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I need some Genealogy help.?

March 21st, 2011 2 comments

With some help from this site I was able to find my Great Grandfather William P Jones in the 1920 Census (thanks Ted Pack). And using free sites recomended from another site I was able to find them in the 1910 Census. And also found a possible death Certificate for him!! But now I am stuck and have a few more questions.

Below is the Death Cetificate I found. Acording to my aunt he lived in Puyallup when he died wich was before she was born so she is not 100% sure but is sure my Grandmother jane died in Puyallup in the 40’s. So this looks like it may be him. I wrote to the Puyallop library and they could not find a Obit for him. I also wrote to the Pierce county library and am awaiting a responce. So my Question is am I on the right track here? Is there another way to verify this record? My hope was that a Obit would contain more info and hopefully confirm that this is my G Grandfather and maybe give some more information as to my family history.

Name: William P. Jones
Death Date: 10 Nov 1929
Death Place: Puyallup, Pierce, Washington
Gender: Male
Race (Displayed on Form):
Age at Death: 73 years 7 months 18 days
Estimated Birth Year: 1856
Birth Date:
Birth Place:
Marital Status: Married
Spouse’s Name: Jane Jones
Father’s Name: James Jones
Father’s Birth Place:
Mother’s Name: Griffits
Mother’s Birth Place:
Occupation:
Street Address:
Residence:
Cemetery:
Burial Place:
Burial Date:
Additional Relatives:
Film Number: 2022645
Digital GS Number: 4222938
Image Number: 1776
Volume/Page/Certificate Number: 565

I also have noticed that the ages given in the 1910 and 1920 census do not match up. However in 1910 a Dosha Jones is listed along with a Martha Jones. My aunt verified that Dosha is her aunts name (my great aunt). I will copy the 2 census pages below could these be the same family even though the ages don’t mach up?

1920
Name: Jane Jones
Residence: , Lewis, Washington
Estimated Birth Year: 1876
Age: 44
Birthplace: Ohio
Relationship to Head of Household: Wife
Gender: Female
Race: White
Marital Status: Married
Father’s Birthplace: United States
Mother’s Birthplace: United States
Film Number: 1821933
Digital Folder Number: 4390969
Image Number: 00537
Sheet Number: 5
Household Gender Age
Spouse William P Jones M 56y
Jane Jones F 44y
Child Martha M Jones F 17y
Child George W Jones M 6y

1910
Name: Jane Jones
Birthplace: Ohio
Relationship to Head of Household: Wife
Residence: Prescott, Lewis, Washington
Marital Status: Married
Race : White
Gender: Female
Immigration Year:
Father’s Birthplace: Michigan
Mother’s Birthplace: Virginia
Family Number: 83
Page Number: 17
Household Gender Age
Spouse William Jones M 55y
Jane Jones F 43y
Child Dosha Jones F 11y
Child Martha Jones F 9y

I know this is a long winded question. And also that it has multiple questions in it. I just don’t know much as far as how to look stuff up and how to verify things that i do find.

Thanks
Ian

Ages in census records are frequently incorrect. I’d say you have the correct family. Since it says Dosha and Martha were born in Kansas, I would look for the family there in around 1900. Actually you did well to find the information you did. I just wasted 15 minutes with Ancestry’s "great new" search engine and couldn’t get the 1920 census at all.

A few other things I noticed that might help, his parents were from Wales and he and Jane were married in about 1896.