Person Page - 1990

     Thomas married Charlotte (?).¹

     Charlotte married Thomas Sillers.¹

     William married Marion (?).¹
     Research notes (September 2022):

     Marion married William Brash.¹

     Harold married Alice Luella Dougan.¹

     He was born on 20 March 1885 at London, Middlesex, England.¹ Archibald married Annie (?).¹
     Archibald James Jones died on 7 February 1955 at Alberta, Canada, at age 69.^1,2
     The following selected information is extracted from the obituary of Archibald James Jones.
     Archibald James Jones was buried on 10 February 1955 at Beechmount Cemetery, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada^G.^4,2
     Introductory Overview:
     Archibald James Jones is not included in the Asquith and District Honour Roll for WWI.
Other comments:
     Archibald and his wife Annie lived in the Asquith area at the time of his enlistment in March 1916. At some time during the war, she was living in England at Clapham in London which was his mother's address. By the end of the war, her address was in Saskatoon.¹

Canadian Military Service - WWI

     Archibald James Jones of Asquith Post Office began military service on 20 March 1916 at the age of 31 at Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada, joining the 96th Battalion, Canadian Highlanders. He was a married painter with no previous military experience. He was described as being 5' 6" with a fresh complexion, blue eyes and fair hair. On his Attestation (enlistment) papers, he listed his next-of-kin/contact as his wife, Annie Jones of Asquith Post Office. He was assigned regimental number 204517.¹
     On 26 September 1916, at Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada, he sailed on board the "S. S. Laconia" and arrived at Liverpool on Oct 6th. He was transferred to the 92nd Battation.¹
     On 13 November 1916, he embarked for France where he served for 23.5 months with the 13th Battalion. He was wounded in the left forearm and received an eye injury (right eye) on June 3, 1917 "in front of Lens" when he was "blown up by high explosive shell" and struck by a bullet or shell fragment. He was later invalided to England. On Sept 1st he was transferred to the 3rd Labour Battalion.¹ Pte. Archibald James Jones ended military service as part of general demobilization on 25 March 1919 at Regina, Saskatchewan, Canada, as medically unfit due to wounds. He had defective vision in both eyes but most markedly in the right eye due to the wounds he received earlier. It was considered that he could not return to work as a painter due to these vision problems.

End of Military Service section.¹

     He was commonly known as James Jones.⁵
     Archibald James Jones appeared on the 1891 British Census of London, at Middlesex, England, at Chelsea, in the household of his parents, Edwin H. and Arabella Jones.³ Archibald James Jones immigrated in 1905 to Canada from England.⁵
     James and Annie Jones appeared on the 1916 Census of Canadian Prairie Provinces, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, enumerated 1 June 1916, described as a painter doing odd jobs. He was already enlisted but still in Canada.⁵
     See the footnotes below for a link to his obituary that appeared in the newspaper the Edmonton Journal published in Edmonton, Alberta, 9 February 1955.²

     She was born circa 1895 at England.² Annie married Archibald James Jones.¹
     Annie Jones was listed as next-of-kin/contact on her husband Archibald's attestation (enlistment) papers.¹
     Annie (?) immigrated in 1907 to Saskatchewan, Canada, from England.²
     James and Annie Jones appeared on the 1916 Census of Canadian Prairie Provinces, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, enumerated 1 June 1916, described as a painter doing odd jobs. He was already enlisted but still in Canada.²
     Annie Jones, his surviving wife, was referenced, but not by name, in the obituary of Archibald James Jones who died 7 February 1955.³

     She was born circa 1847 at Manchester, Lancashire, England.² Arabella married Edwin H. Jones.²
     Edwin H. and Arabella Jones appeared on the 1891 British Census of England, at Chelsea, at London, Middlesex, enumerated 2 April 1891 enumerated effective 02 Apr 1891, described as a hot water engineer with house annotated above this description. Their son, Archibald James was listed as living with them. For my purposes, I have only included one of their 7 children in this database.²