I'm looking for any information for William Henry Jones living in Alexandria, Virginia from aprox. 1
William Henry Jones states that his father was William Denmead Jones. I have researched many census and he always claims that he was born in different places like: Ireland, England & Wales. With the commonality of his name I run into road blocks all the time. William Henry Jones is buried in Baltimore, Maryland and lived there until his death. I have tremendous problems locating additional information due to the horrible Maryland fire destroying all the church records. He is buried in St. Paul's cemetery. Any information would be deeply appreciated. I have written LDS several times requesting a reference for "a" William Denmead Jones but receive no information. William Denmead Jones married Lillian Gettier in Fairfax, Virginia. I am trying to find out how this information was submitted and what church this couple was married in. I am desperate for help and have been trying to learn more about this family for 4 years. William Henry Jones married Henrietta Booker and had a large family. At some point the children were put into orphanages. The story was that the Jones owned land in Shenandoah, Virginia but lost the land. I tried confirming this by driving to Shenandoah, Virginia and doing some research in their records but nothing has surfaced. I really need some help and hope someone will step up and try to help. Thank you so much for reading my post. I'm just so frustrated....
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I will help you look. Do you mean that William Denmead Jones is in FamilySearch an you are not getting responses about the sourcing? Many names were added years ago, before sourcing could be digitally attached & is a collaboration of people's research, which I think is why you haven't gotten a reply. I'm sorry for your frustration, and hope the community here can help.
I realize you are interested in church records. But in case that avenue doesn't work, I have researched in areas with severe record loss and have found many helpful things in deeds. Like references to marriages and family relationships. Have you been able to look in deeds or wills for Baltimore, Fairfax or Alexandria? Many of these records are now available on FamilySearch, not yet indexed. It's from digitized microfilm. Let me know if you have looked in these places. If not, I will look & put links in here to records. Also, the children that were orphaned, have you found guardian records? If the family owned land or property the children may show up in guardian or orphan records, even if the mother is still living. I'm tagging @Sheyna Smith Axtell who offered to help look up Loudon records in this time period.
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I took a look at the William Denmead Jones (K8ZB-2NN) married to Lillian Gettier in FamilySearch Family Tree. You have added a burial date and the question in the Life Sketch. There was a Val Atkinson who added the death date from your burial information...have you contacted that person? The only other submitter on that record is FamilySearch from 2012. You may not realize it, but 2012 was when FamilySearch Family Tree came online. So that information was from the initial data dump from a number of previously separate resources. You can search those resources individually through Search > Genealogies.
When I searched for your William Denmead Jones there, he showed up three times. All as submissions to the International Genealogical Index (IGI). The IGI was "Information for over 430 million ancestors contributed by members of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Each record contains one event, including birth, baptism (christening), marriage, or death." Unfortunately, as a single dump of data into the system, the individual submitter's information was not included. You can, however check the Batch number to see what other individuals were in the same batch, looking for descendants listed in that same batch.
Really, your question in his Life Sketch is one of the best ways to contact other individuals who might view the record. You might also consider opening a discussion about him on the Collaborate tab. You might also contact anyone else who has submitted information to any of his children listed in FamilySearch Family Tree. You might all be stuck on the same guy!
William Denmead Jones in Genealogies:
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Hello Julie!
You were busy and then I got busy. Could you kindly provide the links your said you would send to me. I am so stuck and I can't seem to make any progress at all. You responded, " Let me know if you have looked in these places. If not, I will look & put links in here to records". I really appreciate any help you would be willing to provide. I will try to sum up what I am trying to find out.
William Denmead Jones married Lillian Gettier in Fairfax, Virginia in the 1820's. I found this information in the data dump and I do not know what date or what church. The very name, "William Jones" is a night mare to research. William Denmead Jones had a son named William Henry Jones (spouse, Henrietta Booker). Henrietta died in 1878 in Baltimore, Maryland and is buried at Old St. Paul Cemetery along with her husband, William Henry Jones. So many records were destroyed in the Baltimore Fire which makes this so very difficult. I do have Henrietta's death date but the "real" death date for William Henry Jones is a mystery. I have death dates of 1881, 1883 and 1887 for William Henry Jones. Can you help me find his death record? Is that even possible on Family Search? In 1870 he was living in a home or hotel on Eutaw Street. I look forward to hearing back from you.
Best,
Linda
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