When Francis Edward Jones was born on 4 July 1880, in Manchester, Lancashire, England, United Kingdom, his father, John Francis Jones, was 24 and his mother, Jane Pickering, was 26. He died on 14 July 1882, in Manchester, Lancashire, England, United Kingdom, at the age of 2, and was buried in Manchester General Cemetery, Manchester, Greater Manchester, England, United Kingdom.
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On July 1, 1881, the Manchester Regiment, a line infantry regiment, was formed and activated. It stayed active until September 1, 1958.
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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