Pentre Grammar School Treherbert

[pick]

Hello -I'm doing some research for an elderly relative. he would like to find out what happened to his inspirational English teacher at Pentre Grammar -Taliesin Jones, born abt 1913, we think in Porth.
He taught English at Pentre until the outbreak of war in 1940 -41 and then joined the RAF. He married in Canada at an airforce base in Ontario, possibly Guelph, as his wife lived near there. My relative had heard that he was killed in a car crash over there but no one is able to confirm this and I can find no record of it. Does anyone remember him or know what became of him?
Thanks for taking the time to read this.
Pick

[Romilly]

Hello Pick,

Why don't you post your query on the Canada Board too, - someone on there might be able to check from that side for a possible death entry.

Romilly.

[Romilly]

Hi Pick,

Here's your chap on the Passenger Lists, (out of UK)

 Name: Taliesin JONES

Date of departure: 13 February 1946

Port of departure: Southampton

Passenger destination port: Halifax, Canada

Passenger destination: Halifax, Canada

Date of Birth: 1913 (calculated from age)

Age: 33

Marital status:

Sex: Male

Occupation: Teacher

HTH! Romilly.

[Romilly]

Also, - this could be his Baptismal Entry:

April 25th 1912

Aberaman, St Margaret, Glamorgan

Taliesin Jones

Parents, John and Gwladys Jones.

Romilly.

[Romilly]

Hi Again,

I don't know if these people were with your chap, - or just happened to have the same Surname:

The following people with the same last name travelled on this voyage:

Ada JONES 

Audrey JONES

Margaret JONES 


Ship: AQUITANIA

Official Number: 135583

Master's name: J D Snow

Steamship Line: Cunard White Star Limited

Where bound: Halifax, Canada

Square feet:

Registered tonnage: 19296.77

Passengers on voyage: 1421

Romilly.

[pick]

What a surname to have to search with!!
Thanks Romilly

[KarenM]

Thread on the Canada board

http://www.rootschat.com/forum/index.php/topic,655112.0.html

[Romilly]

I think that the other Jones's are just a coincidence! 

He's in the 'travelling alone' column on the Ship's Register. He gives his home address as: 6 Davies Road, Porth, Glamorgan. Intended place of residence: Canada.

You could also request a Newspaper Look-up for him on the Canada Board on here, because he might feature somewhere, - worth a try anyway!

Best of Luck,
Romilly.

[pick]

Thanks to your advice re Canada someone has actually found a record of his Grave in Chesley cemetery, Ontario.
I can't believe all the help I've had.