William Henry * Jones, Jr.

1914 - 1950  (36 years)

• Name	William Henry * Jones  [1, 2, 3]
  Suffix	Jr.
  Born	11 Oct 1914	Fresno, Fresno, California, USA   [1, 2, 3, 4]
  Gender	Male
  Baptism	17 Feb 1926	Sanger, Fresno, California, USA   [1]
  	Baptized in First Christian Church in Sanger, CA
  Medical Condition	Huntington's Disease  [1]
  Residence	1935	Sanger, Fresno, California, USA   [2]
  Residence	1940	Sanger, Fresno, California, USA   [2, 5]
  	Marital Status: Married; Relation to Head: Head
  Died	2 Dec 1950	Stockton, San Joaquin, California, USA   [1, 3, 6]
  	Cause: Huntington's Disease
  Buried	, Fresno, California, USA   [1, 3]
  	Address: Belmont Memorial Park Fresno County Fresno County, California
  Person ID	I5339	Base | Descendants of Brinsley Barnes
  Last Modified	29 Sep 2021

  
  

  Mother	Atha Hope * Engle,   b. 6 Nov 1889, Cherokee, Crawford, Kansas, USA ,   d. 7 Nov 1928, Fresno, Fresno, California, USA  (Age 39 years)
  Married	25 Nov 1905	, Fresno, California, USA   [1]
  Divorced	Yes, date unknown
  Alt. Marriage	27 Nov 1905  [1, 7]
  	Performed by A.C. W. Kenner, Minister
  Divorced	21 Oct 1927	Fresno, Fresno, California, USA   [1]
  Family ID	F1174	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Married	19 Mar 1934	Sanger, Fresno, California, USA
  Children	1. Juanita Josephine Jones,   b. 12 Oct 1935, Sanger, Fresno, California, USA ,   d. 5 Jan 1967, , Fresno, California, USA  (Age 31 years)
  Last Modified	29 Sep 2021
  Family ID	F1160	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  () William Henry Jones, Jr. was born in 1913 to William Henry Jones and Atha Hope Engle Jones. Pictures taken as a child show a happy, outgoing child, and as he grew up loved practical jokes. One joke involved placing a donkey inside of his father's construction work yard. He was baptized in the First Christian Church on February 17, 1926. (letter from Pastor Demmers) He played the "bones," which are two pieces of bone, about 5-6 inches long, held in the fingers of one hand and shaken to produce rhythm. During the 1920's he played in the Sanger City Band, as well as in a dance band, and marched in parades. William was married to Geraldine Crow and had one daughter, Juanita Josephine, who was born October 12, 1935. They lived on Tait Street, across the street from W.H. Jones. The Sanger Herald printed the following on January 8, 1943: "Home for the week-end from the bay area where they are employed in defense work were W. H. Jones, Jr, and Donald W. Jones. Mrs. W.H. Jones, Jr. has resigned her position in the office of the Producer's Cotton Oil Company in Fresno in anticipation of moving to the coast as soon as living accommodations are available in that locality." The family did move to the bay area and spent the war years there. Geraldine worked, but Bill was already too ill. He was admitted to Stockton State Hospital in September, 1947. Three years, 2 months, and seventeen days later he died. The immediate case of death was listed as peritonitis, caused by a perforated secum. Bill's widow said that a fellow-inmate had punched him in the stomach, causing the injury which led to his death. His body was buried in Belmont Cemetery near his father, mother, brother and sister.[bakupftm.FTW] RESI: MAP LATI N36.708 LONG W119.5559

  
  

• Sources

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