Percy Jones (1891 — 1940) 

Beatrice Jones (1887 — 1953) 

Beatrice Hill was born 31 March 1887 in the City of London the daughter of Frank and Mary Ann, nee Tranter, Hill. In the 1891 census Beatrice was living at 37 Leominster Road in High Wycombe with her parents, brother Arthur aged 7 and sister Minnie aged 2. Frank was recorded as a French polisher.

Ten years later in the 1901 census Beatrice was recorded at 112 Oxford Road in in High Wycombe with her parents, brother Arthur aged 17 and sister Minnie aged 11. Frank was recorded as a commercial traveller and Arthur an apprentice chair maker.

Frank and Mary moved to Newbury in 1910 and Beatrice was recorded at the Railway Hotel in Newbury in the 1911 census along with her parents. Frank was a hotel keeper and Beatrice was assisting in the business.
Beatrice married Percy Jones on 2 August 1930 at St Mary in Speenhamland. Percy was born 21 July 1891 in Hoxton in London, the son of Ernest and Eleanor. He was recorded with his parents and four siblings at 115 Queens Road in Reading in the 1901 census, his father Ernest was a fishmonger. By the time of the 1911 census the family were living at 141 Bartholomew Street in Newbury where Percy and two of his brothers (Harold and Reginald) were recorded as helping in the business, his father Ernest was still a fishmonger. It appears Percy moved regularly after the 1911 census until his marriage, in the electoral registers he was recorded at 11 Bartholomew in 1920 & 1921, "Chestnuts" in London Road from 1922 to 1924 and 115 London Road from 1925 to 1930. He was always recorded with his parents and various brothers.
Percy and Beatrice were recorded at 2 Greenham Road in 1931 but in 1935 they were at 93a Northbrook Street.
When the national register was compiled on 29 September 1939 Percy and Beatrice along with Beatrice's mother Mary Ann was recorded at 93a Northbrook Street in Newbury. Percy was recorded as a turf accountant while Mary was recorded as incapacitated.

Percy died 7 September 1940 while still living at 93a Northbrook Street and was buried at Newtown Road Cemetery on 10 September 1940.

Beatrice died 26 March 1953 while living at 57 Andover Road and was buried at Newtown Road Cemetery on 31 March 1953. She left a will and probate was granted on 13 May 1953 at Oxford to Joan Mary Gunter (wife of Maurice Gunter). The value of the estate was £5,102 4s 7d. Joan Mary Gunter was Beatrice's niece, the daughter of her sister Minnie Louisa Nash.

Beatrice's parents were buried at Newtown Road Cemetery, her father Frank Hill on 1 December 1934 and her mother Mary Ann Hill on 10 February 1951. Her sister Minnie Louisa Nash was buried at Newtown Road Cemetery on 16 April 1923.

Author: soper
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