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Daniel Jones

 

Birth:   15 Apr 1854    Place: Gatineau, Quebec

Death:  8 Sep 1936    Place:  Vancouver, British Columbia  

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Spouse:  Sarah A. Larkin  

Birth: 1 Jul 1870    Place: Masterfield, Ottawa, Ontario

Death:    2 July 1898   Place: Ottawa, Ontario   Died during Childbirth

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Children:

Daniel  -  born 1891 Ottawa Ontario married Margaret Walker (b1893 Scotland) daughter of Alexander Walker & Ann Hartley.

Margret Elizabeth (1893-1978)

Olive - "Had auburn hair with lots of curls and ringlets". Married Tom Black.  Went to Peace Country (BC) to farm; returned to Vancouver and then went to USA  

Edith - married McCarthy.  Issue - one boy who was later killed. 

 
Daniel & Sarah's Children: Edith, Daniel, Olive and Margret 
 

      
NOTES & QUOTES FOR DANIEL JONES

"Daniel was medium height, stocky but well built; a little on the rough and tumble side." - Clayton Thorne 2005

"Daniel was a log driver on many rivers including the Ottawa River." - Clayton Thorne 2005

"When Daniel Jones and Sarah Larkin married, Aunt Edith and James Carson stood up with them" - Clayton Thorne 2005

"After Daniel moved to Vancouver and was a stevedore on the waterfront and ended his working days as a night watchman." - Clayton Thorne 2005

"In Vancouver, Daniel lived near Hastings Street Viaduct (near where he worked)." - Clayton Thorne 2005

"Grandpa was good looking.  About five feet eleven inches tall.  His face was oval and clean shaven.  I saw him at a funeral when I was six years old and again when I was 14."  - Martha Black-Jefferson 2006

"Daniel's wife, Sarah, died during childbirth.  Sarah's sister, Lizzie, helped with the children afterwards.  Shortly after Sarah's death Daniel, the children and Aunt Lizzie moved to Vancouver.  At one time Daniel asked Aunt Lizzie to marry him but she said, 'No'.  She told him she like things just they way they were." - Martha Black Jefferson 2006

"Daniel [the son b 1891] went overseas in World War I.  Married a Scotch woman.  Divorced. Was single for a long time.  "Tough bugger," said grand-nephew Clayton Thorne, "but I liked him."  "Married a lady named Edith." 		 
    
SOURCES
  • 2005 interview with Clayton Thorne, grandson through daughter Margret Elizabeth
  • 2005 interview  and 2006 interviews with Martha [Black] Jefferson, granddaughter through Olive.
  • Death:  BC archives: Reg #1936-09-518815, BC Archives Microfilm #B13157, GSU Microfilm #1953021
  • Daniel m Margaret Walker source  Family Search film # 2032874; digital folder 4400870; image #1131; BC archives film B12905; Reg #1133; banns or license - License