Janet Jones

Janet Bessie Gething Jones

Born: 7 December 1869

Baptised: 6 September 1872, Bristol 

Father: There is no father listed on baptism record. 

Mother: Margaret Jones (b. 1854) 

In 1881 – 

She is at St. Saviours Orphanage Home, Knostrop, Leeds. Janet is listed as ‘Scholar’.

In 1891 – 

She is at National School, The Cross, Checkley, Cheadle. Janet is listed as ‘Schoolmistress’. Her mother is an unlisted widow.

In 04/99 – 

Appointed to Girls' School, Hendon, London, N.W. Head.

In 1901 – 

She is at 29 Ravensworth Avenue, Hendon. John Thomas (b. 1869) is listed as ‘Foreman Ammunition’. Betty Thomas (b. 1870) and Maud Cooper (b. 1881) are unlisted. Janet and Mary Wright (b. 1879) are visitors and listed as ‘Schoolmistress’. Stanley Nott (b. 1887) is listed as ‘Employed Ammunition Works’. 

In 04/02 – 

Address is St. Mary's School, Hendon, London, N.W.

In 1911 – 

She is at St. Mary’s Schools, Hendon, Middlesex. Her mother is listed as widow and ‘Housekeeper’. Janet is listed as ‘Head Mistress of Elementary School’. 

In 1921 – 

She is at 3 Sunningfields Crescent, Hendon. Her mother is unlisted. Janet is listed as ‘School Mistress’. 

In 1939 – 

She is at 29 Mannering Gardens, Southend-on-Sea, Essex. Janet is listed as ‘Retired Teacher’. Mary J Divaston (b. 1878) is an unlisted widow. 

d.         14 November 1943, Westcliff-on-Sea

JONES, Janet Bessie Gething of Ullswater Mannering Gardens, Westcliff-on-Sea, Essex spinster died 14 November 1943. Probate Llandudno 25 February to Barclays Bank Limited. Effects £10,102, 19s, 1d.