Ive been given some very vague (and possibly not 100% correct) info about my grandad's family. My grandad was Dennis Ronald Jones 24/3/1921, however he was born in India, so have no record and died in Malta so have no record. He had brothers Edward (or Edwin) and Stanley Albert and 2 sisters Mahala & Violet. These ending up living in Dartford Kent. Its showing their mother's maiden name as WORLOCK. I found a Mahala Worlock born Apr 1890 who I thought was the correct one, and a marriage in Gloucester in 1911. (I have been told there is a Gloucester connection somewhere)
The problem I have is, I have been told my great grandfather's name is Edward Henry Jones died 'approx' aged 65 in 1955, which would make him the right aged to have married Mahala Worlock in Gloucester in 1911 and to have gone on to have 3 boys and 2 girls, but... I've also been told he ended up being a Captain or a Major in the army, being awarded a DCM and spending quite a while serving in India, hence my grandad Dennis and a couple of his siblings being born there. I 'think' from research that only officers could take their wives with them to India or Afghan around that time 1914 - 1920 ish sort of time. I was also told my great grandad was in the Hussars? is that based in Gloucester, I am not sure.
I seem to have found a Mahala Worlock that 'appears' to be the mother of my grandad and his siblings, I also have found an 'Edwin' jones who got a DCM and served in India but was born in 1888. The Edward Henry I found was born in 1893. So I'm confused as to which direction to follow, I seem to be going round in circles, Ive searched Mahala (born 1890) and her siblings to see where they ended up, Ive gone further back to her mother who also seems to have been called 'Mahalia'. I was told my great grandad Edward/Edwin died in Dartford, although I can find no record of this either. How will I find out if he was the Edwin who got the DCM but has no connection to Mahala, or the Edward with no army records that possibly did marry Mahala.
Any advice would be greatly appreciated! Am in a pickle! and was much mistaken thinking Worlock was an unusual name to make up for the Jones bit!
The problem I have is, I have been told my great grandfather's name is Edward Henry Jones died 'approx' aged 65 in 1955, which would make him the right aged to have married Mahala Worlock in Gloucester in 1911 and to have gone on to have 3 boys and 2 girls, but... I've also been told he ended up being a Captain or a Major in the army, being awarded a DCM and spending quite a while serving in India, hence my grandad Dennis and a couple of his siblings being born there. I 'think' from research that only officers could take their wives with them to India or Afghan around that time 1914 - 1920 ish sort of time. I was also told my great grandad was in the Hussars? is that based in Gloucester, I am not sure.
I seem to have found a Mahala Worlock that 'appears' to be the mother of my grandad and his siblings, I also have found an 'Edwin' jones who got a DCM and served in India but was born in 1888. The Edward Henry I found was born in 1893. So I'm confused as to which direction to follow, I seem to be going round in circles, Ive searched Mahala (born 1890) and her siblings to see where they ended up, Ive gone further back to her mother who also seems to have been called 'Mahalia'. I was told my great grandad Edward/Edwin died in Dartford, although I can find no record of this either. How will I find out if he was the Edwin who got the DCM but has no connection to Mahala, or the Edward with no army records that possibly did marry Mahala.
Any advice would be greatly appreciated! Am in a pickle! and was much mistaken thinking Worlock was an unusual name to make up for the Jones bit!
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