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Heighway Jones c.01oct1820 Welshpool, Montgomery some 25 miles west of Shrewsbury
Dewas Jones b..~1824 Welshpool Montgomery
1841 census
Source Ho107, Piece 27, Folio 11, Page 14, Book 13
Place Shewsbury, St Mary's Shropeshire
Dwelling halfwayhouse? Castle St
Henry Jones 25
Flora 25
Frances 25
Eliza 25
Derwas Jones 15
Mary Roberts FS
Sarah Evans FS
1841 census
source Ho107 piece 87 page 1, Book 6
place Madelene college, St Giles parish, Cambridge
Heighway G Jones 20 student
Source: Cambridge University Alumni 1261-1900
Name: Heighway. Jones
College: MAGDALENE
Entered: Michaelmas term 1838 (sept-dec)
Died: 1876
More Information:
Adm. pens. (age 19) at MAGDALENE, Nov. 9, 1838. [2nd]
son of William,Heighway Esq., of Shelton, near Shrewsbury
and Catherine, dau. of William Heighway, of Pontesford, Salop.
born. Aug. 9, 1818, at Earlsdale, Pontesford, Salop.
School, Shrewsbury. Matric. Michs. 1838. Rowing 'blue,' 1840.
Went to Australia, 1841, taking up new country in Port Philip and elsewhere.
Called to the Bar, Lincoln's Inn, 1845, but did not practise.
Married Mary, dau. of Richard Roberts, of Llansaintffraid.
Died May 6, 1876, at Earlsdale.
Brother of Frederick (1832); father of the next.
(Correspondence; Shrewsbury Sch. Reg.; Burke, L.G.,
which gives 'died Apr. 6'; Book of Blues.)
GRO marriages
Heighway Jones married marqt1847 St Pancras
Mary Roberts dau of Richard Roberts
State Library of South Australia
Excerpts from the diary of Heighway Jones
from the date of his sighting land (at Kangaroo Island)
to his arrival at 'Binnum Binnum' and meeting his brothers
Derwas and Henry Jones, 25 June to 15 July, 1847.
Heighway Jones, brother of Henry and Derwas Owen Jones,
born 1817? in Shropshire, England,
arrived Port Adelaide in 'Royal George' 28 June 1847.
lived at 'Binnum Binnum' near Bordertown with his brothers.
He and his wife returned to England in 1859 and settled on his property
'Earlsdale' near Pontesbury hill. Died in 1876.
Compiled by Arthur Heighway, a distant relative of the Jones family of Shropshire,
in 1977 when he was 88 years old.
note:
The Ship Royal George sailed from London via Portsmouth, Hampshire, England on
Saturday, 27 February 1847 and arrived in Port Adelaide, South Australia
on 26 June 1847 under the command of Captain Thomas Grieves.
with about 40 passengers.
amonst whom is listed
Cabin: Mr. and Mrs Jones
1861 census Source RG9 piece 1863 folio 56 page 25 Place Pontesford, Pontesbury district 3, Shropeshire Dwelling Pontesford House schedule 135 Derwas owen Jones head M 37 Australian Sheep Holder Welshpool Salop Eliza Jones wife M 36 Ledbury Salop Heighway Jones visitor M 42 Landed Proprietor Shrewsbury Salop Mary Jones wife M 45 Llansanfaid Montgomery Mary jane Jones dau 10 Scholar South Australia Rebecca Graceford serv U 34 Governess Ireland Ann Phillpots serv U 27 Cook Pontesford Salop Elizabeth Williams serv U 23 Housemaid Montgomery Francis Tomkins serv U 15 Page Iron Bridge Salop Richard Collins serv W 47 Gardiner Llangharne Wales 1861 census place shropeshire Heighway Jones 13 australia
1871 census Source: RG10, Piece 2763 Folio 46 page 8 Place: Atcham, Pontesbury, Shropshire Place Schedule 39, Earlesdale, Pontesford Heighway Jones head M 52 Land Owner Shrewsbury, Salop Mary Jones wife M 56 Llansantfraid, Denbyshire Mary jane Jones dau S 20 South Australia Gwen Jones serv 24 Cook Dolgelly Marth Leach serv 24 Housemaid Pontesbury, Salop Eliza Coxall serv 19 Under Housemaid Pontesbury, Salop George Reynolds serv 22 Coachman Cressage, Salop
Heighway snr died 6 april or may 1876
gro junqt1876 Atcham 6a 457 aged 57
his son Heighway Jones (jnr) inherited Earlsdale on his fathers death in 1876
College: TRINITY
Entered: Michs. 1868
Died: 20 Jul 1915
More Information:
Adm. pens. at TRINITY, Jan. 25, 1868.
Only s. of Heighway (above), of Earlsdale, Salop.
Born. [Dec. 7, 1847], at Adelaide, S. Australia.
School, Edinburgh Academy.
Matric. Michs. 1868; LL.B. 1872. Adm. at the Inner Temple, Nov. 3, 1870.
Called to the Bar, Nov. 17, 1874. On the Oxford Circuit.
Of Earlsdale and Habberley Hall, Salop.
Died unmarried July 20, 1915, at Pontesford House.
(Law Lists; Foster, Men at the Bar; Inns of Court; Burke, L.G.; The Times, July 22, 1915.)
The Times 18nov1874
Called to the Bar
Heighway Jones Esq; jun L.L.R. Cambridge
The following cenus shows Heighway (junior) apparently visiting relatives
as his grandmother was:
Eliza Caton nee POWER, youngest daughter of Redmond POWER, esq.
of Whitefort, in the county of Tipperary;
1871 census source RG110 piece 11 folio 38 p16 Place Paddington district 25, St Savior, London Dwelling Mansfield House, schedule 47 David Power M head 56 Retired landowner Ireland Ann Power m wife 44 Scotland Isabella Power u dau 18 South Australia David h Power u son 17 Clerk merchant South australia Mary Power dau 14 Scholar South australia Edward Power son 9 Scholar London Charles Power son 8 Scholar London Herbert Power son 7 Scholar London Francis Power son 5 Scholar Scotland Heighway Jones friend 24 College Cambridge South australia Mary Collie governess 24 Governess Scotland Emilie Shrukett serv 26 Nurse domestic Germany Mary J Dobson serv 26 Housemaid Huntingdonshire Eliza Penny serv 21 Housemaid London Dala harrington serv 30 Cook Newcastle on Tyne Harry ross serv 24 Butler, Scotland
1881 census
place Atcham, Pontesbury Shropshire
Dwelling Earlsdale
Heighway Jones head 33 Barrister at law not practising Australia
Propretor of Land and houses
Mary Jones mother W 70 Llansaniffraid, Montgomeryshire
Mary J H Jones sister 30 Income derived from dividends Australia
F S H Jones cousin 24 Annuitant (female) Melbourne Australia
Elizabeth Higgins serv 26 Cook
Mary Blann serv 28 Palour maid
Anne Edwards serv 21 housemaid domestic
John Bryant serv 34 Groom domestic
1901 census Source RG13, piece 2533, folio page 6 place Pontesford, Pontesbury, Shropshire Dwelling schedule 35 Earlsdale Heighway Jones head s 53 Barrister Adelaide S. Australia Mary J heighway Jones Sister s 50 living on own means south Australia Ellen Thompson 19 serv palour maid Alice Hillage 19 serv cook Ellewn Haines 20 house maid
1911 census source RG14PN16113 RG78PN994 RD349 SD4 ED17 SN92 place Atcham Shropeshire Dwelling Pontesford House Highway Jones aged 63 Barrister south Australia Jane elizabeth Brown 27 Cook Mary elizabeth Thomason 26 Palour maid Agnes Gladys Tipton 20 servent
Heighway Jones jrn died
sepqt 1915 aged 68 Atcham 6a 681
he never married or had issue
1911 census Place Kingston Cherlieigh Presburg Rd New Malden Mary jane highway Jones 60 s visitor Kingston Surrey Adelaid S. Australia
Tankerville lead mine (about 15 miles sw of Pontesford)
Local man Heighway Jones took over the site in the 1860s
and appointed Captain Arthur Waters to improve the mine.
St Georges Church Pontesbury
A small organ which was presented to the church in 1861,
and which had previously, been in Harrow School,
was replaced by a large, 3-manual, electro-pneumatic organ
given by Heighway Jones.
This had come from the Music Hall in Shrewsbury in 1908
and was moved to the front of the west end gallery in 1910.
1861 census Source RG9 piece 1863 folio 56 page 25 Place Pontesford, Pontesbury district 3, Shropeshire Dwelling Pontesford House schedule 135 Derwas owen Jones head M 37 Australian Sheep Holder Welshpool Salop Eliza Jones wife M 36 Ledbury Salop Heighway Jones visitor M 42 Landed Proprietor Shrewsbury Salop Mary Jones wife M 45 Llansanfaid Montgomery Mary jane Jones dau 10 Scholar South Australia Rebecca Graceford serv U 34 Governess Ireland Ann Phillpots serv U 27 Cook Pontesford Salop Elizabeth Williams serv U 23 Housemaid Montgomery Francis Tomkins serv U 15 Page Iron Bridge Salop Richard Collins serv W 47 Gardiner Llangharne Wales
1871 census source: RG10, Piece 2763, Folio 44, Page 3 place Pontesbury, district 3, Shropeshire dwelling Pontesford shedule 11 Derwas O Jones head M 47 Living on Interest of Money Welshpool Montgomeryshire Eliza Jones wife M 46 Ledbury Herefordshire Edwin Pritchard serv U 28 Groom domestic servant Churtom Salop Rebecca Spencer serv U 27 Cook Haberly Salop Cornelia Lancslow serv 20 housemaid Nathen Salop Ellen M walters serv 15 gen Serv Pontedbury
1871 census source RG10; Piece: 2544; Folio: 87; Page: 57 place Clifton district 19 Gloucestershire dwelling Roxborough house, College Rd west, schedule 165 Redmond H O Jones 12 pupil south Australia
1881 census source place Pontesbury Shropshire Dwelling Pontesford House Derwas O. Jones head m 57 Retired Australian Sqatter Welshpool Montgomeryshire Wales Eliza Jones wife m 56 Atcham, Pontesbury John Evans serv 20 coachman Atcham, Pontesbury Mary France serv 25 domectic serv Cook Pontesbury, Shopshire Annie Howels serv 18 domestic servant Pontesbury, Shopshire Edith Rowson serv 17 domestic servant Worthen, Shropshire
1901 census Source RG13 piece 2533 folio 33 page 3 place Pontesford, Pontesbury district 3, Shropshire dwelling Schedule 21, Pontesford House Derwas Jones head w 77 living on owm means Welshpool Montgomeryshire Frances E Callander visitor W 66 living on own means Woodmancote Sussexnote indexed as Denras C Jones
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