Elizabeth Jones Death Certificate*

*Elizabeth Owens Jones was born October 24, 1880 in Ferndale, Glamorgan, Wales to David John and Mary Prothero  Owens. In 1884 Elizabeth came to the United States with her mother, a sister and a brother. Her father, David, was already in America working in the coal mines in Grape Creek, Vermilion County, Illinois. Elizabeth married John W. Jones August 21, 1909 in Bloomington, Illinois.  Elizabeth had worked in a bakery and as a cook for Dr. Fithian and his wife. She passed away, after suffering a stroke, February 16, 1965 at the Colonial Manor Nursing Home. She was 84 years old. She was the mother of 4 children.


Death Certificate of Elizabeth Owens Jones