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The Children of Charles Jones Junior and Isabella Anna Pennefather

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I thought it might be helpful to list the offspring of our maternal great-great grandparents, Charles Jones Junior and Isabella Anna Pennefather....

http://alison-stewart.blogspot.ie/2011/07/jones-family-of-dublin.html


On the 1st of June 1865, Charles Jones Junior married his second wife, Isabella Anna Pennefather, daughter of John Lysaght Pennefather and Emily Courtenay.
The marriage took place in St. Thomas Church of Cathal Brugha Street.  Charles Jones Junior was living at 2 Lower Pembroke Street off Baggot Street and Isabella Pennefather was living at home with her family at 31 Seville Place  close to Connolly Station.
Isabella was only 17 years old at the time of the marriage and was described as a fiery redhead. It was maintained in the family that her father, John Lysaght Pennefather, had chosen her husband for her. The witnesses were her aunt, Maria Pennefather Bonis (her father's sister), and John Lysaght Pennefather who was either her brother or her father. (Same name.)

Charles Jones Junior operated as a painter/decorator at 2 Lower Pembroke Street and was noted at this address in 1866.  The family, however, lived at Foster Terrace, Royal Canal.
Charles and Isabella Jones spent the early years of their marriage living at 1 Foster Terrace, Royal Canal, which is around the corner from Wellington Street where Isabella had been born in 1848. It was at this address that several of their children were born:

1) Frederick Lysaght Jones,  19th Sept 1866.  (Although christened 'Frederick', he was later known as William Lysaght Jones.  William emigrated to the US in 1892 where, on 17th April 1897, he married Emmie Celeste Parcells in Manhattan.  Emmie Celeste had been born to Elisha W. Parcells and Fannie Holland on 5th July 1873 in Manhattan.
 On the 1880 US Census, it was noted that Elisha W. Parcells had been born in 1835 in New Jersey - he was a harness salesman, and had two children - Emma and Harry who had been born in 1870.  Elisha Parcells appeared earlier, aged 29, on the 1860 Census in Essex, New Jersey, and again on the 1850 Census for the West Ward, Essex, New Jersey. This return gave the details for his parents and siblings - his parents were Joseph Parcels, born 1805, and Ann Parcels, born 1804. His siblings were Abigail, born 1832, James born 1836, Josephine born 1838, Mary born 1840 and Frances born 1845.

William Lysaght Jones and his wife, Emmie, seem to have had only the one daughter, Celeste Aida Jones, born to the couple on 11th August 1903. In 1910, the family were resident in Queens. In 1920 they had moved to Morris, New Jersey; in 1930 they were in Mountain Lakes, Morris, New Jersey.

Celeste, who was known to our elderly relations as 'American Celeste', came back to Dublin regularly - our maternal greataunt, Ebbie Dickson, went to visit her in the States once; she was friendly with the Mottershed family. In 1905, the passenger list for the 'Baltic' recorded the family travelling from Liverpool to New York City - they gave their destination as 241 West 135th Street, New York City. Later in 1928, the passenger list for the 'Adriatic', sailing from Cork to NYC,  recorded Celeste Jones, born 11th August 1903, aboard the ship.

Celeste Aida Jones, known to everyone as ‘American Celeste’.  She would go back and forth from Dublin to New Jersey in later life, and would stay with the family of her cousin, Percy Mottershed
Celeste Aida Jones died on 7th March 1978.

2) Adelaide Victoria Jones, aka  Aunt Ada, born 10th Sept. 1868, died January 1959.  Adelaide married Charles Robert Dunbar.
  Charlie Dunbar worked in an insurance company in 1901, but by the time of the 1911 census he was living on ‘independent means’.  Robert James Mottershed, who  lived with the couple, died in 1929, and the childless Dunbars took his son, Percy, under their wing.  Aunt Ada and Charlie Dunbar, in common with much of this family, engaged in property development. Apparently they would live in a house, do it up, then move quickly to the next one - this was at the prompting of the childless Aunt Ada who had clearly been badly bitten by the property bug. Charlie Dunbar was not so enthusiastic, and eventually in their later years, he could take the constant moving no longer, and the couple separated.  (In 1901 they had all been living at 289.1 Gilford Road in Donnybrook; in 1911 they were at 10 Elton Park, Kingstown/DunLaoghaire.)  Despite the separation, she organised an affectionate headstone for him in Mount Jerome:
  'In loving memory of my dear husband, Charles Robert Dunbar, who departed this life 9th December 1938. I thank God upon every remembrance of you.'
  Will of Charles Robert Dunbar:  'Charles Robert Dunbar of Menloe, Alma-road, Monkstown, county Dublin, died 9th December 1938. Administration London 20 January to Adelaide Victoria Dunbar. Effects £3305 in England.'

The Irish Times published an obituary Adelaide Victoria Jones' husband, Charles Robert Dunbar, on December 17th 1938:
    'Mr Charles Robert Dunbar who died December 9th at his residence, Menlo, Alma Road, Monkstown, was a native of Galway who settled in Dublin over fifty years ago and held a position on the clerical staff of Messrs. Todd, Burns & Co.   Afterwards he was connected with the insurance business for several years, holding important positions.  He was also a member of the Masonic Order to the funds of which he contributed liberally.  In later years Mr. Dunbar entered into the building trade, and became a large holder of business properties in Dublin City and of private house properties in the suburbs. While residing in the Pembroke district, he was a prominent member of the Pembroke Urban District Council.'
3) Henry Arthur Jones, 19th Sept 1870.  This child died when very young.
By 1872, the family had moved down the road to 9 Middle Mountjoy Street where the following births occur:

 4) Robert Oscar Jones, born 11th Nov.1872, died 26th December 1974.  On 3rd Feb 1897, Robert Oscar Jones married Adelina Maude Pelissier (died 13th October 1935), the daughter of Edward Pelissier of 58 Blessington Street. Witnesses: Edward Pelissier and Meta Alexandra Reid.
    Their children were: Ruby Jones who married Evan Felton;  Lilian Jones who married Morgan North;  Charlie Jones;  Greta Jones.

In 1901, Robert Oscar and Aida Jones were living at 34 Howth Road. His widowed mother and her family were on the same street at No. 14.  Robert Oscar was working in the family business and gave his profession as a Master Decorator, House Painter and Decorator.  The couple had a 2-year-old daughter, Ruby. By 1911 they had moved to 7, St.Alban’s Terrace in Glasnevin and Robert Oscar had morphed into a builder and contractor, presumably in property development too.

Robert Oscar Jones would die in December  1974.  He appeared on the Dublin Electoral List for 1939/1940, working at 37a York Street, with a home address at Fortfield Lodge, Templeogue.   A Charles A.Jones also appeared on the list, working nearby at 136 Stephen’s Green, and with a home address at Belgard, Balally Hill, Sandyford.  Was this Robert Oscar’s son, Charles Oscar Jones, I wonder?  The family business, known as ‘R.O.Jones & Sons Ltd.’ was known to be at 138 Stephens Green, but it might have moved two doors down by 1939.  Although his mother’s family was Church of Ireland, Robert Oscar Jones was a member of the Plymouth Brethren baptists.


5) Isabella Alexandrina Jones, (aka Bella),born 18th June 1875, died 27th July 1900.
On 21st April 1897, Isabella Alexandra Jones of 56 Blessington Street, married Robert James Mottershed, 16 Blessington Street, an engineer of Liverpool. The witnesses were our great-grandmother, Tennie/Emily Eveleen Jones and Percy A. Hay of 49 Belgrave Square. Percy's father, David Alexander Hay, earlier witnessed the marriage of Isabella Pennefather Jones' uncle, William Westby Pennefather, to Emma Hay in 1856.
Robert James Mottershed was worked with the railway, and was a close colleague of Percy A. Hay.

Isabella and Robert Mottershed would remain living at 16 Blessington Street where their son, Percival Charles Mottershed,  would be born in 1898. Isabella Mottershed would die mid-1900, followed in 1929 by her husband Robert James Mottershed, an accountant with the railway.  On both the 1901 and 1911 Census, Robert and his son Percy were either living or visiting with Charles Robert and Adelaide V. Dunbar who would later take the orphaned Percy Mottershed under their wing.
Percy Mottershed, the son of Isabella Alexandra Jones and Robert James Mottershed, married, on November 10th 1928, in St. Matthias' Church, Nellie Farrell.  Percy's address at the time was given as Hatherton, Milltown.  Nellie was the second daughter of Mr. and Mrs. F.J. Farrell of Claremount Road, Sandymount, and previously of Mullingar, Westmeath.
In 1841, Percy Mottershed, of 15 Trees Road, Mount Merrion, Dublin, made a donation to the Northern Refugee Fund, which was to help residents of Belfast following the German Blitz of the city earlier that same year.

6) Emily Eveline Jones, aka Tennie, our great-grandmother, 30th Dec. 1876, died 7th March 1946.  Our maternal great grandparents: on the 18th August 1897 in St Mary Church/the Black Church,  Emily Eveleen Jones/Tennie married Joseph Edwards Dickson, a coal merchant of 15 Northumberland Road. He had been born to Henry Dickson a farmer of Benburb, Dungannon, County Tyrone.  Emily was living at the family home in 56 Blessington Street and her father was noted on the certificate as Charles Jones, Decorator; there was no indication that he had died four years earlier however.
The witnesses were Tennie's brother, Robert Oscar Jones, and a William James Hardy who seems to have been a friend of Joseph Dickson from the Dungannon area.
Tennie, our great grandmother, was widowed in 1905 when her husband, Joseph Edwards Dickson, died - Tennie moved into her mother’s home in Howth along with her young family, and mother and daughter lived together until Isabella Jones’ death on May 31st 1942.

The children of Emily Eveline Jones and Joseph Edward Dickson are here:
http://alison-stewart.blogspot.ie/2011/07/joseph-edwards-dickson-of-tyrone-and.html

7) Anna Marie Antoinette Jones , born 1st Oct 1878, died 6th January 1944.  She married twice - firstly to Thomas Herbert Smith  (21st March 1874 - 21st November 1920)) and secondly to William George Meaney, who died 20th May 1853.

In 1901 Anna Marie was living at home with her widowed mother, Isabella Jones, at 14 Howth Road, but, in 1908, she married a man who had recently returned from working in Australia, Thomas Smith. By 1911, the young couple were living at 4 Drumcondra Park.
Thomas was working as a manager in the Jones family decorating business, and was also buying and renovating property.
 
 Mount Jerome headstone:  'In loving memory of Marie, beloved wife of W.G. Meaney, died 6th January 1944.  Also William George Meaney called home 20th May 1953, and his son Frederick William, beloved husband of Edith Meaney called home 26th June 1956 aged 46.'

By her first marriage to Thomas Herbert Smith she had three children:
     a) Percival William Webster Smith (11th April 1910 - 22nd June 1984) who married Eileen Evelyn Kerr.
     b) Celeste Evelyn Antoinette Smith, born 14th October 1914.
     c) Cecil Herbert Smith (25th March 1917 - 24th December 1990), who married Gwen Bowlby.
Thomas Herbert Smith died in tragic circumstances on 21st November 1920 at 117 Haddington Road.  Anna Marie remarried.  Her second husband, William George Meaney,  had three children of his own:
    d) Elsie Meaney, born 11th August 1908.
    e) Frederick William Meaney, 6th April 1910 - 26th June 1956.
    f) Maureen Meaney, 3rd November 1913 - 4th December 1993.
   
8)  Percival Albert Jones, 22nd March 1881, died 7th May 1956.
 Isabella's youngest son, Percival Albert Jones, married Emily Mabel Lloyd in the Plymouth Brethren church, Merrion Hall, on 4th September 1907.  Percival, aka Percy, was living at the family home of 'Belmont', Nashville Road, Howth, and was a master contractor, working in the family business. His father, Charles Jones, was, of course, dead.  Emily Mabel's father was William J. Lloyd, an official with the Bank of Ireland, who lived at Lambert Lodge, Sandymount Avenue.  The witnesses were Frederick G. Chipperfield and Lily Lloyd.

Emily Mabel Lloyd had been born to the bank clerk, William Lloyd, and Annie Buckley at Castle Street, Dalkey, South Dublin, on 24th July 1885; she would died on 26th August 1851. Her father, William Lloyd, was a prominent member of the Plymouth Brethren congregation at Merrion Hall.

From The Irish Times :  'Jones and Lloyd - September 4th 1907, at Merrion Hall, Dublin, Percival Albert, son of the late Charles Jones and Mrs. Jones of Ashbourne, Howth, to Emilie Mabel, younger daughter of William J. Lloyd of 2 Lambert Terrace, Sandymount Avenue, Co. Dublin,'

From Mount Jerome Cemetery: 'In memory of Emily Mabel, wife of Percy A. Jones, August 29th 1951;  and Percy A. Jones, died May 7th 1956.'

The children of Percival Albert Jones and Emily Mabel Lloyd were:
     a) Doris Mabel Jones (1st June 1908 - 14th April 1996), married Cyril Chipperfield (10th December 1911 - 1986). Their two children were Stuart Frederick Chipperfield (10.5.1945) who married Sharon Andrews; and Trevor Cyril Chipperfield (7th May 1946) married Julia Szapo.
    b) Norman Ernest Lindley (24th December 1910 - 18th January 1975) who married Doris Alison Lewis (born 14th September 1911).  Their children were Nigel Lindley Jones (10.4.1940) who married Rosaleen Ethel Good;  Adrian Lindley Jones (22.2.1944) who married Melanie Eve Williamson;  Hilary Doris Jones (29.6.1948) who married David Spurgeon.
  c) Eleanor Enid Jones (born 3.8.1913) who married Walter James Prescott (born 29.8.1912).  Their children were Meriel Law Prescott (29.9.1940) who married Derek B.Symons;  Timothy Walter Law Prescott (21.2.1945) who married Ann Sharp;  Gail Law Prescott (15.1.1947) who married Lawrence Dick;  Sallie Law Prescott (14.3.1950) who married Michael Coley.
















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