Grandfather Walter Henry Jones was his mother born in Australia???

[tillytrotter2]

Hi there
With the help of this forum I have managed to trace one side of my family thank you so much . Now I am back again after several years of trying to trace my maternal side I am trying to clarify if my Grandfather Walter Henry Jones born 1884 (I have death cert and marriage cert) if his mother is Maria Jones formerly Fox born in Australia or have I gone off track somewhere?? Your help would be much appreciated thank you
Pamela

[jennifer c]

Welcome back, where was Walter born?

Jennifer

[carol8353]

From a previous posting done in March 2014.

 Walter Henry born Leicester 1884 died 1956 married Nellie Agnes Moss in Leicester

Carol

Is this the right family in 1901 in Leicester? Mum born Australia 

John Jones    38
Maria Jones    37
Walter Jones    17
Louie Jones    14
Florrie Jones    12
John Jones    11
Arthur Jones    9
William Jones    7
Leonard Jones    1

[jennifer c]

The 1901 census in Leicester gives POB Australia.

Jennifer

[jennifer c]

Her parents might have gone out there mining and then returned, people were much more mobile than we give them credit for.

Jennifer

[jennifer c]

1891 gives Melbourne Australia British subject. Under Jone.

Jennifer

[carol8353]

I have ancestors who married in London in 1857,by 1858 they were in Sydney.
Mum and the 2 girls came back,and the girls stayed here with grandma.
Mum died in Sydney in 1866. They weren't rich people by any means.

So it's perfectly possible for her to have been born out there.

[carol8353]

Possible marriage?

Marriages Dec 1883   

Fox    Maria        Leicester    7a   439    
JONES    John         Leicester    7a   439    

[jennifer c]

Looks like she is with her mother and siblings in Leicester in 1881 mother Hannah Norton born Norwich Norfolk, could be second marriage.

Jennifer