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That's possible, people in that family were travelled back and forth from America so many times we lost track of who was where when and who was born where. Thanks for that
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When the Ball family returned to England in Nov.1915 there were only Harry, 29, Maud, 26 and Dorothy, 6 months. What about Harold W. who was supposed to be born 1915, USA?
Edit: or was he born 1916, Tewksbury?
Births Jun 1916 (>99%)
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Ball Harold W Jones Tewkesbury 6a 750
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Hi All
I was recently given a photo that was taken for some ancestors of mine to celebrate their Golden Wedding Anniversary in 1931 and I am trying to work out who exactly is in it. The couple were William Henry Jones (b. 1861 Gloucestershire) and Emma Jones nee Edwards (b. 1859 Gloucestershire). The photo is of them surrounded by their children and grandchildren only (there were no son-in-laws or daughter-in-laws in the photo). The problem is that, not counting Henry and Emma, there are 29 people in the photo, 4 of whom are daughters, 3 of whom are sons and the rest (22) are grandchildren.
One of the sons (William Henry Jones, b. 1895 Gloucestershire) died in World War One without ever marrying or having children.
We believe that one of the sons was in America at the time of the photo with his family and that one daughter was in Canada with her family
A. Rose Amelia Mary Jones (b. 1881 Gloucestershire) - m. 1908 Harold William Stone
1. Wilfred Lyle Stone (b. 1910 British Colombia, Canada)
2. Marjorie Emma Stone (b. 1911 British Colombia, Canada)
D. Herbert Hubert Jones (b. 1888 Missouri, United States) - m. Blanche
1. Harold Jones (b. 1915 America)
Unfortunately, this only accounts for 2 of the 6 sons, which means another son was missing from the photo, which just aren't sure which one. The possibilities are
F. Raymond Sidney Jones (b. c1892 Gloucestershire) - m. 1928 Beryl M Slade
children born after photo
H. Riley Jones (b. 1897 Gloucestershire) - m. Unknown
I. Harold Jones (b. 1898 Gloucestershire) - m. 1917 Violet Mildred Stiff
1. Herbert S jones (b. 1917 Gloucestershire)
all other children all born after 1931
J. Wilfred Baden Jones (b. 1900 Gloucestershire) - m. 1928 Nellie Brown
children born after photo
This leaves the 4 other daughters, who are all definitely in the photo. They were
B. Gertrude Boucher nee Jones (b. 1884 United States) - m. 1904 Stafford Boucher
1. Wilfred Boucher (b. c1913 Gloucestershire)
2. Jean Boucher (b. c1914 Gloucestershire)
3. Doreen Boucher (b. 1915 Gloucestershire)
4. William Boucher (b. 1916 Gloucestershire)
5. Doris Boucher (b. c 1918 Gloucestershire)
C. Dora (or Nora) Edwards nee Jones (b. c1886 United States) - m. 1906 Sidney
Edwards
1. Dorothy Edwards (b. 1908 Gloucester)
2. Harold Edwards (b. 1910 Gloucester)
4. Gladys Edwards (b. 1913 Sheffield)
5. Cyril Edwards (b. 1920 Sheffield)
6. Jean Edwards (b. 1927 Sheffield)
There was another daughter (Nora M Edwards b. 1912) but she was quite
ill and died young so wasn't in the photo
E. Maud Ball nee Jones (b. 1889 Gloucestershire) - m. 1910 Harold Ball
1. Dorothy Gertrude Ball (b. 1914 Ontario, Canada) - known as Dolly
2. Harold W ball (b. c1916 Gloucestershire) - know as Sony
3. Doreen M Ball (b. 1919 Worcestershire)
4. Albert S Patrick Ball (b. 1921 Worcestershire) - known as Bert
5. Raymond Sydney Ball (b. 1924 Gloucestershire) - known as Ray
6. Thelma Louise Ball (b. 1928 Herefordshire)
7. Kathleen E Ball (b. 1930 Herefordshire) - known as Kath
K. Dorothy E M Skeldon nee Jones (b. 1901) m. 1920 Arthur P Skeldon
children all born after the date of the photo
I hope all this makes sense. Basically, I need to try and find out where the adults sons were in 1931 and try and find the missing grandchildren (depending on whether or not Herbert S Jones (Harold and Violet's son) is in the photo, I'm missing the names of 4 or 5 grandchildren). Any help tracing these relatives would be greatly appreciated.
Thanks
Julia
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