George Jones

   Cause of his death was Tabes Dorsalis, Many Years / Acute Cystitis ????? Exhaustion, 12 days.

  General Notes:

The informant on his birth certificate was his Aunt, Mary Cullen, his mother's sister.

At the end of 1879 he was on the Committee for the newly constructed Athenaeum Hall and Free Public Library in Harrietville. However in 1889 he was married in Camberwell in Melbourne where he lived for the rest of his life, until his death in 1926.

He and Edith were living at 8 Brinsley Rd, Camberwell in 1914, 1919 and 1924. His occupation was Secretary and Edith, Home Duties. He was in fact the Secretary of the Commercial Travellers Association. In 1914 son Kenneth, warehouseman, and daughter Margaret, home duties were there too. In 1919 & 1924 daughters Edith, a typiste (she was in fact the Secretary to the BHP Chairman), and Margaret, Home Duties were there also. In 1924 son George, returned soldier, was also living with them.

In 1922 his business address was 328 Flinders St, Melbourne, the site of the HQ of the CTA.

  Noted events in his life were:

• He emigrated to Melbourne on the "Forest Rights" embarking on a 140 day journey on 17 Feb 1863.

• He resided at the time of his marriage on 25 Sep 1889 in Victoria Rd, Hawthorn, Victoria, Australia.

• He resided at the time of Margaret's birth on 3 Jul 1890 in Victoria Rd, Auburn, Hawthorn, , Victoria, Australia.

• He resided at the time of George's birth on 11 Apr 1899 in 85 Victoria Rd, Hawthorn, , Victoria, Australia.

• He resided at the time of the Electoral Roll in 1903 in 85 Victoria Rd, Hawthorn, , Victoria, Australia.

• He resided at the time of the Census with his mother and siblings in 1861 in 86 Clelland Rd, Newarthill, Bothwell, , Lanark, Scotland.

• He resided at at the time of the Electoral Roll in 1914 in 8 Brinsley Rd, Camberwell, , Victoria, Australia.

• He worked as a Commercial Traveller at the time of his marriage on 25 Sep 1889.

• He worked as a Commercial Traveller at the time of Margaret's birth on 3 Jul 1890.

• He worked as a Commercial Traveller at the time of Kenneth's birth on 22 Oct 1892.

• He worked as a Commercial Traveller at the time of Edith's birth on 17 Aug 1894.

• He worked as a Commercial Traveller at the time of George's birth on 11 Apr 1899 in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.

• He worked as a Secretary in 1903 in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.

• He worked as a Secretary in 1914 in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.

• He worked as a Secretary according to daughter Margaret's Death certificate.

• He worked as a Secretary at the time of his Death on 4 Sep 1926 in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.

George married Edith Lucy Crossley, daughter of Joseph Crossley and Lucy Green, on 25 Sep 1889 in Camberwell, Victoria, Australia. (Edith Lucy Crossley was born on 10 Mar 1863 in High St, Maldon, Victoria, Australia, died on 28 Mar 1945 in St Omer Private Hospital, Camberwell, Victoria, Australia and was buried in Mar 1945 in Box Hill Cemetery, Box Hill, Victoria, Australia.). The cause of her death was Senile Decay, many years.

  Marriage Notes:

It was a Presbyterian Ceremony. Witnesses were M.E. Yates and J.H. Jones (the Grooms brother).