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Material relating to Eliza Field Jones
Title: Material relating to Eliza Field Jones
Dates of Material:
Inclusive: 1807–1901; Predominant: 1823–1879
Extent:
32 cm of textual records
1 photograph: b&w
1 painting: oil on canvas
1 photograph: b&w
1 painting: oil on canvas
Biographical sketch
Eliza Field (1804–1890) was born in London England. She married Peter Jones in 1833, and they had five sons, four of whom survived infancy. After Peter Jones died in 1856 she remarried a white farmer named Carey. She died in Brantford, Upper Canada.
Eliza Field Jones’s records include correspondence, primarily with members of her family; personal material including notes on sermons, 20 diaries/notebooks (1823–83) and photographs; and other material.
Series also includes an oil painting of Eliza with her son, George Dunlop Jones.
NOTE(S)
Source of supplied title
Title based on contents of series.
Extent
The series is stored in 4 boxes.
Finding aids
File list available (see below).
| BOX | FILE | TITLE | YEAR | ADDITIONAL INFORMATION |
| Box 3 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Correspondence | ||||
| 3 | 4. | Jones, Peter: letterbook containing copies of correspondence from Peter Jones to Eliza Jones, 1833–48 | 1833-1848 | holograph. Copied and annotated by Eliza Jones. Acquired from George Laidler. Available on microfilm. Transcripts, ts. and ts., cc., held in Box 3, File 5 |
| 3 | 6 | Jones, Peter: 7 out, 1842–46 | 1842-1846 | Originals. Transcripts available in Box 3 File 10. |
| Box 4 | ||||
| Personal material -- Diaries/notebooks | ||||
| 4 | 1 | Photograph, 1876 | 1876 | With copy negative and copy print. File also includes a black and white photograph of an artwork of Eliza Jones. |
| 4 | 3 | 2 books: 1823, 1828 | 1823, 1828 | Available in PDF files: Part 1 (296MB)
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| 4 | 4 | 3 books: 1829, 1832, 1833 | 1829, 1832, 1833 | |
| 4 | 5 | 2 books: 1834–35; 1838, 1839, 1841 | 1834-1835, 1838, 1839, 1841 | |
| 4 | 6 | 1 book: n.d.; 1839; 1856 | n.d.; 1839; 1856 | |
| 4 | 7 | 1 book: 1845; 1 fragment; 1854 | 1845, 1854 | |
| 4 | 8 | 6 books: 1856; 1863–64; 1869; 1869; 1871; 1872 | 1856, 1863-1864, 1869, 1869, 1871, 1872 | |
| 4 | 9 | 3 books: 1874; 1879; 1880–81 | 1874, 1879, 1880-1881 | Diary of 1879 not microfilmed. |
| 4 | 10 | 2 books: 1882; 1883 | 1882, 1883 | |
| 4 | 11 | Fragment: n.d. | n.d. | |
| 4 | 12 | Fragment: 1877 | 1877 | |
| Material about Eliza Jones | ||||
| 4 | 2 | Obituary notice: 1890 | 1890 | transcript, ts., photocopied. |
| Other material | ||||
| 4 | 3 | Notebook of Samuel Field, brother of Eliza Jones | ||
| Box 5 | ||||
| Correspondence | ||||
| 5 | 1 | Jones, Charles Augustus (son of Eliza Jones and Peter Jones): 1 out, 1852 | 1852 | Original. |
| 5 | 1 | Jones, Hannah: 1 out, n.d. | n.d. | Original. |
| 5 | 1 | [Officer commanding Charles Augustus Jones], 1 out, n.d. | n.d. | [Draft?] |
| 5 | 2 | Jones, Charles Augustus: 26 in, 1863–1879 | 1863-1879 | |
| 5 | 3 | Jones, Charles Augustus: 20 in, 1864–1873 | 1864-1873 | |
| 5 | 4 | Jones, J.F. (Frederick): 1 in, 1876 | 1876 | |
| 5 | 5 | Letters to Eliza Jones on the illness and death of Peter Jones, 1856: 15 in | 1856 | |
| 5 | 6 | Letters to Eliza Jones from several correspondents: 10 in, n.d., 1856–1865 | n.d., 1856-1865 | Correspondents include: George Marsden; John Ryerson. |
| 5 | 7 | Letters to Eliza Jones from several correspondents: 34 in, n.d., 1807–1890 | n.d., 1807-1890 | Correspondents include: Charles Field (7 in, 1807–1832); Mary Field (6 in, 1825–39); E.P. Hammond; S.S. Nelles; Catherine B. Sutton; other persons. |
| Personal material | ||||
| 5 | 9 | Notes (on sermons heard; other topics) | ||
| 5 | 10 | Notes (on sermons heard; quotes) | 2 notebooks. | |
| Personal material -- Diaries/notebooks | ||||
| 5 | 11 | Certificate of membership in Gloucester Temperance Society | ||
| Other material | ||||
| 5 | 2 | Clipping relating to Charles Augustus Jones | ||
| 5 | 8 | Letter from Charles Augustus Jones to “cousin Maria”: 1874 | 1874 | |
| 5 | 8 | Letter from G.F. (Frederick) Jones to George Jones: 1875 | 1875 | |
| 5 | 8 | Letter from Hannah Jones to “my dear cousin”: 1901 | 1901 | Original. |
| 5 | 8 | Letters to Hannah Jones, largely from Charles Augustus Jones: 31 in | ||
| 5 | 11 | Material sent to Eliza Jones upon her bereavement: 1850 | 1850 | |
| 5 | 12 | Clippings, notes, other items | ||
| 5 | 13 | Will of Eliza (Jones) Carey, 1889 | 1889 | photocopied |
| Box 6 | ||||
| Personal material | ||||
| 6 | Portraits (miniature; oil) of Peter Jones and Eliza Field: painted by Matilda Jones in London, England, in 1832 and ca. 1831–32 respectively | 1832 and ca. 1831-1832 | With two colour photographs of each portrait. NOTE: This box now includes the contents of Box 1, File 9 as well | |
| 2022.07 | ||||
| Portrait of Eliza Field Jones and George Dunlop Jones | 1853 | Portrait painting of Eliza Field Jones and her son, George Dunlop Jones, at age six. Painted by Robert Whale, oil on canvas. NOTE: The painting is currently on display in the Victoria University Common Room in Burwash Hall. | ||
