Jones Geneaology Report 2024.02.18 - Person Sheet
Jones Geneaology Report 2024.02.18 - Person Sheet
NameGeorge W. Irving Jones Jr
Birth22 Feb 1893, South Chicago, Cook County, Illinois
Death28 Dec 1947, Riverside, CA
MotherElsa Ladora Wiley (1853-1946)
Misc. Notes
1917, Aug Inducted at Fort Lewis, mail is posted from Murray Station to family.

1917, Sept. recovering from an injury while at Fort Lewis. Injury not specified.

1917, Sept. transported by train to Camp Green, North Carolina

1917, Nov. in Camp Mills, Mineola, NY preparing to ship out.

1917 Dec - arrives in France. Went over on the SS Tuscania which later sunk by a U-Boat on Feb 5, 1918 with the loss of 200 Americans

World War I Veteran 1917-1919
41st Division
Serves in World War I with the American Expeditionary Force. A series of letters from George have survived and document his experiences during the war.

Ambulance Company and Field Hospital 163rd
116th Sanitary Train
AEF/France

Marcia Aurelius " Georage had bad nighmares after he got back from the war. Married Elsie, no children. She had been married before. Two Children”8

Sold shoes on 3rd Ave Seattle WA
Worked at Sherman Clay Seattle WA

1920 Census - Living with wife Elise at 712 with GWI and Ladora. Salesman, Office Supply.

Obit Seattle Times - Funeral Jan 1948 - Jones, George J., husband of Elsie Jones, father of Mrs. Lucille Frantz., brother of Mrs. Hazel Potts, Pha Jones, all Seattle. One grandchild. Private Services 4:30 p.m. Tuesday, Fireside Chapel at Home Undertaking Company.

Reported to have married twice. No children reported. Family members remember George as somewhat of a drifter with mental and alcohol problems. few records of his life after World War I appear to exist.

1942 - WWII Draft Card - Place of Residence U. S. Marine Hospital Seattle. Employer U.S. Public Health Service

There is a California Death Record for a George Irving Jones born Feb 22, 1893 in Illinois. Place of death Riverside CA - Dec 28th, 1947
Spouses
Birth1895, Kansas
Death14 Feb 1973, Seattle, King, WA
BurialEvergreen-Washelli - Seattle
MotherElizabeth Florence Kennedy (1876-1920)
Marriage12 Jul 1919, Snohomish WA
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