Advent Calendar: Benjamin Jones and Hannah Griffith

Benjamin Jones

Born 1865, Died before 1915
Lived in: Caio, Wales; Merthyr Tydil, Wales
Married: Hannah Griffiths
Children:
Daniel Jones
David Jones
Joseph Jones
Jack Jones
William Jones
May Jones
Sophia Jones

Benjamin Jones was born in the small town of Caio, Wales, which is situated near the Dolaucothi Gold Mines, an old Roman mine over 2000 years old. He married Hannah Griffiths, and the two eventually settled on a farm in Merthyr Tydfil, Wales, where they raised their children. Aside from their eldest son, the entire family stayed in the area well into adulthood, and Benjamin and Hannah lived in Merthyr Tydful until their deaths.



Hannah Jones nee Griffiths, aka Gu (pronounced Gee)
(Gu is the Southern Welsh word for "Grandma")

Born 1863, died 1933, aged 69
Lived in: Newcastle Emlyn, Wales; Merthyr Tydful, Wales
Married: Benjamin Jones
Children:
Daniel Jones
David Jones
Joseph Jones
Jack Jones
William Jones
May Jones
Sophia Jones

Hannah was born near the West coast of Wales in a small town called Newcastle Emlyn. After marrying Benjamin Jones, the two settled on a farm in the town of Merthyr Tydfil, where they raised seven children together. Aside from their eldest son Daniel, the entire family stayed in the area well into adulthood. Hannah did get to meet Daniel's children when his family came to Wales to visit in the twenties.

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This blog is maintained by two sisters who have had a life long interest in geneology.
Mika writes here mostly about our family (Hansen, Hillinger, Bordewick, Park, etc), and her search for more information.
Shannon mostly uses this space as a place to make the many stories written about and by her husband's family (Holly, Walker, Walpole, etc) available to the rest of the family, present and future.

Our blog is named Oh Spusch! mostly because Shannon is bad at naming things. The first post I put up includes a story about the time Walker's great grandfather took his whole family out to see a play and the littlest kept saying "Oh! Spusch!" No one ever figured out what she meant by that.