I’ve spen the last week researching a new found relative, John Charles Jones. He was the brother of my Great Great Grandfather, Thomas Augustine Jones. It was fun researching this trail. The family managed to leave several different types of documents behind. They also got themselves in the newspaper. Not so much fun for them…
My Very First Genealogy Happy Dance
The 65th Carnival of Genealogy asks us to write about one of our genealogy happy dances. You know, that moment when you practically danced around a research library or hugged the mail carrier. This post is about my first research experience and the moment I knew I was addicted. I had interviewed a couple of…
Introducing Nellie, I mean Helen, no wait…Lottie!
It really bothered me yesterday that I couldn’t find anything on John C. Jones’ daughter, Nellie. Where could she have gone to? Was she another relative who fell off the face of the Earth? I wasn’t about to give up so easily. Thursday morning I went back to the San Francisco Call Newspaper Index. In…
A Sad Tale Emerges
I’ve spent this week searching for John C. Jones, a possible brother for my Thomas Augustine Jones, and his descendants. What has unfolded is a somewhat sad story. In a four year period, this family was hit with one tragedy after another. First, Maud (Jones) Porterfield gave birth to a baby prematurely in July 1904. …
The Children of John C. and Margaret Jones
Continuing down the research trail… I’m now working on the children of John C. and Margaret Jones. The 1900 census shows that Margaret had four children and three survived. They were Nettie, Nellie, and Maud. This is what I found on the children so far… 1. Nettie In the 1870 Census, Nettie is listed as…