Walter and Rose Sophia Jones with their son, James Alfred Meet the Jones family.... The photo is of Walter Jones, his wife Rose Sophia ( nee Redrup) and their son, James Alfred, of Birmingham, County of Warwick, England. Walter was born on 3 March, 1865 and Sophia on 1 January 1867. They married in February,1929, many years after the birth of their son, James (1903). It can be speculated that they married, aged 64 and 62 respectively, because by that time, Walter was suffering badly from work related emphysema and chronic bronchitis and in 1925, legislation was passed which granted "widows" government support. This is, of course, retrospective conjecture! Walter appeared on the 1891 census as a 'spade maker', and when his son was born, his occupation was recorded as a 'garden fork drawer and later in this life, his illness affected his capacity to work - in 1911, records show that Walter was working as a bricklayer's labourer.Walter's death ce...
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