Brief Life History of James
When James Jones was born in 1821, in Pontypool, Monmouthshire, Wales, United Kingdom, his father, James Jones, was 29 and his mother, Rachel Rees, was 25. He married Mary Ann Jeremy on 13 August 1850. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 4 daughters. He lived in Aberdare, Glamorgan, Wales, United Kingdom for about 10 years and Machen, Monmouthshire, Wales, United Kingdom in 1871. He died about 1864, in Ferndale, Glamorgan, Wales, United Kingdom, at the age of 44.
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- James Jones in household of James Jones, "England and Wales Census, 1841"
- James Jones in entry for Peter Jones and Lucretia Theresa Hancock, "Wales, Glamorgan, Parish Register Marriages, 1837-1922"
- James Jones, "England and Wales Census, 1851"
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1823
Rugby Football 'invented' at Rugby School.
1831 · Merthyr Uprising
Sparked by a depression that was going through Wales the previous three years, the Merthyr uprisings were carried out by workers that were in debt. In the process, twenty-four people were killed and twenty-six were arrested. Troops were brought in to stop the protestors.
1839 · The Rebecca Riots Take Place
The Rebecca Riots were a group of protests in west Wales from 1839-1843. The people involved were mostly poor farmers, primarily men dressed as women. The group was called “Rebecca and her daughters”, a title believed to have come the book of Genesis. They mostly fought against the toll-gates. There is only record of one death during the riots: a young Sarah Williams had been warned that the rioters were coming, but upon refusing to leave, was killed.
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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