Alice Jean (McEwan) Jones (1915 - 1937)

Born 7 Feb 1915 in Howlong, New South Wales, Australia

Ancestors

Died 7 Sep 1937 at age 22 in Young, New South Wales, Australia

Biography

Alice was born in 1915. She passed away in 1937.

• Nee McEwan; born Howlong; Wife of Perce Henry; Mother of Sylvia, Robert & Edward; Grand Daughter of Evelyn Alice & John Gard Drew

1937 'WOMAN FOUND FATALLY SHOT.', The Sydney Morning Herald (NSW : 1842 - 1954), 9 September, p. 9. , viewed 20 Feb 2024, http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article17403965 WOMAN FOUND FATALLY SHOT. YOUNG, Wednesday. A young married woman named Alice Jean Jones, 22, was found beside a tree on a stock reserve at Bribbaree with two bullet wounds in her forehead. She died five hours later. She had been camped on the reserve with her husband, who is a signwriter. Shots having been heard, Constable Curran investigated, and found the woman unconscious near a tree about thirty yards from the tent in which were her husband and three children, the eldest four years and the youngest 18 months. A .26 calibre revolver was found beside her. Under doctor's instructions, she was moved to the Bush Nurse headquarters, where she died. The woman was a native of the Howlong district, and her parents reside at Albury.

Sources

• BIRTH N.S.W. Births ,Deaths and Marriages MCEWAN ALICE J 8804/1915 (F=JAMES R M=AMY V) district ALBURY

• MARRIAGE N.S.W. Births ,Deaths and Marriages 3185/1932 JONES HENRY P married MCKVAN (McEwan) ALICE J district COROWA

• DEATH N.S.W. Births ,Deaths and Marriages JONES ALICE JEAN 19941/1937 (F=JAMES M=VIOLET AMY) district YOUNG