Rev. Bertram JONES ^111,125

  Noted events in his life were:

1. Ordination: Minister: Harbour Grace, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada. ^139,870

2. Alt. Birth, Cir 1812, Exeter, Devon, England. ^111,3678 St. Thomas's

3. Arrival: From England, 1844, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada. ³⁶⁷⁹

4. Occupation: Minister at Bonavista, 9 Oct 1848 to 1850, Bonavista, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada. ³²⁶⁷

5. Occupation: Rector of St. Paul's Anglican Church, 1851-1876, Harbour Grace, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada. ³⁶⁷⁹

6. Arrival: From Newfoundland, 1876, England. ³⁹³ This event was shared with Dr. Lillie Mabel Agnes JONES Mb, Emma Maria JONES Mrbna, Emma SWEETLAND, and Sibella Harriet JONES.

7. Census: Gatcombe Rectory, 1881, Gatcombe, Isle Of Wight, Hampshire, England. ³⁶⁷⁸ GATCOMBE is a parish and small village in West Medina liberty and rural deanery Isle of Wight archdeaconry and diocese of Winchester 3 miles south south west from Newport situate on the Medina river The church of St Olave is an ancient edifice having cliancel nave and square tower containing 3 bells the cliancel has been entirely rebuilt the nave has also been restored and the old pews been replaced by open seat of stained ileal the fine old tower arch has been opened ami the western window Perpendicular in the tower may now be seen from the otlier end of the church the east window is stained the most interesting object in the church is a crossed legged wooden effigy of a knight in complete armour The register dates from the year 1560 The living is a rectory yearly value 647 with residence m the gift of the University of Oxford in trust for St Edmund Hall the Rev Edward Moore dd principal of St Edmund Hall is the rector and tlie Rev Bertram Jones of Clare College Cambridge is the officiating Brannon Alfred Gatcombe Newbarn Cole James Jones Rev Bertram curate in charge Rectory Langton Walter Gatcombe park Bull Hy dairyman Little Gatcombe Near the church is Gatcombe House the property of Cliarles Setly esq Mp the park contains some fine trees of luxurhnt growth it is wholly screened from the south west winii by a lofty hill at the foot of which it stands clothed with hanging groves which are continued along the steep sides of a valley near the house is a small lake on the opposite side of which at Gatcombe Hill is the parsonage Charles Seely e mp is lord of the manor and sole landowner The soil is loam subsoil chalk and freestone The chiet crops are wheat barley ice The area is 1,397 acres rateable value 2,356 and the population in 1871 was 240 Parish Clerk Robert Hookey Cheek James dairyman Tuckers farm Cole James farmer Holden Wm farmer Little Whitcomb Hookey Robert blacksmith Mearman Benj miller & farmer Gatcombe mill k Bowcombe Carisbrooke Letters arc received through Newport which is the i money order office Wall Box cleared at 5.35 p nv week days Carriers & Omnibus mondny Wednesday Sc Saturday between Chale Blackgang Sc Newport pass several times weekly Salter Hy dairyman Hill Park chirr Urry Robert & James Walter formers Hill Garston's Sc Newbarn farms Gatcombe hill

8. Medical Condition: Laverstock Lunatic Asylum, Cir May 1883, Salisbury, Wiltshire, England. ³⁶⁸⁰ In May 1883 he was admitted as a private patient to Laverstock Lunatic Asylum in Wiltshire where he died 2 weeks later.

9. Occupation: Rector of C of E, Bef 3 Jul 1883, Kingston, Isle Of Wight, England. ⁸⁵

Bertram married Emma SWEETLAND, daughter of Benjamin SWEETLAND JP and Tryphena GADEN, on 9 Oct 1848 in Trinity, Trinity Bay, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada ¹²⁵.^,3267 (Emma SWEETLAND was born calculated Nov 1829 in Calvert, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada ^125,890,2407, christened on 24 Oct 1830 in St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada ²⁴⁰⁷ and died in Isle Of Wight, Hampshire, England.)

  Noted events in their marriage were:

1. Minister/Priest: Rev. Todd Thos. Jones, 9 Oct 1848, Trinity, Trinity Bay, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada. ³²⁶⁷

2. Witnesses: B. S. Carter and N. Sweetland, 9 Oct 1848, Trinity, Trinity Bay, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada. ³²⁶⁷