Jones Close
Named After
JONES family
Memorial Location
All Saints & St. Stephens
Family Connections
There are multiple burials of Jones’s at All Saints Church, as the family lived in Fradley through the 1700-1800’s, before St. Stephens Church was built. It seems most were agricultural labourers in the 1800’s. Thomas Jones is listed in the 1881 census as a farmer of 50 acres. In the 1911 census, Thomas Jones is listed as a Beerhouse keeper at the Bell Inn, living with is wife Mary. There are 2 burials at St. Stephens Church. John and Annie (Plot 159) who died in 1938 and 1936, aged 66 and 60 respectively. And John and Grace Elizabeth (Plot 213) who died in 1973 and 2004, aged 65 and 96 respectively. In the 1939 census, John is listed as an agricultural engineer and implement owner, living at Church Farm. Nicknamed ‘Jack’, he was the last driver of a steam roller for Staffordshire County Council and moved to Rose Cottage in later life. In 1966, Jack had a very serious tractor accident, where an item of clothing caught in the machinery and almost completely removed his arm at the shoulder. He did recover but with very limited mobility. They had a son named Richard John who was a vet. He died in 2007, aged 67 (noted on his parents gravestone). And two daughters named Betty and Dorothy. Betty married Frank Watson.
Military Service Details
There are multiple burials of Jones’s at All Saints Church, as the family lived in Fradley through the 1700-1800’s, before St. Stephens Church was built. It seems most were agricultural labourers in the 1800’s. Thomas Jones is listed in the 1881 census as a farmer of 50 acres. In the 1911 census, Thomas Jones is listed as a Beerhouse keeper at the Bell Inn, living with is wife Mary. There are 2 burials at St. Stephens Church. John and Annie (Plot 159) who died in 1938 and 1936, aged 66 and 60 respectively. And John and Grace Elizabeth (Plot 213) who died in 1973 and 2004, aged 65 and 96 respectively. In the 1939 census, John is listed as an agricultural engineer and implement owner, living at Church Farm. Nicknamed ‘Jack’, he was the last driver of a steam roller for Staffordshire County Council and moved to Rose Cottage in later life. In 1966, Jack had a very serious tractor accident, where an item of clothing caught in the machinery and almost completely removed his arm at the shoulder. He did recover but with very limited mobility. They had a son named Richard John who was a vet. He died in 2007, aged 67 (noted on his parents gravestone). And two daughters named Betty and Dorothy. Betty married Frank Watson.