Catherine Rachel Jones

From British Newspaper Archive: London Courier and Evening Gazette Tuesday, 17 March 1829 Page 4 Births

Births: On Saturday, 14 March 1829 [inst.], at Brighton, Lady Harriet Gurney, of a Daughter.

From Ancestry: Church of England Births and Baptisms and Ancestry: Church of England Births and Baptisms

• Wednesday, 15 April 1829
• baptism of Catherine Rachel Gurney
• daughter of Daniel Gurney, gentleman, and Harriett Jemima Gurney
• residing at North Runcton, Norfolk
• baptised at St Nicholas Church, Church Street, Brighton, East Sussex BN1 3LJ 50.8253583, -0.1448528, England
• ceremony by H. V. Elliott, officiating [off.] minister

From Ancestry: Church of England Marriages and Banns

• marriage: Tuesday, 23 April 1850
• Herbert Walsingham Jones, of North Runcton, bachelor, Gentleman, aged 23 [born about 1826]
• son of John Jones, deceased
• Catharine Rachel Gurney, spinster, aged 21 [born about 1828]
• daughter of Daniel Gurney, Banker
• married at: [All Saints' Church, School Lane, North Runcton, Norfolk PE33 0RB 52.7156768, 0.4361409], England, according to the Rites and Ceremonies of the Church of England by licence
• ceremony by: S. Hay, [off? officiating?] minister
• witnesses: Willoughby Jones, D. Gurney

From FreeBMD: Registration of marriage of Catherine Rachel Gurney in 1850 and FreeBMD: Registration of marriage of Herbert Walsingham Jones in 1850

• April to June 1850: Registration of marriage of Herbert Walsingham Jones; in Freebridge Lynn, Norfolk (Volume XIII, Page 259)
• April to June 1850: Registration of marriage of Catherine Rachel Gurney; in Freebridge Lynn, Norfolk (Volume XIII, Page 259)

From MyHeritage: Herbert W Jones: 1851 England & Wales Census

30 March 1851 Census for residents of Cliff House, Mundesley Road, Cromer, Norfolk, England [possibly] Cliff House, 23 Overstrand Road, Cromer, Norfolk NR27 0AL 52.929213, 1.306155 or Cliff Cottage, now 8 Thurst Road, Overstrand, Norfolk NR27 0PR 52.917896, 1.344011

• Herbert W Jones, head, married, male, aged 24 [born about 1827], in Woolwich, Kent; Occupation: B.A. of Cambridge; Assistant curate of Runton
• C Rachel Jones, wife, married, female, aged 22 [born about 1829], in Brighton, Sussex
• Edward B Laurence, uncle and visitor, single, male, aged 60 [born about 1791], in London; Occupation: Justice of the peace and Landed Proprietor
• William Lane, servant, single, male, aged 23 [born about 1828], in Lynn Ry[?], Norfolk; Occupation: Footman
• Susan Lancaster, servant, single, female, aged 27 [born about 1824], in West Winch, Norfolk; Occupation: Housekeeper
• Ellen Porter, servant, single, female, aged 26 [born about 1825], in Burnham Norton, Norfolk; Occupation: Housemaid
• Susan Chapman, servant, single, female, aged 28 [born about 1823], in Inglethorpe, Norfolk; Occupation: Cook

Author of Sandringham: past and present with some historic memorials of the Norfolk coast by Mrs. Herbert Jones Published 1883

Author of The Princess Charlotte of Wales: an illustrated monograph by Mrs Herbert Jones Published 1885

Author of Sandringham: past and present: with twelve illustrations of the neighbourhood by Mrs. Herbert Jones Published 1888

Author of Some Norfolk worthies by Mrs. Herbert Jones Published 1899

From FreeBMD: Registration of death of Catherine Rachel Jones in 1895

October to December 1895: Registration of death of Catherine Rachel Jones; aged 66 [born about 1829]; in St George Hanover Square, London (Volume 1a, Page 331)

From British Newspaper Archive: Norwich Mercury Saturday, 21 December 1895 Page 5 Home News

The death is announced of Mrs. Herbert Jones, widow of Canon Jones, of Sculthorpe, Norwich. This lady, who was better known by her maiden name, Catherine Rachel Gurney, of Runcton, was a charming and prolific writer. Her best known works are "Norwich Worthies," "Sandringham Past and Present," "Princess Charlotte," and "A Stroll through Old Norwich."

From MyHeritage: Probate index 1896

11 January 1896 probate of Catherine Rachel Jones of [Flat 32 Albert Hall Mansions, 31-48 Kensington Gore, South Kensington, London SW7 2AW 51.5010313, -0.1764058], who died Saturday, 14 December 1895, probate granted at London on 11 January 1896 to Somerville Arthur Gurney, Esquire. Effects £17611 1s. d.

From A Genealogical And Heraldic Dictionary Of The Peerage And Baronetage Of The British Empire by Sir Bernard Burke Published 1869

Herbert Walsingham Jones, in holy orders, rector of Sculthorpe, Norfolk, born Tuesday, 10 October 1826; married Tuesday, 23 April 1850, Catherine Rachel Gurney, daughter of Daniel Gurney, of North Runcton, by his wife, the Lady Harriet Gurney, 2nd daughter of William, 15th Earl of Erroll, and has a son, Bertram Jones, born Sunday, 18 May 1862.