William Edward Jones

Brief Life History of William Edward

William Edward Jones was born on 7 January 1887, in Wilkes-Barre, Luzerne, Pennsylvania, United States. He married Sarah Jeanette Wagner on 10 June 1910, in Wilkes-Barre, Luzerne, Pennsylvania, United States. They were the parents of at least 3 sons and 1 daughter. He lived in Lackawanna, Pennsylvania, United States in 1920 and Covington Township, Lackawanna, Pennsylvania, United States in 1940. He died on 17 October 1950, in Philadelphia Monthly Meeting, Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States, at the age of 63, and was buried in Spring Brook Township, Lackawanna, Pennsylvania, United States.

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Family Time Line

William Edward Jones
1887–1950
Sarah Jeanette Wagner
1889–1964
Marriage: 10 June 1910
Jones
1911–1911
William Russel Jones
1912–1924
Jesse David Jones
1915–1999
Sally F. Jones
1917–2012
William Edward Jones Jr
1929–2001

Sources (16)

  • William E Janes, "United States Census, 1920"
  • Pennsylvania, Marriages, 1852-1968
  • U.S., World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918

World Events (8)

1890 · The Sherman Antitrust Act

This Act tried to prevent the raising of prices by restricting trade. The purpose of the Act was to preserve a competitive marketplace to protect consumers from abuse.

1890 · Woman's Suffrage

An organization formed in favor of women's suffrages. By combining the National Woman Suffrage Association and the American Woman Suffrage Association, the NAWSA eventually increased in membership up to two million people. It is still one of the largest voluntary organizations in the nation today and held a major role in passing the Nineteenth Amendment.

1904

St. Louis, Missouri, United States hosts Summer Olympic Games.

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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