JONES – John Royal Marines Woolwich Division 8th Company

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Royal Marines 1854 Britains Sea Soldiers Vol 1 by Cyril Field

John’s daughter Mary Ann Jones 1844-1923 4 generations (courtesy of Margaret Mansfield)

Class of 1852 – EPFs Who became Constables – by Peter Conole and Jean McDonald – October 2012 EPG Gazette

Name	JONES – John
Regiment (s)	Royal Marines Woolwich Division 8th Company
Regiment Number (s)	2405
Date/Age/Place/Trade or Profession at Attestation	21st June 1831 / 18 years 11 months / Manchester Lancashire England Machine Painter
Description – Height Complexion/Eyes/Hair/Scars	5’9” Dark/black/brown
Overseas Service/Duration	Served onboard following ships 1835-1840 “Rodney” 1844 “Daedalus” 1845-1847 “Styx”
Length of Service	16 years 24 days
Rank/Date/Place of Discharge	Private / 13th July 1847 / Woolwich Kent England
Campaign Medals	Not yet known
Intended Residence at Discharge	Woolwich Kent England
Pension Districts	1847 Woolwich 1849 Deptford 1850 Woolwich 1851 Tilbury Fort 1851-1871 Western Australia
Pension Paid	£13/12/0 per annum
Date of Departure and Place England or Ireland	13th March 1851 Portland England
Ship and Date of Arrival Western Australia	PYRENEES 28th June 1851
Date/Place of Birth	c1814 West Bilston Wolverhampton Northampton England
Date/Place of Baptism	24 April 1814 St Leonards, Bilston, Staffordshire, England.
Father Date/Place of Birth	JONES John c1791 Not yet known
Mother Date/Place of Birth Marriage	Elizabeth
Siblings	Betsey B c1811 Staffordshire England
1^st Wife Date of Birth or Baptism	SHORTER Ann bap 13th March 1817 St. Lawrence Chobham Surrey England
Date/Place of Marriage	20th July 1843 St. Nicholas Plumstead Greenwich Kent England
Children by 1^st Wife	Mary Ann B 12th January 1844 (see photograph left) bap 9th February 1844 St. Mary Magdalene Woolwich Kent England M CHRISTIE Duncan 8th November 1858 Schoolhouse Toodyay Western Australia D 26th November 1923 Beaconsfield Western Australia bur Anglican Section Fremantle Cemetery Western Australia Jane B 30th March 1848 bap 19th April 1848 St. Alfege Greenwich Kent England M MOORE William 19th May 1870 Geraldton or Greenough Western Australia D 31st August 1937 Victoria District Hospital Geraldton Western Australia bur Urch St. Cemetery Geraldton Western Australia Agnes B 5th October 1849 bap 24th October 1849 St. Alfege Greenwich Kent England bur 27th August 1865 Toodyay Western Australia William B c November 1856 Toodyay Western Australia D 1857 Toodyay Western Australia
Father of 1st wife Date/Place of Birth	SHORTER ALLEN 1790 Bisley, Surrey, England.
Mother of 1st wife Date/Place of Birth Marriage	STOVELL Jane 1794 Bisley, Surrey, England 1st March 1813 Bisley Surrey England
Land Grants Western Australia	Toodyay Town Lot P3 4 acres
Occupation after Arrival	Occupation after arrival – to Government Hospital from the ship. Unable to climb the Rottnest Lighthouse stairs so sent to Toodyay Goal as Warden. SRO
Newspaper Articles	Daily News Perth 23rd January 1919 Obituary Duncan Christie Geraldton Guardian 6th June 1922 William Moore The West Australian 27th November 1923 Obituary Mary Christie Daily News Perth 29th November 1923 Mary Christie Geraldton Guardian 31st August 1937 Jane Moore Geraldton Guardian 2nd September 1937 Obituary Jane Moore
Departure from Western Australia	Not applicable
Date/Place of Death/Burial	Fremantle – no 225 4 January 1871 by G.J.Bostock page 19. (Alma & Skinner Street, burial records City of Fremantle)
Date/Place of Death/Burial Wife	9th February 1857 Toodyay Western Australia Not yet known
Will or Probate	SROWA Cons 3458 1871/173 Letters of Administration Awarded to his daughters Mary Ann Christie wife of Duncan Christie and Jane Moore wife of William Moore. The estate amounted to £128/-/-
Further Information	Surgeon’s Log states 31st March 1851 simple fracture of both bones in right leg followed by extensive ulceration and subsequent exposure of portion of the tibia caused by fall on deck by John JONES. 14th July 1851 transferred to Military Hospital Perth. He was in the hospital on the Pyrenees for 105 days of the voyage 18th November 1852 An inquiry was held to inspect EP John Jones RM and inquire into the accident consisting of a Board made up of Asst. Surgeon Elliott, ord Med Dept. TMO President and Asst. Surgeon Jones, MD 99th Regiment, Member for the information of the Right Hon. Sec. at War. Residences: 1844 Artillery Place, Woolwich. (daughter Mary Ann’s baptism entry) 1848 8 Woodland Street, Greenwich ( daughter Jane’s baptism entry, working as ‘sick attendant’ Greenwich Hospital).