Catherine Jones obituary

[ShalaJ]

An obituary dated April 1844 Sydney New South Wales details the death of Catherine Jones in Newcastle upon Tyne on 19th Nov 1843. Obituary states she was friend and devoted follower of John Knox. Can anyone advise if there are any newspaper archives which would give me more information on my 4xG grandmother or suggest where I might find her burial. Regards Shala J from Australia

[WolfieSmith]

No Catherine Jones, but there is 90 year old Catherine who died that day, so perhaps she was widowed and remarried.

Newcastle Courant, 24 Nov 1843.
Deaths. At Newcastle.....On the Forth Banks, on the 19th inst., aged 90, Catherine wife of Wm Elliott.

There is a marriage of a William Elliott and Catherine Jones, 1 Sep 1819, at Gateshead St. Mary,  just across the river from Newcastle.

Alan.

[ShalaJ]

Hi Alan, Thanks for solving the mystery. The obituary was probably placed in Sydney newspaper by her son William Jones, a prominent business man. The only likely Death Reg.in England did not fit geographically and knowing that many did not register at that early date was thinking that parish registers were my last hope. Thanks again, another foothold on the brickwall. Regards Joy