Ian Jones
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Ian C. Jones
Born 1950s.
Ancestors 
Son of Griff Jones
and Pat (MacDonald) Jones
Father of
[private daughter (1980s - unknown)]
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Biography
Ian Jones was born in Alberta, Canada.
Ian Jones has Welsh ancestors.
Ian Jones is a descendant of Mayflower Passenger Henry Samson.
Descendant of PGM migrant Samuel Andrews.
Descendant of PGM migrant William Buck.
Descendant of PGM migrant John Cutler.
Descendant of PGM migrant Samuel Davis.
Descendant of PGM migrant Anna (Norcross) Davis.
Descendant of PGM migrant Richard Dodge.
Descendant of PGM migrant Deacon John Dunham Sr..
Descendant of PGM migrant John Dunham.
Descendant of PGM migrant William Haskell.
Descendant of PGM migrant William Holmes.
Descendant of PGM migrant Thomas Lettice.
Descendant of PGM migrant John Lothrop.
Descendant of PGM migrant Deacon John Mousall.
Descendant of PGM migrant Abraham Newell.
Descendant of PGM migrant Robert Rand.
Descendant of PGM migrant Mary (Durrant) Ring.
Descendant of PGM migrant John Edmund Severance.
Descendant of PGM migrant William Shurtleff.
Descendant of PGM migrant Cornet Robert Stetson.
Descendant of PGM migrant Mary (Newgate) Townsend.
Descendant of PGM migrant Thomas Townsend.
I was born at the Ponoka General Hospital, 2 August 1951. Named Ian - Scottish for John, and Ceiriog - for my grandfather John R . Jones whose poetic pen name was Ap Ceiriog.[1][2]
After graduating from high school (grades 1-9 at Mecca Glen and 10-12 at Ponoka Composite), I enrolled in Engineering at the University of Alberta. Summer jobs included cooking for Alberta Forestry Services in Hinton, janitor at the U of A Hospital and warehouse work at Northern Alberta Railways in Edmonton. In 1971, I took a hiatus from university and 8 April 1972, I married Patricia Jane Haluschak in Edmonton. In the fall of 1972, I returned to university, switching from engineering, first to mathematics and later, to a new faculty, Computing Science. After graduation in 1975, my first job took us to Uranium City, Saskatchewan for 5 years working for Eldorado Nuclear. The hilite of those 5 years was the birth of our daughter, Allison in July 1980.
In the fall of 1980, we relocated with Eldorado to Saskatoon and then, in May, 1982, to Blind River, Ontario. Although we enjoyed life in Ontario, the desire to return west was strong and when an opportunity to transfer back to Saskatoon came up in 1987, we jumped on it. The next few years were busy in Saskatoon and lots of changes were happening with Eldorado. Those changes resulted in a job change for me and in July 1990, we were off to British Columbia where I was to be the IT Manager for West Kootenay Power in Trail.
Our home in Fruitvale, BC was on a street with young families and at least 6 girls about the same age as Allison. Lots of friends and lots to do. Allison graduated from high school in Trail in 1997 and in the fall, entered the Bachelor of Chemistry program at Selkirk College in Castlegar. Pat worked as a teachers assistant with elementary and high school special needs students.
In the fall of 1999, the parent company of West Kooteny Power began the process of acquiring a large utility in Alberta and I was part of the acquisition team. This resulted in a transfer to Calgary in the summer of 2000, where we remained for 7 years. During that time, Allison finished her chemistry degree in Victoria, BC and in 2003, moved back with us. In 2005, she started work in the lab at the Sheerness Power Plant in Hanna, Alberta. It was there that she met Chuck Carr and in September 2007, they were married in Drumheller, Alberta.
In the fall of 2007, we retired and relocated to Pigeon Lake, Alberta where my sister and her husband had a golf course. Both Pat and I worked at the golf course in the summer and became snow birds, travelling south to the Phoenix, Arizona area for the winter.
In 2011, Chuck and Allison relocated to Medicine Hat, Alberta for new jobs and life in a larger center. Within a couple of years, we realized the trip to Medicine Hat was too long for frequent visits and if we wanted to be a part of Chuck's and Allison's lives we would need to be closer - especially if there was going to be grandchildren. WIth this in mind, we moved to Medicine Hat in September 2013. We continued wintering in Arizona for a few years, but with the arrival of our grandchildren, Kenneth Jones Carr in 2016 and Lowri Patrica Carr in 2018, we quickly realized it was more important to be close by all year to watch them grow up. We are still in Medicine Hat and indeed, they are growing up and we are loving every minute of it.
Reserach Notes
Criteria for Profiles I Manage
Relationship
- Direct Ancestors of my grandchildren - as far back as can be sourced
- My Direct Descendants - subject to WikiTree age restrictions
- Indirect Ancestors as follows:
- First cousins - up to 5 times removed
- Second Cousins - up to 2 times removed
- Third Cousins and beyond - optional
Basic Biography
The following is a basic biography outline to be used for profiles I manage:
Full Name, the son/daughter of father and mother, was born birth date in birth place.Enter source here Name grew up in childhood home and is listed there with his/her parents in the census reference - 1, and again in census reference -2.
Name married spouse in marriage place, marriage date, marriage source They first settled in census reference - 3 town where Name was working as occupation if available. They are listed there with # children in the census reference - 3 description for census reference 4 (and beyond)
Other information if desired.
Name passed away in death place, death date.death source He/she is buried in cemetery, cemetery place. burial reference
Sources for people who are living
- my personal knowledge
- second hand information obtained from a close relative or acquaintance
- Information from a local history publication or document
Sources for people who are deceased
- Primary Source - a source that validates an individual's lineage, such as:
- a birth, marriage or death registration with the name of the individual as well as the names of the parents
- a census record that identifies an individual as the son or daughter of the head of the household
- Secondary Source - a source that validates the existence of an individual but does not provide any verification of his or her lineage, such as
- a birth, marriage or death registration with the name of the individual and possibly their spouse, but no references to the names of the parents
- a census record where the individual is the head of the household, or a resident that is not a descendant of the head
- second hand information obtained from a close relative or acquaintance
- Information from a local history publication or document
- I had originally identified my sources as 'Primary Sources' and 'Secondary Sources'; however, this designation did not work well with some of the other features of WikiTree. I have since removed this designation.
Physical Documents
- if the source is a physical document, a copy should be uploaded as a source image to one of individuals referenced in the document. Other entries can refer to the document with a link to the individual with the source document, or other individuals referenced in the document can be identified and the document will automatically appear on their profile.
Links to Documents
- Where possible, there should be a direct link to the actual document record rather than referencing it through another service. The best example of this would be a direct link to a Canada Census through the Canadian Government Archives as opposed to a link to the census through FamilySearch.org
Place Names
- Where possible, the Place Name should be the historical place at the time of the event. To support this, 2 spreadsheets are available through WikiTree, US Historical Place names US Names and Canadian Provincial Place Names Canada Names.
- Wood River - the area of Wood River, East of Ponoka was established with a Post Office 1 August 1903. The Post Office closed 31 March 1947.[3] Wood River encompasses all or most of the districts of Magic, Climax, Eureka and Condord.[4]
- Ponoka County - early census records (1906, 1911) refer to the rural areas south of Edmonton as Strathcona. Since Strathcona covers such a large area, I will use the County of Ponoka to describe the rural areas around the town even though the county was not established until 1 January 1952.
- Counties, Parishes, Districts, etc. - much discussion in WIkiTree as to whether the word 'County', 'District', etc. should be included in the place name. I will try and include 'County' where it makes sense. i.e. if there is a community with the same name as the county, but the place only refers to the county, then 'County' should be included in the name. If the place name is the municipality, then including the county name is optional unless there are multiple places with the same name in that Province or State.
Acknowledgements
- the booklets 'Cape Breton to Alberta' and 'Keeping Up With the Jones' were distributed to family members when they were completed in 1979 and 1983 respectively. I have a few copies in my possession, but they were never formally published.
- the James Genealogy referenced below, is a hand written document that my mother M. Patricia Jones received along with a letter from Hazel (Backstrom) James in January of 2001.
- James Genealogy compiled from the personal knowledge of Ted James and his wife, Hazel (Backstrom) James; Edna (James) Rieck; Howard Morris and Genevive (Morris) Williams. All are descendants of William James and Mary (Francis) James.
- In profiles where information has been obtained from the above documents, the documents will be cited as sources since the authors are direct descendents and their information reliable.
- Secondary sources may be referenced through a link to FamilySearch.org or another service. Ideally, a free service so that the source can be viewed without requiring a fee.
Sources
- ↑ Cape Breton To Alberta researched and compiled by M. Patricia Jones and W. Griff Jones in 1979.
- ↑ Keeping Up With The Joneses researched and compiled by W. Griff Jones in 1983.
- ↑ "Library and Archives Canada", Post oFfices and Postmasters ( https://www.bac-lac.gc.ca/eng/discover/postal-heritage-philately/post-offices-postmasters/pages/item.aspx?IdNumber=23330&)
- ↑ From Wales to Wood River, compiled and edited by Kelt Hughes and W. Griff Jones in 1980.
- My personal information entered by myself at registration.
Acknowledgements
- James Genealogy compiled from the personal knowledge of Ted James and his wife, Hazel (Backstrom) James; Edna (James) Rieck; Howard Morris and Genevive (Morris) Williams. All are descendants of William James and Mary (Francis) James.
Only the Trusted List can access the following:
- Ian's formal name
- full middle name (C.)
- e-mail address
- exact birthdate
- birth location
- images (1)
- private siblings' names
- private children's names (1)
- spouse's name and marriage information
DNA Connections
It may be possible to confirm family relationships by comparing test results with Ian or other carriers of his ancestors' Y-chromosome or mitochondrial DNA. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Ian:
It may be possible to confirm family relationships by comparing test results with Ian or other carriers of his ancestors' Y-chromosome or mitochondrial DNA. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Ian:
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100.00%
100.00%
Ian Jones:
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch SJ7877601 [compare], Ancestry member ianandpatjones
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~12.50%
Glynda (Owen) Wedlund
:
AncestryDNA, Ancestry member Glynda34
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Genealogist-to-Genealogist (G2G) Forum posts about Ian:
- Ian Jones is a Wonderful WikiTreer Dec 2, 2021.
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My ancestor was William Beddoe 80. The letter I sent also refers to other descendants of him.
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Re:https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Seymour-3302
I did find John on Find A Grave. Here is what they have:
Rev John Morgan, Jr BIRTH Aug 1839 Monmouthshire, Wales DEATH 21 Nov 1901 (aged 62) Newark, Essex County, New Jersey, USA BURIAL Woodland Cemetery Ironton, Lawrence County, Ohio, USA PLOT Section 4 MEMORIAL ID 110023102
Obituary Notice in Ironton newspaper Rev John Morgan Dead Mrs. Charles Alexander received a telegram last Thursday announcing the death of her father, Rev. John Morgan, at the home of his son Rev W. H. [William Henry] Morgan, in Newark, N. J. Mr. Morgan was 63 years of age and had been ailing for a year with stomach trouble and a complication of ailments, and his death was not unexpected. The deceased was an old resident of this county and served in the ministry for many years. His last active church work was in the Culbertson M.E. circuit. The remains arrived here Saturday afternoon and the funeral services took place Sunday from the Wesley M.E. Church. Burial at Woodland.
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