John Jones^{[1, 2]}

1794 - 1859  (64 years)

• Name	John Jones
  Born	27 Dec 1794	, Chester Co., Pennsylvania   [3, 4, 5]
  Gender	Male
  Occupation	1840	Strasburg (Kitchener) Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [6]
  	innkeeper
  Occupation	1851	Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [5]
  	Tailor
  Residence	1851	Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [5]
  	Lutheran
  Eby ID Number	00062-4009
  Died	30 Oct 1859  [3, 4]
  Buried	Blenheim Mennonite Cemetery, Blenheim Township, Oxford Co., Ontario   [1, 4]
  Person ID	I10429	Generations
  Last Modified	12 May 2024

  
  

  Family	Martha Saltzberger,   b. 20 Oct 1808, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 14 Feb 1885, Blenheim Twp., Oxford Co., Ontario, Canada  (Age 76 years)
  Children	1. Henry Jones,   b. CA 1820, , Ontario, Canada ,   d. Yes, date unknown   2. Magdalena Jones,   b. 16 Aug 1821, , Ontario, Canada ,   d. 5 Jun 1886, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age 64 years)   3. Lucy Jones,   b. CA 1822, , Ontario, Canada ,   d. Yes, date unknown   4. Mary Jones,   b. Abt 1823, , Ontario, Canada ,   d. Yes, date unknown   5. Sarah Jones,   b. CA 1826, , Ontario, Canada ,   d. Yes, date unknown   6. Absalom Jones,   b. 1828, , Ontario, Canada ,   d. Yes, date unknown   7. Susannah Jones,   b. Abt 1830, , Ontario, Canada ,   d. Yes, date unknown   8. Amos Jones,   b. 1833, , Ontario, Canada ,   d. Yes, date unknown   9. Barbara Jones,   b. 30 Nov 1835, , Ontario, Canada ,   d. 12 Dec 1854, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age 19 years)   10. Catharine S. Jones,   b. 1836, , Ontario, Canada ,   d. 17 Jul 1902, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age 66 years)   11. Veronica Jones,   b. 5 Jan 1839, , Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 10 May 1840, Strasburg (Kitchener) Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age 1 years)   12. John Jones,   b. 1840, , Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. Yes, date unknown   13. Elizabeth Jones,   b. 1841, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. , Michigan, USA   14. Hannah Jones,   b. 1843, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 1923  (Age 80 years)   15. Nancy Jones,   b. 22 Apr 1845, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 13 Jan 1929, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age 83 years)   16. Louisa Jones,   b. 1847, , Ontario, Canada ,   d. Yes, date unknown
  Last Modified	13 May 2024
  Family ID	F362	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  John Jones, "was a native of Chester County, Pennsylvania, where he was born December 27th, 1794. He was of English parentage and his forefathers belonged to the Society of Friends. When a young man Mr. Jones came to Canada and settled near Preston where he was soon married to Martha, daughter of John Philip and Veronica (Gingerich) Saltzberger. She was born October 20th, 1808, and died in Blenheim Township, Oxford County, February 14th, 1885. They resided in different places of Waterloo and Oxford Counties, Ontario. He died October 30th, 1859. To them was born a family of fifteen children" Eby, Ezra E. (1895). A biographical history of Waterloo township and other townships of the county: being a history of the early settlers and their descendants, mostly all of Pennsylvania Dutch origin: as also much other unpublished historical information chiefly of a local character. Berlin [Kitchener, Ont.]: [s.n.].

  
  

• Sources

  [S10] Book - Vol II A Biographical History of Waterloo Township and other townships of the county : being a history of the early settlers and their descendants, mostly all of Pennsylvania Dutch origin..., 214. [S3] Book - Vol I A Biographical History of Waterloo Township and other townships of the county : being a history of the early settlers and their descendants, mostly all of Pennsylvania Dutch origin..., 209. [S3] Book - Vol I A Biographical History of Waterloo Township and other townships of the county : being a history of the early settlers and their descendants, mostly all of Pennsylvania Dutch origin..., 837. [S138] Cemetery - ON, Oxford, Blenheim - Blenheim Mennonite Internet Link Blenheim Mennonite Cemetery online. In memoyr of John Jones who died 3 Oc t 1859 aged 65 years 1 m 3 d's [S141] Census - ON, Waterloo, Woolwich - 1851, Div. 4, Pg. 101. [S9] News - ON, Waterloo, Kitchener - Canada Museum und Allgemeine Zeitung (1835-1840), 19 May 1840:5. 10 May 1840 In Strassburg, Waterloo Twp, Veronica, a little daughter of Mr. Jones, innkeeper, died at the age of 1 year, 4 months, 5 days.

  
  

• Event Map

  Born - 27 Dec 1794 - , Chester Co., Pennsylvania Occupation - innkeeper - 1840 - Strasburg (Kitchener) Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Occupation - Tailor - 1851 - Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Residence - Lutheran - 1851 - Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Buried - - Blenheim Mennonite Cemetery, Blenheim Township, Oxford Co., Ontario  = Link to Google Earth