Henry Jones and Mary Smith Marriage and Children

1854 Marriage Henry and Mary Jones

Marriages Mar 1854
Surname	Given Name	District	Volume	Page
Jones Smith	Henry Mary	Leek	6b	261

BDM information

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1854

"On the 13th February 1854 Henry Jones was married to Mary Smith in the presence of George Smith and Ann Smith by the Michael A Power"

1854 Staffordshire marriages

St Luke's Leek Anglican

12 Feb 1854

Henry Jones 21 1833 Labourer Buxton Rd, Father William Jones

Mary Smith, 20 1834, Whitesmith London Rd, Father Bernard Smith

Witnesses George Smith Ann Smith

[If this is the Henry Jones and Mary Smith of this blog, who are George and Anne Smith?]

[It appears that there are three records relating to the marriage of Henry Jones and Mary Smith, Government Registration – see BDM, RC marriage, CoE marriage].

[See the Blog Page - Jones and Smith UK and Ireland for images of marriage records].

Children of Mary Smith and Henry Jones

Pre 1857 Mary

Information from Sarah Ann’s birth certificate. Deceased by 1857.

1857 Sarah Ann

30/6/1857, Belmont birth certificate 10621 Father identified as Gardiner.Siblings: Mary deceased. Death 1940 death certificate 17460 age 84 years Married: William Laurence McInnes.

1860 William James,

1860, Belmont birth certificate 30698/8/1942, 29 Eastham St North Fitzroy, death certificate 8346 age 83 years Died of senility, 5 years asthenia 5 years, father Henry Jones Contractor Married Emily Bonnett Roman Catholic Children: George Walter 52, Henry Francis 50, Robert Harold 48, Albert Charles dec’d, William James 45, Alice Mary 43, Cecilia 39.

1862 Thomas

1862, birth certificate 14488 death certificate 6685, 8 months.

1863 Mary Elizabeth,

1/7/1863, Belmont birth certificate 14268, Father identified as Gardiner. Siblings: Mary deceased, Sarah Ann 6 ½ William 3 2/3, Thomas deceased, Death 1927, death certificate 11014 aged 64 years.

1866 Henry,

1866, Belmont birth certificate 8301, About 10/9/1935 Mornington Rd Frankston, death certificate 16102 aged 69 yrs, Chronic nephritis, fibroid mycarditis, heart failure, buried Springvale 11/9/35. Not married, no issue.

1869 George Matthew,

1869, birth certificate, details not located, Identified on mother’s death certificate but I can’t find it on BDM index. Died 7/8/1936 , 20 Eastham St North Fitzroy, death certificate 6978, aged 66.Died of cerebral haemorrhage 2 weeks, respiratory failure, father Henry Jones Contractor.  Not married 46 years in Vic, 20 years in Qld.

1871 Robert

11/2/1871 Belmont, birth certificate 2778, Father’s occupation Gardiner and as informant made his mark X. Siblings: Mary deceased, Sarah 13, William 9, Thomas deceased, Mary 6, Henry 4. Death certificate details not located.

1891 Mary Jones nee Smith Death Certificate

Mary Smiths death certificate 1907 for 1891 identifies the following information:

Death: 29/3/1891, Belmont

Burial: 31/3/1891 Eastern Cemetery Geelong

Religion: RC

Emigration: 34 years in Victoria (1857)

Married: at 19 yrs to Henry Jones Staffordshire Parents Bernard and Mary Smith

Children: Sarah Ann 34 ½ , William 31, Thomas dec’d, Mary 27, Henry 24, George 21 ½ , Robert 19 ½

Death is recorded as being due to rheumatic inflammation of all joints and exhaustion.

1895 Henry Jones – Susan Lerich Marriage Certificate

According to the Index to Births, Deaths and Marriages, Henry Jones married Mary Ann Susan Lerich in 1895 (reg number 4039).  Details are as follows:

Date: 17/7/1895, Lonsdale St Melbourne

Minister: A R Edgar Wesleyan Minister

Married: Henry Jones, 54 , Gentleman of Belmont Geelong (widower 1891) and Mary Ann Susan Lerich 50, nee Gooch Housekeeper of Belmont Geelong (widow 1869)

Children Henry six alive and 2 deceased, Mary Ann Susan 1 deceased.

Parents William Jones (occupation moulder) and Calliann Webb (writing very hard to read). George Gooch and Sarah West

Witness: John Robert Tyrell , Mrs E H Tyrell

[note the names of Henry Jones parents are included in the certificate]

1910 Henry Jones Death

Henry’s death certificate 5489 for 1910 identifies the following information:

Death: 22/6/1910 Belmont 76 years

Occupation: Old Aged Pensioner

Burial: 27/6/1910 Eastern Cemetery Geelong

Emigration: Born England 53 years in Victoria (1857)

Married: 1^st marriage England at 20 years to Mary Smith, 2nd marriage at 66 years to given name not given Lerich.

Parents unknown

Children: 1^st marriage Sarah 53 William 50 ,Thomas dec’d, Mary 48, Henry 46, George 44, Robert 42

2^nd marriage no issue

Death is recorded as being due to old age, heart failure 7 years. Dr F Moreton last treated 5/6/1910.