Helen Mary Sydney Jones

1894 - 1975  (81 years)

• Name	Helen Mary Sydney Jones  [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6]
  Known as	"Helma"
  Birth	08 May 1894	Ajmer, India   [4, 6]
  Residence	Apr 1911	Princess Helena College, Montpelier Rd, Ealing   [6]
  Marriage	20 Jan 1916	Christ Church, Ealing   [2, 3, 7]
  	Patrick Magnus Spence,   b. 08 May 1891, Aberdeen ,   d. 20 Sep 1952, Dover
  Residence	1940	Salmon's Cross, Reigate   [7]
  Death	28 Dec 1975	Rose Hill Nursing Home, Dorking   [4, 5]
  	Spence. - On Dec. 28, Helma, peacefully in her sleep at Rose Hill Nursing Home, Dorking. Darling mother of Jean, Trish, Ann and Kenneth, and adored grandmother and great-grandmother. Funeral Friday, Jan. 2, at Emmanuel Parish Church, Sidlow Bridge, near Reigate, at 10.45 a.m. Family flowers only, please. [The Times]
  Burial	02 Jan 1976	Emmanuel Church, Sidlow Bridge   [5]
  Person ID	I0769	Tatham | Christopher branch | Descendant
  Last Modified	27 May 2014

  
  

  Father	Henry Sydney Jones,   b. abt Feb 1863, Bayswater ,   d. 05 Oct 1912, 88 Madeley Rd, Ealing  (Age ~ 49 years)
  Mother	Alice Grant Christopher,   b. 07 Sep 1866, Watford ,   d. Mar 1905, Ajmer, India  (Age 38 years)
  Marriage	03 Jun 1893	St George, Bloomsbury   [8]
  		Alice Grant Christopher & Henry Sydney Jones Marriage register 1893
  Family ID	F1361	Family Group Sheet

  
  

  Family	Patrick Magnus Spence,   b. 08 May 1891, Aberdeen ,   d. 20 Sep 1952, Dover  (Age 61 years)
  Marriage	20 Jan 1916	Christ Church, Ealing   [2, 3, 7]
  	On the 20th Jan., at Christ Church, Ealing, by Rev. E. M. Lance, Prebendary of Wells Cathedral and Vicar of Barrow Gurney, uncle of the bride, Patrick Magnus Spence, 5th Res. Battn. Grenadier Guards, second son of James Spence, Esq., Stromness, Orkney, to Helen Mary Sydney Jones, elder daughter of the late Henry Sydney Jones, P.W.D., Ajmer, India, and step-daughter of Mrs. Sydney Jones, Ajmer House, Ealing. [The Times]
  Children	+ 1. Jean Mary Spence,   b. 26 Jan 1919, Glen Isla, Oatlands Park, Weybridge ,   d. 08 May 2014  (Age 95 years) + 2. Living + 3. Ann Elizabeth Spence,   b. 27 Oct 1923, 17 Redcliffe Square, South Kensington ,   d. Mar 1998, Ashford  (Age 74 years) + 4. Kenneth Magnus Spence,   b. 21 Nov 1929, Common's Corner, Tadworth ,   d. 29 Jan 1989, Hammersmith  (Age 59 years)
  Last Modified	27 May 2014
  Family ID	F1760	Family Group Sheet

  
  

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  		Birth - 08 May 1894 - Ajmer, India Residence - Apr 1911 - Princess Helena College, Montpelier Rd, Ealing Marriage - < - 20 Jan 1916 - Christ Church, Ealing Marriage - 20 Jan 1916 - Christ Church, Ealing Residence - 1940 - Salmon's Cross, Reigate Death - 28 Dec 1975 - Rose Hill Nursing Home, Dorking Burial - 02 Jan 1976 - Emmanuel Church, Sidlow Bridge  = Link to Google Maps   = Link to Google Earth
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• Sources

  [S62] The Family of Christopher and some others. [S05] The Times, marriage notice, 22 Jan 1916. [S02] BMD Index, marriage reg Brentford, 1Q1916. [S02] BMD Index, death reg Surrey Mid E, 4Q1975. b 08 May 1894 [S05] The Times, death notice, 30 Dec 1975. [S01] Census, UK, 1911. age 16 b Agmir, India [S03] Family Members, MAS. Magnus Spence, Those Dark Days - A Grenadier's story 1915-1919, publ 2011. [S06] Parish Registers, marriages, St George, Bloomsbury, 03 Jun 1893.