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Title: Help - Hannah Jane Jones (ne Rees) re-married?
Post by: Shanegirl on Friday 29 March 19 05:45 GMT (UK)
Hello,

I have run into brick walls trying to trace what happened to my Grand-mother from Llanhilleth.

Hannah Jane Rees  (1903-???)
     
Born:2 Apr 1903 in Lllanhilleth to Thomas and Maria Rees
Married Stanley Jones  - Sept 1924 (Marriage Certificate referred to her also known as Nancy)
Feb 1931 - Stanley died - and my mother Edna Winifred Jones was born in Sept 1931

According to my mother, Hannah did not want Edna, so Edna grew up with Hannah's parents Thomas and Maria Rees.

My mother refused to ever speak about her mother, but only mentioned that "her mother re-married" and "her mother lived in Kent, near Bighan Hill during the Battle of Britain".

So I do not know who she married...after 1931 ... where she married, OR what her last name was.
I also don't know when she died, or where she died and was buried.

I have searched the 1939 Register for variations of Hannah Jane Jones, Rees, Nancy Jones all through Wales - and no luck. I even searched all the Hannahs in Wales in 1939 - but none with the same birthday.

I have also searched Marriage records in Wales and in Kent - Hannah Jane Jones, Hannah Jones marriages - and none match up.

Any help you can give me would be greatly appreciated!!!
Thank you in advance!
cheers
Shane
Title: Re: Help - Hannah Jane Jones (ne Rees) re-married?
Post by: jonwarrn on Friday 29 March 19 10:41 GMT (UK)
Would Biggin Hill come under Bromley?
Outside possibilty?
Marriage, Sep 1938 Bromley 2a 2633
Jones, Hannah J. - spouse Ward   
Ward, Leonard W. - spouse Jones

Not found them yet in 1939

Death November 1984, Bromley
Nancy Hannah Ward
born 2 April 1903

There is a Ward birth, mmn Rees, in Bromley in 1943, but I have no idea if it might be connected.
Title: Re: Help - Hannah Jane Jones (ne Rees) re-married?
Post by: ColC on Friday 29 March 19 10:52 GMT (UK)
They are on the 1939 at
Beckenham, Kent, England
Leonard a Fruiterer Wholesale & Retail Shop Keeper
Leonard had a daughter Christine annotated Lea.

Hannah noted as Nancy correct DOB

Colin
Title: Re: Help - Hannah Jane Jones (ne Rees) re-married?
Post by: jonwarrn on Friday 29 March 19 11:06 GMT (UK)
Just found them, well done ColC
Nancy is Marney (H) on one site!
Leonard must have been married before?
Title: Re: Help - Hannah Jane Jones (ne Rees) re-married?
Post by: Shanegirl on Friday 29 March 19 12:21 GMT (UK)
Wow!!!! Thank you all so much! That was amazingly fast!
It solves so many riddles that I've had my whole life!
Now I want to find out where she was buried. any ideas on how I research that?

Thanks again!!!!! xoxoxo
Title: Re: Help - Hannah Jane Jones (ne Rees) re-married?
Post by: Chris Doran on Thursday 11 April 19 21:06 BST (UK)
From the Beckenham & Penge Advertiser, 6-Dec-1984 p2, Cremations & Interments at Beckenham Crematorium & Cemetery (https://www.dignityfunerals.co.uk/crematoria-and-cemeteries/crematoria/find-a-crematorium/beckenham-crematorium/?utm_source=system&utm_medium=listings&utm_content=7557&utm_campaign=crem_listings):
Hannah Ward, 81, Beckenham, buried on 30th November 1984.

I also noted a James Ward, husband of Gladys, age 73, Bromley, cremated on 8th November.

I have found several L x Ward fruiterers in the Beckenham area, but can't definitely identify a Leonard William.
Title: Re: Help - Hannah Jane Jones (ne Rees) re-married?
Post by: Shanegirl on Friday 12 April 19 06:20 BST (UK)
Thank you so much! What great research!!
I really appreciate this! :)