William JONES

   Cause of his death was Valvular Disease of the Heart (5 years), Dropsy (3 weeks).

  General Notes:

Birthplace - Canterbury, Kent, England

M/C No. 1110 Detail: Register No. - 48
Married 1 Nov 1853, In the Manse, Geelong
Parties: William Jones - bachelor, gold digger, resident of Ballarat, age 32 years(sic 22 years, ref D/C)
Birthplace - Brabourne, England
Parents Names - George Jones, farmer, and Elizabeth Rogers

Mary Ann Divine - spinster, resident of Spring Street, Geelong, age 22 years
Birthplace - London
Parents Names - John Divine, lighterman, and Helen Colman

Declaration - I William Jones do hereby declare I am a Member of The Presbyterian Church.
Married in the Manse Geelong, according to The Rites and Ceremonies of the Church of Scotland, By (or before me), A.Lane (Officiating Minister)
This Marriage was solemnized between us, William Jones and Mary Ann Divine, in the presence of us, George Champeny Goodson (?), and Margaret Beaten (?)

D/C No. 6122 Detail:
William Jones, miner, Age 69 years 10 months
Died -13 May 1901, at 37 Epsom Road, Kensington, Borough of Flemington and Kensington, County of Bourke
Cause - Valvular Disease of the Heart (5 years), Dropsy (3 weeks)
Parents Names - Not known
Informant - Hariet Danks, daughter, 9 Bayswater Road, Kensington
Burial - 15 May 1901, Ballarat New Cemetery says he was 70 years old.
Birthplace - Canterbury, Kent, England
49 years in the Colony of Victoria
Marriage Details - in Geelong, at age 22 years, to Mary Ann Devine
Issue - Ellen (dead), Mary Ann (44), Charlotte (42), George (41), Harriet (38), Elizabeth (36), Sarah Kate (dead)

According to family heresay, the surname CROWE is also associated with William - it is said that when he arrived in Adelaide he deserted ship, and then changed his name (to Jones? or Crowe?) prior to going to Durham-Leed where he worked in the mines as a foreman in charge of Chinese workers?

His marriage certificate (above) lists his parents names as being George JONES and Elizabeth Rogers, and his children all had the surname Jones!

William married Mary Ann DIVINE, daughter of John DIVINE and Helen COLEMAN, on 1 Nov 1853 in Manse Church Scotland, Geelong. (Mary Ann DIVINE was born on 25 Jan 1831, died on 15 Oct 1898 in Ballarat East, Vic and was buried on 17 Oct 1898 in New Cemetery, Ballarat, Vic.). The cause of her death was Mitral Venosis.