Brief Life History of Arthur Crosby
When Arthur Crosby Jones was born about 1866, in Bath, Somerset, England, United Kingdom, his father, Thomas Jones, was 33 and his mother, Mary Esther Palmer, was 34.
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Family Time Line
Sources (3)
- Arthur Jones in household of Thomas Jones, "England and Wales Census, 1881"
- Arthur Jones, "England Births and Christenings, 1538-1975"
- Arthur Jones, "England, Somerset, Church Records, 1501-1999"
Parents and Siblings
1834–1890 Male
1834–1894 Female
Siblings (3)
1863– Female
1866– Male
1872– Male
World Events (8)
1880 · School Attendance Becomes Mandatory for Children
Age 14
1884
Age 18
1904 · The Entente Cordiale
Age 38
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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