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William Owen Jones Bank Manager Cape Town.
« on: Friday 27 March 15 11:10 GMT (UK) »
Can anyone help with more information, I know who W O Jones family were, but nothing after 1881 when he was still at home in Portmadoc , he was born c 1864 in Wrexham. Denbighshire

North Wales Express 11 March 1910
 Portmadoc Wedding in South Africa. JONES—TAIT.
The marriage of Mr William Owen Jones, of Portmadoc, North Wales (manager of the Bank of Africa, Cape Town), to Mrs Emmie Tait (widow of Mr lYl. L. Tait, and daughter of the late Mr Godfrey Sichel ), was. solemnised on February l5 th. The ceremony took place at .St. Saviour's Church, Claremont, and was attended by many prominent city and suburban residents.

http://welshnewspapers.llgc.org.uk/en/page/view/3572946/ART60/william%20owen%20jones

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Re: William Owen Jones Bank Manager Cape Town.
« Reply #1 on: Friday 27 March 15 14:08 GMT (UK) »
Appears he died in 1921.
DEPOT     KAB                                                                   
SOURCE    MOOC                                                                 
TYPE      LEER                                                                 
VOLUME_NO 6/9/2010                                                             
SYSTEM    01                                                                   
REFERENCE 1461                                                                 
PART      1                                                                     
DESCRIPTION          JONES, WILLIAM OWEN. ESTATE PAPERS.                                   
STARTING  19210000                                                             
ENDING    19210000                                                             
DEPOT     KAB                                                                   
SOURCE    MOOC                                                                 
TYPE      LEER                                                                 
VOLUME_NO 13/1/4384                                                             
SYSTEM    01                                                                   
REFERENCE 128                                                                   
PART      1                                                                     
DESCRIPTION          JONES, WILLIAM OWEN. LIQUIDATION AND DISTRIBUTION ACCOUNT. FIRST     
           ACCOUNT.                                                             
STARTING  19220000                                                             
ENDING    19220000     
Here is where he is buried.
DEPOT     Genealogical Society of SA, Peter Holden                             
DESCRIPTION          Jones, WO - Gravestone.                                               
STARTING  18640621                                                             
ENDING    19210527                                                             
REMARKS   St. John's Cemetery, Wynberg, Cape Town.                             
SUMMARY   +    William  Owen Jones. Born 21-06-1864 in Wrexham, Wales.         
               Died 27-05-1921 in Wynberg.                                     
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Re: William Owen Jones Bank Manager Cape Town.
« Reply #2 on: Sunday 29 March 15 15:24 BST (UK) »
Thank you, I`d like to find more about him now.

is the info you gave online ?
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Re: William Owen Jones Bank Manager Cape Town.
« Reply #3 on: Monday 30 March 15 07:59 BST (UK) »
The documents can only be viewed by going to the archives themselves. Here is a link explaining how you can get a copy of the files http://www.rootschat.com/forum/index.php?topic=211554.0

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Austin, Ayling, Alborough, Bescoby, Cheal, Groom,Rathbone,Tarboton,Lyell and Smith.