Laura Jones (buried 1915)

At a glance

At a glance
Surname: 
Jones
First name: 
Laura
Other Christian names: 
Oxton
Gender: 
Female
Children: 
Yes
Burial number: 
801
Born: 
0/0/1876
Died: 
08/10/1915
Buried: 
11/10/1915
Heene Hallmark: 
No
Commonwealth War Grave: 
No

The Grave

The grave
Cemetery area: 
SWS
Cemetery row: 
4
Cemetery plot: 
21
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Burial remains: 
Unknown
The headstone
Endowed grave: 
No
Headstone description: 
None Found - Listed in Heene Cemetery Index of Graves
Headstone inscription: 
None Found - Listed in Heene Cemetery Index of Graves
Grave location map

Life story

Life story

Laura was born in Ceylon, now Sri Lanka, to an unconfirmed family, possibly named Briggs. In 1894, aged 18yrs, she married Samuel Oxton-Jones, 27yrs, a widower with 2 daughters. He was born in Chester, Lancashire in 1867 and was a successful Plumbago (Graphite) merchant trading and living in the Far East. She gave birth to a daughter, Kathleen Phyllis Laura Oxton-Jones in 1896. Sometime before the outbreak of war in 1914, with the fear of a Japanese invasion, Laura and Kathleen were evacuated from Sri Lanka and came to Worthing to live with an Aunt, Samuel remained in Ceylon. Laura Oxton-Jones died on the 8th October 1915 at Seabrook Queen's Road, Worthing in 1915, aged 39yrs. Her address was Bostonia, Warwick Gardens. Her death certificate gave the cause of death as Cerebral Haemorrhage.

Burial researcher: 
Maggi Martin

Further information

Birth
Date born: 
00/00/1876
Marriage
Maiden name: 
Briggs?
Marriage 1
Spouse one first names: 
Samuel Oxton
Spouse one last name: 
Jones
Marriage one date: 
00/00/1894
Marriage one address: 
Sri Lanka

Death

Death (details)
Date of death: 
08/10/1915
Age (at time of death): 
39
Cause of death: 
Cerebral Haemorrhage;
Address at time of death: 
Seabrook, Queens' Road, Worthing, Sussex, England