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ARC TBC - Tommy Jones - Boatman
Posted: Sat May 19, 2012 10:22 am
by Rob
Is this Tommy Jones the boatman mentioned in "Billy and Loz's" song posted in The Snug?
I'm thinking it's John Thomas Jones born 1895.
Polly Jones married Edward Murray who i think maybe Billy's grandmother.
16 Eel Street is where i was born and Tommy Jones and his wife "Aunt May "lived at number 20 Eel Street in the 50's.
http://bcconnections.tribalpages.com/tr ... nd=9421857
Re: Tommy Jones - Boatman
Posted: Sun May 20, 2012 12:19 am
by peterd
1891; 25 Portway Rd, Oldbury
Thomas Jones 30 brickmaker
Jane Jones 29
William Jones 6
Jameel Jones 4 (samuel)
Elizabeth Jones 1
all born oldbury
Re: Tommy Jones - Boatman
Posted: Sun May 20, 2012 12:24 am
by peterd
poss
1881 Oldbury No 48 Eel St, Oldbury, Worcester
Saml. HODGETTS Head U 21 Netherton, Worcester, Brickmaker
Hannah HODGETTS Mother W 61 Wellington, Shropshire, England
Alice HODGETTS Niece 5 Oldbury, Worcester, Scholar
Thomas JONES Lodger U 20 Oldbury, Worcester, Brickyard Labourer
Re: Tommy Jones - Boatman
Posted: Sun May 20, 2012 10:24 am
by Rob
That's him Pete.Thanks.
Remember it's the son John Thomas who i reckon is Tommy Jones The Boatman.
Hodgetts's were living in Eel Street when i was a kid.
Re: Tommy Jones - Boatman
Posted: Mon May 21, 2012 7:21 am
by Northern Lass
Re: Tommy Jones - Boatman
Posted: Mon May 21, 2012 10:40 am
by Rob
Not really NL.The initial question was "is this Tommy Jones the boatman from the Billy and Loz song?"
I spoke to my mom yesterday and she said he, John Thomas Jones,didn't work on the boats as far as she could remember.
She said he went by the nickname of "Likely Lad" and no one knew him as Tommy.( personally i think she's wrong about "The Likely Lad "i'm sure he lived at the top of Eel Street.)
I wish i'd have asked my dad these things cos he drank with them all in The Bottom and Travellers Rest.
So who was Tummy Joones The Boatman?
Re: Tommy Jones - Boatman
Posted: Mon May 21, 2012 6:12 pm
by Northern Lass
why dont you find a marriage for the one on Bcc see if that helps
Re: Tommy Jones - Boatman
Posted: Tue May 22, 2012 10:41 am
by Northern Lass
1911 16 Eel Street,Oldbury
Thomas Jones head 53 labourer brickmaker
Sarah Jane Jones wife 53
William Jones son 26 labourer brickmaker
Samuel Jones son 21 labourer brickmaker
Susannah Jones daug 17 bandage worker surgical dressings
John Thomas Jones son 15 labourer
All born Oldbury
does your mum know of any kids this one aged 15 in 1911 had
lots of marriages on wmbsgh
Re: Tommy Jones - Boatman
Posted: Sat Oct 27, 2012 12:45 pm
by BC Wench
Is this still a Brickwall, or have you solved it?
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