Florence was married to Wm.W Jones on Dec 5 1892, she was a teen bride just 15 years old, he was 23 years. They lived with her parents William and Carolyn Reynolds in Baltimore Maryland for about 8 months. Then they moved west to Washington Ct. Hse. Ohio where Mr. Jones roots were. Hazel Alveria Jones was born there on July 17 1894.(Florence was 17 and Wm 25). Mr. Jones came to St Louis at age 11 years with his parents Annetta Sears Jones and Lewis Beach Jones and they lived in a big handsome brick house at 1225 Armstrong.
He brought his wife and baby Hazel to live with his parents in 1896. After a devasting tornado ripped through St. Louis, the once prestigious neighbourhood started to decline. Mr. Jones worked as a book-keeper probably for his father whom he lived and worked with all his life. In 1897 Florence Mildred Jones was born. In February 1898 William left Florence and the children with his parents and disappeared (he drank excessively and was a womanizer).
Florence was married to Wm.W Jones on Dec 5 1892, she was a teen bride just 15 years old, he was 23 years. They lived with her parents William and Carolyn Reynolds in Baltimore Maryland for about 8 months. Then they moved west to Washington Ct. Hse. Ohio where Mr. Jones roots were. Hazel Alveria Jones was born there on July 17 1894.(Florence was 17 and Wm 25). Mr. Jones came to St Louis at age 11 years with his parents Annetta Sears Jones and Lewis Beach Jones and they lived in a big handsome brick house at 1225 Armstrong.
He brought his wife and baby Hazel to live with his parents in 1896. After a devasting tornado ripped through St. Louis, the once prestigious neighbourhood started to decline. Mr. Jones worked as a book-keeper probably for his father whom he lived and worked with all his life. In 1897 Florence Mildred Jones was born. In February 1898 William left Florence and the children with his parents and disappeared (he drank excessively and was a womanizer).
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