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James Robert Jones

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Andysmum

Andysmum Report 8 Sep 2012 17:17

This doesn't answer your question but it makes fascinating reading!!

http://www.historytoday.com/richard-mullen/last-marriage-prince-wales-1863

Chris Ho :)

Chris Ho :) Report 8 Sep 2012 17:01

Name: James Robert Jones
Record Type: Burial
Estimated Death Date: abt 1863
Burial Date: 27 Jun 1863
Age: 34
Estimated Birth Year: abt 1829
Parish or Poor Law Union: Hornsey St Mary
Borough: Haringey
Register Type: Bishop's Transcript
(abode, Highgate)

(just adding in case you don't have it!)

Chris :)

MarieCeleste

MarieCeleste Report 8 Sep 2012 16:49

The actual marriage was held at St George's Chapel, Windsor but there were celebratory events throughout the whole of England.

Can't see anything about him in the newspaper archives.

Chris Ho :)

Chris Ho :) Report 8 Sep 2012 16:42

http://www.stgeorges-windsor.org/archives/archive-features/image-of-the-month/title1/the-marriage-of-the-prince-of-wales.html

(think above might be where it was held, or are you meaning a specific article mentioning James?)

Chris :)

JustDinosaurJill

JustDinosaurJill Report 8 Sep 2012 15:44

I've tried to find something in the London Gazzette and nothing shows for him or the celebration.

It might be useful to trawl any historical stuff in your local library.

Researching:
Birmingham: Wood,Benson,Eadie,Wassall. Barnsley: Eadie. Whalsay,Sheltland: Polson,Poleson. Chipping Norton: Busby. Winchcombe: Goodall/Goodhall. Kate MM (Eadie) Meteyard. Sidney Herbert Meteyard - English Pre-Raphaelite Painter and member of the Birmingham Group. Meteyard/Meatyard family.

Robert

Robert Report 8 Sep 2012 15:30

Please can anybody assist Me with this query,as I cannot find where the celebration was held,or what regiment He would have been in,as He was a stonemason by profession,so presumably it would have been a local auxillary unit?My Great Grandfather James Robert Jones was injured when firing a cannon(according to the Coroners report)on the 10th March 1863,during the celebrations for the Wedding of Princess Alexandra of Denmark and the Prince of Wales,this must have been somewhere in London due to the fact that He was taken to Kings College Hospital in Portugal Street in London,the following day the 11th March because debris from The cannon had landed on his foot damaging the foot,He later got gangrene and the leg was removed at the knee,but he never recovered and died in hospital on the 23rd.June1863.He lived at North Hill in Highgate in North London.with His Wife:Fanny,son william John,and daughters Sarah Sophia,Fanny,and Son Oswald James