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Hello -I'm doing some research for an elderly relative. he would like to find out what happened to his inspirational English teacher at Pentre Grammar -Taliesin Jones, born abt 1913, we think in Porth.
He taught English at Pentre until the outbreak of war in 1940 -41 and then joined the RAF. He married in Canada at an airforce base in Ontario, possibly Guelph, as his wife lived near there. My relative had heard that he was killed in a car crash over there but no one is able to confirm this and I can find no record of it. Does anyone remember him or know what became of him?
Thanks for taking the time to read this.
Pick
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Hello Pick,
Why don't you post your query on the Canada Board too, - someone on there might be able to check from that side for a possible death entry.
Romilly.
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Hi Pick,
Here's your chap on the Passenger Lists, (out of UK)
Name: Taliesin JONES
Date of departure: 13 February 1946
Port of departure: Southampton
Passenger destination port: Halifax, Canada
Passenger destination: Halifax, Canada
Date of Birth: 1913 (calculated from age)
Age: 33
Marital status:
Sex: Male
Occupation: Teacher
HTH! Romilly.
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Also, - this could be his Baptismal Entry:
April 25th 1912
Aberaman, St Margaret, Glamorgan
Taliesin Jones
Parents, John and Gwladys Jones.
Romilly.
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Hi Again,
I don't know if these people were with your chap, - or just happened to have the same Surname:
The following people with the same last name travelled on this voyage:
Ada JONES
Audrey JONES
Margaret JONES
Ship: AQUITANIA
Official Number: 135583
Master's name: J D Snow
Steamship Line: Cunard White Star Limited
Where bound: Halifax, Canada
Square feet:
Registered tonnage: 19296.77
Passengers on voyage: 1421
Romilly.
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What a surname to have to search with!!
Thanks Romilly
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Thread on the Canada board
http://www.rootschat.com/forum/index.php/topic,655112.0.html
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I think that the other Jones's are just a coincidence! ;D
He's in the 'travelling alone' column on the Ship's Register. He gives his home address as: 6 Davies Road, Porth, Glamorgan. Intended place of residence: Canada.
You could also request a Newspaper Look-up for him on the Canada Board on here, because he might feature somewhere, - worth a try anyway!
Best of Luck,
Romilly.
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Thanks to your advice re Canada someone has actually found a record of his Grave in Chesley cemetery, Ontario.
I can't believe all the help I've had.
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Thanks to your advice re Canada someone has actually found a record of his Grave in Chesley cemetery, Ontario.
I can't believe all the help I've had.
No problem Pick.
It might be worth asking if anyone on the Canada Board can see an Obituary for him, - that would give more details, and might mention family members.
Best Wishes, Romilly.