When Owen Pyrs Jones was born on 22 February 1818, in Merionethshire, Wales, United Kingdom, his father, John Owens, was 14 and his mother, Catherine Jones or Pugh, was 11. He lived in Pottawattamie, Iowa, United States in 1850. He died on 3 January 1894, in Brigham City, Box Elder, Utah, United States, at the age of 75, and was buried in Brigham City, Box Elder, Utah, United States.
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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.
Possible Related NamesAnn (Jones) Owens Davies, Ann (Jones) - Biography (this Biography was found in Welsh Mormon History--author unknown at this time) ANN JONES - ANN OWENS To clarify a misunderstanding that has persiste …
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