Jonas Coles FMMMF

[Sue at the seaside]

Name - "official" name and what they were known as
Jonas Coles

Date and place of birth
Abt 1790, Stogursey, Somerset. according to death cert

Names of parents
Unknown

Date and place of baptism - if applicable
Unknown

Details of each of his or her marriages - if any
31 Dec 1816 to Elizabeth Pugsley, Priory Church of St Andrew, Stogursey, Somerset

Occupation(s) - if any
Stone mason, employer of 2 men

Addresses where they lived (including county if in UK) - and please list which censuses you have or haven't found him/her on (if s/he lived in census times!).
1841- Tower Hill, Stogursey, Somerset
1851- Tower Hill, Stogursey, Somerset



Date, place and cause of death
21st November 1859, Stogursey, Somerset. Can't read cause of death

Date and place of burial.
Details of will / administration of their estate - if applicable
Memorial inscription - if any

[Merry]

I think you have the wrong death as the 1879 one is living in Bridgwater in 1861/71 and has a different family. I think this one is yours:

Deaths Dec 1857
Coles Jonas Williton 5c 257


as Williton covers Stogursey.

[Merry]

Stogursey baps etc are online, but I don't see a bap for Jonas :(

http://www.wsom.org.uk/Parreg.html

Maybe his family were non-conformist or he was baptised elsewhere.

[Merry]

This submitted bap is five miles away from Stogursey:

Jonas Coles Pedigree
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Event(s):
Birth:
Christening: 02 JUL 1797 Huntspill, Somerset, England
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Parents:
Father: Athowin Coles Family
Mother: Elizabeth
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Messages: Record submitted after 1991 by a member of the LDS Church

[Merry]

Same one is on here:

http://www.durtnall.org.uk/Huntspill/BAPTISMS.htm

[kiterunner]

That Huntspill baptism is also on the Huntspill transcriptions:
http://www.durtnall.org.uk/Huntspill/BAPTISMS.htm

But it doesn't say anything about them not living at Huntspill.

(edit - snap, Merry!)

[Merry]

The Huntspill parents were buried there in the 1820s (ie no apparent early move to Stogursey) so maybe that family are a red herring?

[Sue at the seaside]

Thanks for all these prompts, I'll have a proper look tomorrow.

I will admit to being concerned about that death I had for him. One of those things, it's been on my file for years and haven't got the cert yet! I'll review that as well.

[Sue at the seaside]

Stogursey baps etc are online, but I don't see a bap for Jonas :(

http://www.wsom.org.uk/Parreg.html

Maybe his family were non-conformist or he was baptised elsewhere.

I agree, he doesn't seem to be there, but a number of his children are, so it's the right parish for something!

I don't think the Huntspill family are the right one, fascinating that the name is right, I've never come across a Jonas before and I would have loved that father's name in my tree! But I'm sure he is in censuses as a gardener/farmer. Thanks to both of you for all those Somerset links !

[Merry]

I don't think the Huntspill family are the right one

Doh!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! When I first saw the Huntspill bap on the IGI I thought the place seemed familiar in some way...........Of course, five minutes earlier I had seen the chap on the census whose death reg you had in 1879. He is the one bap in Huntspill ;(

[Sue at the seaside]

But there are so many Jonas Coles in that parish!.....

[Merry]

Yes, but he is the 1797 one! lol

[Merry]

I bet yours is related to all the others!

[Sue at the seaside]

I bet yours is related to all the others!

Just got to find out how

[Sue at the seaside]

The only evidence I have for this bloke's year of birth is the censuses, in 1841, which is always suspect, is is 1796.( I thought they were meant to round them up to 10 years, this made him 45) in 1851 it is 1791 (60 years old) and he died before birth years were added.

[Merry]

Despite what others say about death certs not having correct ages because the person who knew was dec'd, I have always found death ages to be more accurate than ages on the census, so I think maybe you should get the death cert and see what age is on that.

[Margaret in Burton]

The only evidence I have for this bloke's year of birth is the censuses, in 1841, which is always suspect, is is 1796.( I thought they were meant to round them up to 10 years, this made him 45) in 1851 it is 1791 (60 years old) and he died before birth years were added.

Ages on the 1841 census were round down to the nearest 5 years for adults.

[Sue at the seaside]

Ages on the 1841 census were round down to the nearest 5 years for adults.

In that case perhaps the YOB is nearer to 1791, I will get the death cert will order tomorrow. I don't think it's going to help find a baptism though!