My earliest memories of Grandad John (Shoni) and Nana Jones are visiting them at their home in Birmingham. 92, Gleneagles Road, Yardley, was a normal 3-bed semi-detached in the suburbs. There were two rooms downstairs complete with a ‘scullery‘ as they would call the small kitchen. The back room was used most of the time…
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Twins In The Family
Ever since 1802 with the Baptism of Daniel Jones and his twin brother, Lewis, at Eglwys Newydd, Llanfihangel Y Creuddyn, every generation has produced a set of twins ending with Big Daddy’s siblings Moses and Miriam in 1880. 3 generations in total, but for all I know, there could be more. We can’t trace back…
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Jones the Barber
The first appearance of Daniel Jones and his family moving from Llanbadarn Fawr, Cardiganshire to the South Wales coalfields and iron foundries is of them in the 1841 census. This is the first official census carried out in the UK and only gives their location (Aberystruth, Monmouthshire) names and ages together with a simple Y…