Veronica Jones, Nebo, Penygroes, Woking, Guildford.

[Colchester]

Just an update. I've gone down the Veronica M Jones route but have found a death record registered at Festiniog, September 1929, aged 4 years      I'll email Surrey History Centre as suggested. Thanks for your responses. 

[rosie99]

Just pondering with this one 
Marriage Dec qtr 1943 
Veronica O Jones   
Kenneth M Rice   
Surrey N.W. reg district    2a   787

Canadian wives repatriation 1946
Veronica O Rice
Address in UK 2 Adelaide Villas, Copse Road, St Johns, Surrey
Address in Canada Mrs B M Rice M/L (Mother in law?)  Archerwell, Sask

What has been omitted from the UK address is Copse Road, St Johns is in Woking 

[Colchester]

Thanks Rosie...I'll work on it. I still think that the residence address in Wales must be important. It's such a small place; surely can't be random  . 

[rosie99]

I agree the Wales address must figure somewhere.

I can't see a Veronica O Jones birth or anything on freebmd prior to the marriage I found, I did wonder if she could be registered as Olwyn/Olive Veronica Jones but known as Veronica 

[Colchester]

    I suppose I was hoping that I'd missed something obvious! There's a family history society for Gwynedd so it will be 'cap in hand' to them! OR a long drive to go 'door knocking' ;-)   

[rosie99]

Maybe the FH society is able to look at electoral registers for the address.  I could not see anything obvious for the couple in number 2 just before WW2 or you could try here first with new post & heading electoral register look up Nebo/Penygroes

[jonw65]

I can't see a Veronica O Jones birth or anything on freebmd prior to the marriage I found, I did wonder if she could be registered as Olwyn/Olive Veronica Jones but known as Veronica 

Is there a newspaper story about her?
Surrey Advertiser, Saturday 25 October 1941
Age 25, laundry hand, of 78 Cline Road, Guildford

[rosie99]

Brilliant Jon     

Bless her, I was looking everywhere but the newspapers, she was obviously short of money and certainly not enough to buy make up.

That seems to make the Veronica O that went to Canada even more of a possible candidate     

Oliven Veronica    Not seeing one that matches that name on BMD for a year that would fit but could it have been Olwen Veronica

Shopping in Bentalls, Kingston - maybe she wasn't born in Wales but parents could have been -
Births Dec qtr1916 
Jones    Olwen V    mmn Lamb    Kingston RD    2a   714   
  Think that probably needs ignoring

Looks like that marriage cert could help

[rosie99]

Just in case we have the right person
Relating to the marriage of Veronica O (Rice) - Online tree has her as Veronica Olwyn, her husband Kenneth Melvin Rice dying in 6 September 1944 in France  plus a daughter born in England who can be found on freebmd.  There is a picture of Kenneth with his parents.

From CWGC website
Kenneth Melvin Rice
Rank Gunner
Service No L/10399
Date of Death 06/09/1944
Regiment/Service Royal Canadian Artillery 12 Field Regt.
Grave Reference: 6. D. 4.
Cemetery:CALAIS CANADIAN WAR CEMETERY, LEUBRINGHEN

I wonder what happened to that Veronica as she went to Canada in 1946 but Kenneth had died 1944