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Pennie Yorath
Member
Username: psy
Post Number: 1
Registered: 5-2008
| | Posted on Monday, May 19, 2008 - 9:22 pm: | 
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I am trying to check the truth of a family rumour... the original rumour was that "great grandmother's sister Ada's eldest boy went down on the Titanic..." I have eventually established it was Henrietta not Ada, that it was possibly a younger child and that it was the Lusitania rather than the Titanic.
Having had all these chinese whispers to sort out first I thought I'd seek some more authorative help from this website before I started chasing another set of half truths...and its not easy tracking down Jones' !
Can anyone help me with establishing whether there was a Francis Jones, born 1883 in Pontypool, monmouthshire, wales on board. The family moved to Pensylvania in the late 1890's (Braddock/Pitsburg/New Castle or somewhere I don't know)
There appear to be a couple of possibilities from the list I've been looking at but I don't know how accurate that list was
Grateful for any help
Pennie |
Lester Mitcham
Member
Username: lester
Post Number: 1395
Registered: 12-2000
| | Posted on Tuesday, May 20, 2008 - 8:02 am: |
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Hello Pennie,
Try this link: http://www.rmslusitania.info/ |
Pennie Yorath
Member
Username: psy
Post Number: 2
Registered: 5-2008
| | Posted on Tuesday, May 20, 2008 - 12:58 pm: |
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Many Thanks - I think I may have got somewhere at last
This list has a John Jones listed as a fireman, the other list I saw had a F Jones listed as a fireman and according to the 1891 census my Jones was called John Francis Jones... the other possibility is one of the many W Jones listed in various places...
none of the passengers are a possibility
Thank you again...now I guess its searching througth the resources for references to crew called Jones... |
Lester Mitcham
Member
Username: lester
Post Number: 1396
Registered: 12-2000
| | Posted on Wednesday, May 21, 2008 - 8:29 am: |
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Good to hear.
I wonder if as with Titanic there may be documentation held at: http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/
With all good wishes with your search,
Lester |
