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Joseph Jones

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Birthplace: Saint Helens, Merseyside, England, United Kingdom
Death: April 01, 1948 (56)
Barnsley, South Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom
Immediate Family:

Son of Benjamin Jones and Joanna Jones
Husband of Edith Hannah Jones
Father of Edith Mary Jones; Florence Sarah Jones; Joseph Albert Jones; Gwendoline Jones; Megan Prentis and 2 others
Brother of Mary Ellen Owen; William Henry Jones; Edward Jones; Margaret Jones; Benjamin Jones and 8 others

Managed by: Pamela Joan Dilworth
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About Joseph Jones

Mayor of Barnsley, Yorkshire. Leader of a Trade Union. He was that Trade Unions delegate to an inaugural meeting of the United Nations.

Jones, Joseph, O.B.E., J.P. Labour Director, West Midlands Division, previously Deputy Labour Director (Labour Relations) for that Division. In 1936, became Miners' Agent for South Staffs, and East Worcestershire. For 12 years, was a member of both the rescue and first-aid teams at Baggeridge Colliery. In 1942, became Assistant Labour Director (Midland Region) in the Ministry of Fuel and Power and two years later Regional Labour Director. Source: 1955 Colliery Year Book and Coal Trades Directory.

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Joseph Jones's Timeline

1891
August 22, 1891
Saint Helens, Merseyside, England, United Kingdom
1914
June 28, 1914
Barnsley, South Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom
1916
July 19, 1916
1919
June 6, 1919
Rotherham, South Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom
1921
April 22, 1921
Rotherham, South Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom
1923
1923
Rotherham, South Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom
1927
1927
Barnsley, South Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom
1929
1929
Barnsley, South Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom
1948
April 1, 1948
Age 56
Barnsley, South Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom