry manager, of Burgonia(Bungonia ?), who was convicted of bigamy, was ordered to --(?) for sentence if called upon within the next two(?) years. Judge Coyle made it a condition that Jones should send an amount, to be fixed by the magistrate at Gouburn(Goulburn?), to his wife in Wales every week.

There is a 1930 advert that refers to an Arthur Grant Jones, Attorney of The Cambria Tin Mining Co., Tasmania.
There is information on Ancestry, which I can't access with my basic subscription, and on Find my Past, which I don't have subscription for.
Emyr