Laura Maria Hedman

  Research Notes:

daughter Laura; BC marriage registration: 1917-09-186703


Laura Hedman marriage on 5 Apr 1917 to Theophilous Jones age 25 from Enderby B, as teamster born in Wales
- Laura age 22 [1895] born in North Dakota
- parents: John Hedman and Christina Hanson from Deep Creek, BC [abt 10 kms west of Enderby - cemetery is on Hullcar Road]

daugther Laura Maria Jones; BC Death Registration 1982-09-008369; died 5 May 1982, Princeton Extended Care; Princeton, BC; 87 years
birth, 24 Nov 1894 at Minot, ND; widow, husband Theophilious Jones [his BC death reg: 1966-09-006441]
father John Hedman and mother Stena Hanson

Theophilious Jones [his BC death reg: 1966-09-006441]
- born 17 Jul 1891 at Conway Wales; died 10 Apr 1966 at Armstrong Hospital, age 73
- farmer


1911 Canada Census (BC, district 14-39 Okanagan; sub-district 1, ED 4, page 10 Spallumcheen - Armstrong; domestic

1921 Canada Census (BC, district Yale, 25; sub dis 15, Enderby City, p 18 (image 19 on ancestry), dw and fam 119, line 8)

Theophilous Jones, age 29 b in Wales, em 1912; nail driver ?; home rented
wife, Laura Maria, age 26 b in US
son, William Henry age 3 b in BC [1918]
son, George Gordon, age b in BC [1919]

there is another daughter, Eleanore Laura Christine Jones, b 1926

2. Ancestry FTs; Jones; link, https://www.ancestrylibrary.ca/family-tree/person/tree/14961688/person/190150965/facts?_phsrc=eFv454&_phstart=successSource

1922: Bought farm from estate of John P. Hedman. They operated a dairy farm & shipped milk,butter and eggs.
1963: Sold farm to Mr. Yonkman & bought house on Okanagan Ave.


from Jones FT; children of Laura Hedman, b 1894 and married to Theophilous "Offie" Jones, b Wales and died 1966 at Armstrong:

1. William Henry Jones, b 24 Apr 1918, Enderby; died ** 12 Oct 1995 Pasco, Franklin Co, WA [abt 100 kms from Seattle or Spokane] --NO: died12 Oct 1995 at Chase, BC ----- but no burial record - Not at Chase Cemetery
married first with 2 male children; second marriage - no children noted
2. George Gordon Jones, b 7 Sep 1919, Enderby; died 4 Mar 1993 in Reno, Nevada
married with 4 male children; one named William George Jones, b 15 Jul 1949, Prince George and died 8 Oct 1978 in the Yukon;
other 3 children, 'private'; William George is buried at Eagle Valley and District Cemetery, Sicamous (findagrave id 121537082) and linked to his wife
- Newspapers.com;
Eagle Valley News, Sicamous; issue 10 Mar 1993 page 13
- b at Enderby; died at Reno; resident of Armstrong BC
survived by wife, Pearl of Armstrong; one son, Robert of Yarker ON [abt 30 kms north west of Kingston];
Betty Ann Gardner (Arnie) of Sooke BC and Bonnie-Lee Jones of Sicamous, BC
- step children
- survived by one brother, William Jones (Pauline) of Chase BC; and Eleanore Sinclair (John) of Princeton)
- predeceased by one son, Bill in 1978 - see findagrave link
3. Eleanore Laura Christine Jones, b 24 Sep 1926, Enderby; died 9 May 2015 Princeton, BC
married John William Sinclair (1915-2013) - see findagrave link; buried at Armstrong Cemetery (plot: sec B, block 207, plot 1) and next to this is her parents, Theophilius Jones and Laura Hedman
Note: I haven't found an obit of Eleanore on BC locals or remembering.ca ; the years 2015 and 2016 are missing for the Princeton local paper - lost or not scanned


** using Ancestry search for William Henry Jones [I can't explain Jones FT with his death in Washington state
- reference to newspapers.com obit: from Burns Lake, Lakes District News, issue 25 Oct 1995, page 23
William (Bill) Henry Jones, died 12 Oct 1995 at Chase, BC
survived by wife, Pauline of 30 yrs [married about 1965]; son, Jack [Eileen] of Kamloops, BC; son, Al [Coleen] of Vernon; also 4 step sons, [mother would likely be Pauline ????] [this would correspond to Jones FT]
- also survived by his sister, Eleanor (John) of Princeton and sister in law Pearl of Armstrong
- predeceased by his parents and brother Gordon
He was born in Enderby
served in the Armed Forces; worked 30 yrs in forestry
- retired to Chase and a resident there for 18 yrs [since 1977]

Canada Voter Lists:
1974, rural polling of South Bank-southern watershed of Francois Lake [about 20 kms south of Burns Lake]
Jones, William H; Ranger
Jones, Mrs Pauline
1962, Jones, William assistant ranger; Jones, Nora Keveney ; Kamloops
1963, Kamloops ; as above; with same address is Jones, John T - student

1958, Enderbyl William Jones, mill operator; Mrs Nora Jones

Jones FT notes that William Henry's first wife was
Nora Keveney Hayhurst, b 1915 and died 8 Feb 1965 at Kamloops - two children, private]
- BC registration - notes married to William Henry Jones; born 14 Sep 1915, Armstrong, BC; father was born in Yorkshire England
2nd wife, Pauline Seversen McKee b 1918 in AB, died 2017 in Chase [brief obit - survived children Douglas, Cameron, and Glen Mckee and by step-sons, Jack and Al Jones

Laura married Theophilius Jones on 5 Apr 1917 in Enderby, British Columbia, Canada.⁸⁸⁹² (Theophilius Jones was born on 17 Jul 1891 in Wales, United Kingdom ⁸⁸⁹² and died on 10 Apr 1966 in Armstrong, British Columbia, Canada ⁸⁸⁹².)