Herbert Richards Jones

Brief Life History of Herbert Richards

When Herbert Richards Jones was born on 26 August 1834, in Carmarthen, Carmarthenshire, Wales, United Kingdom, his father, Isaac J. Jones, was 30 and his mother, Margaret Richards, was 31. He lived in St Peter Carmarthen, Carmarthenshire, Wales, United Kingdom in 1841. He died on 14 March 1839, in Carmarthen, Carmarthenshire, Wales, United Kingdom, at the age of 4.

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Family Time Line

Isaac J. Jones
1804–1894
Margaret Richards
1803–1842
David Richards Jones
1830–1910
Mary Jones
1833–1915
Herbert Richards Jones
1834–1839
Alfred R Jones
1836–1853
Fredrick R. Jones
1838–1838
Herbert Richards Jones
1839–1906
Fredrick William Jones
1841–1845
Elvina Jones
1841–1857

Sources (3)

  • Herbert Jones, 1839, "England and Wales Death Registration Index 1837-2007"
  • Herbert Jones, "England, Northumberland Non-Conformist Church Records, 1613-1920"
  • Herbert Jones, 5 Sep 1934, "England and Wales Non-Conformist Record Indexes (RG4-8), 1588-1977"

World Events (1)

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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