Robert John JONES

Date of Birth: 
c 1869
Date of Death: 
4 Jun 1944

Robert was born at Islington, England.

He married Jessie Braid (born at Dunedin in 1872) in 1893.

They had four daughters & two sons, one of who, died quite early.

A son-in-law, Alfred Jones, served in WW1.

Robert started out a s seaman based in Wellington. By 1899 he was a plumber in Wellington moving to Levin around 1902. He then moved, around 1914, to Kaimata & Teriki as a farmer before returning to work around 1925 as a plumber in New Plymouth.

He was recorded on the 1905 unofficial census for the Levin township petition.

He was also a captain in the Levin Fire Brigade.

Relatives mentioned in profile: 
Robert John Jones, John Robert Jones, Susannah Ovens, Jessie Braid, David Cuthbert Braid, Amelia Mary Kelly, Lillian Amelia Jones, Horace Charles Ingram, Robert Cuthbert Jones, Ruby Evelyn Jones, Alfred Beetham Jones, Margaret Ellen Jones, Cyril Alison Jones, Margery Esther Murray, Rosa Olive Jones, Henry John George Thorp, Gladys Minna Jones, Frederick Bushell Williams, Valerie Dawn Williams.