Brief Life History of William C.
When William C. Jones was born on 2 August 1864, in Strand on the Green, London, England, United Kingdom, his father, George Jones, was 25 and his mother, Ann Jones, was 20. He married Emma Harriet Foulger on 25 December 1891, in Camberwell, London, England, United Kingdom. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 1 daughter. He lived in City of London, England, United Kingdom in 1901 and Lewisham, London, England, United Kingdom for about 28 years.
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- William Jones, "England and Wales Census, 1911"
- William Jones in the London, England, Church of England Marriages and Banns, 1754-1932
- William C Jones, "England and Wales National Register, 1939"
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World Events (8)
1868 · Abolition of Public Hangings at Newgate
On May 26, 1868 the Capital Punishment Act was put into action. This made it so that public hangings no longer existed at Newgate in London.
1884
Art Nouveau Period (Art and Antiques).
1904 · The Entente Cordiale
The Entente Cordiale was signed between Britain and France on April 8, 1904, to reconcile imperial interests and pave the way for future diplomatic cooperation. This ended hundreds of years of conflict between the two states.
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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