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1912 Listed as 'Jones, Gilbert G., motor engineer, Garden Row, Coventry' <ref>1912 Kelly's Directory of Warwickshire</ref> | 1912 Listed as 'Jones, Gilbert G., motor engineer, Garden Row, Coventry' <ref>1912 Kelly's Directory of Warwickshire</ref> | ||
1914 Gilbert G. Jones, Motor Engineer, Smithford Street, Coventry.<ref>Coventry Evening Telegraph - Saturday 06 June 1914</ref> | |||
1919 Listed as engineers | 1919 Listed as engineers | ||
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Gilbert Gordon Jones (c1884- ) of Gilbert G. Jones and Co
c1884 Born in Dublin
c1900 Came to Coventry from Dublin aged 16
1904 Jones was a motorcycle. This was a primitive model powered by a Coronet engine that had been vertically mounted in a diamond frame. Basic in specification, it had belt drive and braced forks.
1911 Living at 28 Regent Street, Coventry (age 26 born Dublin), a Motor Engineer. With his widow mother and two sisters. [1]
1912 Spennell's lists them at Smithford St, Coventry (Tel. 664) and manufacturers of motorcycles.[2]
1912 Listed as 'Jones, Gilbert G., motor engineer, Garden Row, Coventry' [3]
1914 Gilbert G. Jones, Motor Engineer, Smithford Street, Coventry.[4]
1919 Listed as engineers
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Sources of Information
- ↑ 1911 Census
- ↑ Spennell's Annual Directory of Coventry and District, 1912-13
- ↑ 1912 Kelly's Directory of Warwickshire
- ↑ Coventry Evening Telegraph - Saturday 06 June 1914
- Coventry’s Motorcycle Heritage by Damien Kimberley. Published 2009. ISBN 978 0 7509 5125 9