Violet Jones

Brief Life History of Violet

When Violet Jones was born on 22 January 1792, in Franklin, Virginia, United States, her father, Thomas Jones, was 46 and her mother, Joanna Anne Hill, was 39. She married Jubal Willis on 27 October 1820, in Franklin, Virginia, United States. They were the parents of at least 3 sons and 3 daughters. She lived in Virginia, United States in 1870. She died on 26 October 1876, in Little River District, Floyd, Virginia, United States, at the age of 84, and was buried in Franklin, Virginia, United States.

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Family Time Line

Jubal Willis
1791–1851
Violet Jones
1792–1876
Marriage: 27 October 1820
William Willis
1822–1903
Matilda Ann Willis
1824–
Martha Jane Willis
1826–1862
Ruth Willis
1828–1916
Thomas Edward Willis
1831–
Robert Lee Willis
1833–1901

Sources (18)

  • Violet Willis in household of Matilda A Ingram, "United States Census, 1870"
  • Violet Jones, "Virginia, Marriages, 1785-1940"
  • Vila Weller, "Virginia, Bureau of Vital Statistics, Death Records, 1853-1912"

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Name Meaning

English and Welsh: from the Middle English personal name Jon(e) (see John ), with genitival or post-medieval excrescent -s. The surname is especially common in Wales and southern central England. It began to be adopted as a non-hereditary surname in some parts of Wales from the 16th century onward, but did not become a widespread hereditary surname there until the 18th and 19th centuries. In North America, this surname has absorbed various cognate and like-sounding surnames from other languages. It is (including in the sense 2 below) the fifth most frequent surname in the US. It is also very common among African Americans and Native Americans.

English: habitational or occupational name for someone who lived or worked ‘at John's (house)’.

Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.

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