Jones of Bray Wicklow

[caza1611]

Hi
Wondering if anyone can help as I have now hit a brick wall. My Great grandma was born about 1858 in Bray Wicklow. Her Father was James Jones but that's all I know. I have tried everything so has anyone got any suggestions or information please

Many thanks

Caroline

[Girl Guide]

Hello Caza

Welcome to Rootschat

May we know your great grandma's first name please?  You have said her father is James Jones which is helpful but without her first name we can't get started with helping you.

Do you know who she married?  What information are you looking for?

[hallmark]

https://registers.nli.ie/parishes/0509

[myluck!]

welcome caza1611

as suggested by Girl Guide to help we need a little more information

If she married, her marriage record will have her father's name and a church record could have her mother's name; the witnesses may have been relatives and help locate more information - so the date of marriage and her husband's name would help start the search

[Cwellan CoDown]

There are about 5 families of Jones in Bray in Wicklow in 1901, which is obviously much later than you are looking, but could help with pinpointing an area.

http://www.census.nationalarchives.ie/pages/1901/Wicklow/Bray_Town/Ryans_Lane/1810455/

As said - we need a bit more information. including your great grans name, who she married, any know brothers or sisters and what Religion

[caza1611]

Hi
Her name is Elizabeth and as far as I know she was Church of Ireland. She married Arthur Heartfield in Dublin in about 1884. They were both living in Portobello Barracks. He was a soldier but don't know what she was doing there

[myluck!]

LINK to her marriage transcribes her name as SOANES but it may actually read SOAMES
Her father is shown as James SOANES/SOAMES a farmer

edited to add - Church record is written as JONES but her signature is JOANES
LINK

There is a birth of a
Arthur Robert HEARTFIELD to Arthur, a soldier and Elizabeth FANNING in 1885 at 4 Eastmoreland Lane Donnybrook LINK
and
Emily Eveline HEARTFIELD to Arthur. a Sergeant and Elizabeth SOAMES in 1893 in the Curragh Camp LINK

These match records on the 1901 and 1911 census in the UK at Chorley with other children born around the UK.  I'm not sure where the name FANNING came from.

Elizabeth is shown only as from Ireland in 1901 and aged 43 i.e. bc1858 as suggested but is deceased by 1911 as Arthur is shown as a widower.

Where did the address Bray come from please

edited to say I have found them in 1891 in Stoke Damerel where she is shown as from Bray Wicklow


I have found another marriage that maybe her sister's - LINK
Feb 11 1880 James SOAMES and Bessie JOANES (Father James a Farmer) both of Portobello Barracks

A Martha MURPHY was witness to both marriages

[Girl Guide]

Link below to the marriage register

https://churchrecords.irishgenealogy.ie/churchrecords/display-pdf.jsp?pdfName=d-545-3-3-048

Arthur and Elizabeth's marriage

[Sinann]

Anne Fanning was the informant, so looks like an error on the part of the Registrar.