Brief Life History of Edith May
When Edith May Jones was born on 22 February 1891, in Llanelly, Carmarthenshire, Wales, United Kingdom, her father, John Jones, was 44 and her mother, Ann Roach, was 37.
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Family Time Line
Sources (1)
- Edith May Jones in household of John Jones, "England and Wales Census, 1891"
Parents and Siblings
1847– Male
1853– Female
Siblings (4)
1879– Female
1880–1958 Female
1883– Male
1891– Female
World Events (3)
1900 · Strike at Penrhyn Slate Quarry
Age 9
1908
Age 17
1914
Age 23
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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