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Emily Rand <I>King</I> Jones

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Emily Rand King Jones

Birth
Horndon-on-the-hill, Thurrock Unitary Authority, Essex, England
Death
29 Apr 1926 (aged 72)
Sharon, Mercer County, Pennsylvania, USA
Burial
Sharon, Mercer County, Pennsylvania, USA Add to Map
Plot
SECTION T, LOT 131
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Emily Rand King, daughter of Matilda King (1833-1904), and granddaughter of George King (1794-1871) and Mary Anne Croft-King (1795-1860) was born December 7, 1853 in the registration district of Hornchurch (Romford) Essex, England. At the time of Emily’s birth, her mother (in service) and 18 year old uncle Moses James were the only ones still within the household (1850's) of George and Mary Croft-King.

A descendant of Emily’s niece Constance Alice King, says Emily Rand was raised in their household more like a sister than a cousin. The following circumstances of record, present a timeline to this transition:

October 1857, All Saints Day the marriage of Emily’s Uncle Moses James King to Emily Burland at St. George in-the-East Church of London. Emily would have been 4.

March 1860 the death of Emily’s grandmother Mary Croft-King and subsequent relocation of Emily’s grandfather George to community household in Orsetts. Emily would have been 6
.
November 1860 the birth of daughter Mary Matilda King to Moses James and Emily Burland King.

The 1861 St. George in-the-East parish census lists Emily Rand living in the household of James King, Emily King and daughter Mary M. King. (household scheduled number 168, piece 276, folio 109 page number 27). Emily is 8.

The 1861 Census lists Emily's mother Matilda King, age 28, in service, living in the household of Thomas and Henrietta Fairclough in the Mile End Old Town East district.

June 18, 1868 London Church of England Marriages and Banns records marriage for Emily's mother Matilda King, daughter of George King and Christopher Vitty, son of Christopher Vitty in St. Stephen’s of Paddington. Emily would have been 15.

Census listings for 1881 and 1891 Emily Rand King is living in Melcombe Regis parish of Dorset. Her emigration to the Americas would have been soon after the 1891 census as her first employment was in New York with Mrs. Maria Louisa Vanderbilt. Mrs. Vanderbilt passed November 6, 1896.

Biltmore Mansion was built by George Washington Vanderbilt between the years of 1889 and 1895. Notwithstanding birth order, George received a sizeable inheritance from father William Henry providing he care for his mother until her death. As lady maid to Mrs. Vanderbilt, one could say Emily R. King was grandfathered in to her employment of service at Biltmore Estate. June 29, 1900, Asheville, Buncombe County, North Carolina is Emily’s first official census listing in the United States. Her age and DOB is listed as “unknown”.

The 1904 City Directory for Asheville, North Carolina has listing for Miss Emily R. King as housekeeper at Biltmore House and having the phone number 68.

Based on Emily’s legacy at Biltmore, she made many trips to England for the purpose of recruiting employees for the Vanderbilt estate. One such trip Ms. King is listed on the UK Incoming Passenger List as leaving New York, New York, US and arriving in Liverpool, England and Queenstown 2 February 1907 on board the Campaina (Cunard Steamship Company Ltd.)

Emily King’s April 25, 1910 Census she is listed as the Head Housekeeper at Biltmore House, Asheville, Buncombe County, North Carolina. Her age is listed as 50.

With the sudden death of George Washington Vanderbilt on March 6, 1914 life would change for everyone at Biltmore House. As per her job description, Emily King would continue to maintain operations of the household and supervision of employees at a time when the future, even to George’s widow, must have seemed uncertain!

One major change to take place was the May 2, 1914 marriage of Emily Rand King to William Carvosso Jones (1852-1923). “W.C.” as he was called was a widower of 10 years, a veteran, and a merchant in Asheville dealing in cigars, fruit and tobacco. He was also listed in the 1913 and 1914 city directories as a clerk on Biltmore Estate. W.C.’s son Allmond Hill Jones was listed in the Asheville city directory as being bookkeeper on Biltmore Estate. The marriage was officiated by J.J. Mackey, JP and witnessed by Allmond Hill and James Ragland Jones, sons of W.C. Emily is listed age 40 and William age 55.

Sometime between Emily’s marriage to W.C. Jones May 2, 1914 and the opening of Biltmore Inn in Apopka September 10, 1915, Emily would have retired from service at Biltmore and moved to Florida. History provides that citrus fruit had become the “cash crop” in the Winter Garden area of Apopka with the arrival of the Orange Belt Railway in 1886. The newly wed King-Joneses would now be the growers and shippers rather than buyers of the winter fruit.

September 10, 1915 was the Grand Opening date of the newly built 25 room establishment called Biltmore Inn. The advertisement read:

Mrs. E. King-Jones proprietor
A Newly Constructed Hotel
with Modern Improvements
Electric Lights, Baths & c.
Good Accommodations at Reasonable Rates
Tourists’ Patronage Specially Solicited
Apopka Florida
“Where all the time is summer and the flowers never die”.

January 7, 1920 Orange County census lists Mrs. Emily King-Jones as propr Biltmore Inn and Wm. C. Jones as a fruit grower, trucker and a fireman. Biltmore Inn was located on 4th Street adjacent to City Hall and the fire department in Apopka. Note: January 12, 1918 a tornado in Apopka destroyed City Hall and 24 other buildings in the downtown area. Biltmore Inn was spared. Their property is listed as owned and mortgage free. Emily is 60 and William is 67.

November 13, 1923 Emily’s husband William was admitted to the VA hospital in Hampton, Virginia with cardiac arrhythmia, auricular cardiac hypertrophy, myocarditis. William Carvosso Jones died December 24, 1923 in the National Soldiers Home, Elizabeth City,Virginia. He was buried February 18, 1924 in Hampton National Cemetery, Hampton City, Virginia. He was 71.

January 1, 1925, Emily King-Jones is still listed as proprietor of the Biltmore Inn in Apopka, but later that year she is listed as living in the household of her cousin Constance Alice King and husband William J. King (121 Wengler St.) in Sharon, Mercer County, PA.

Emily King-Jones died April 29, 1926 in Sharon, Mercer County, Pennsylvania. On her death certificate the physician noted he began treating Mrs. Jones March 26, 1926 and cause of death arteriosclerosis. Brother-in-law William J. King was informant and also executor of her estate. She was interred April 30, 1926 in Oakwood Cemetery, Section T, Lot 131. Emily was 72.

The life of Emily Rand King-Jones, borrowing words of George Bernard Shaw could be described as a Splendid Torch…. "I want to be thoroughly used up when I die, for the harder I work the more I live. I rejoice in life for its own sake. Life is no “brief candle” for me. It is a sort of splendid torch which I have got hold of for the moment, and I want to make it burn as brightly as possible before handing it on to future generations".

Photos and documents: http://person.ancestry.com/tree/7366860/person/25120029770/facts

Disclaimer: Please notify of corrections, additions, etc as intent is for accuracy.


Emily Rand King, daughter of Matilda King (1833-1904), and granddaughter of George King (1794-1871) and Mary Anne Croft-King (1795-1860) was born December 7, 1853 in the registration district of Hornchurch (Romford) Essex, England. At the time of Emily’s birth, her mother (in service) and 18 year old uncle Moses James were the only ones still within the household (1850's) of George and Mary Croft-King.

A descendant of Emily’s niece Constance Alice King, says Emily Rand was raised in their household more like a sister than a cousin. The following circumstances of record, present a timeline to this transition:

October 1857, All Saints Day the marriage of Emily’s Uncle Moses James King to Emily Burland at St. George in-the-East Church of London. Emily would have been 4.

March 1860 the death of Emily’s grandmother Mary Croft-King and subsequent relocation of Emily’s grandfather George to community household in Orsetts. Emily would have been 6
.
November 1860 the birth of daughter Mary Matilda King to Moses James and Emily Burland King.

The 1861 St. George in-the-East parish census lists Emily Rand living in the household of James King, Emily King and daughter Mary M. King. (household scheduled number 168, piece 276, folio 109 page number 27). Emily is 8.

The 1861 Census lists Emily's mother Matilda King, age 28, in service, living in the household of Thomas and Henrietta Fairclough in the Mile End Old Town East district.

June 18, 1868 London Church of England Marriages and Banns records marriage for Emily's mother Matilda King, daughter of George King and Christopher Vitty, son of Christopher Vitty in St. Stephen’s of Paddington. Emily would have been 15.

Census listings for 1881 and 1891 Emily Rand King is living in Melcombe Regis parish of Dorset. Her emigration to the Americas would have been soon after the 1891 census as her first employment was in New York with Mrs. Maria Louisa Vanderbilt. Mrs. Vanderbilt passed November 6, 1896.

Biltmore Mansion was built by George Washington Vanderbilt between the years of 1889 and 1895. Notwithstanding birth order, George received a sizeable inheritance from father William Henry providing he care for his mother until her death. As lady maid to Mrs. Vanderbilt, one could say Emily R. King was grandfathered in to her employment of service at Biltmore Estate. June 29, 1900, Asheville, Buncombe County, North Carolina is Emily’s first official census listing in the United States. Her age and DOB is listed as “unknown”.

The 1904 City Directory for Asheville, North Carolina has listing for Miss Emily R. King as housekeeper at Biltmore House and having the phone number 68.

Based on Emily’s legacy at Biltmore, she made many trips to England for the purpose of recruiting employees for the Vanderbilt estate. One such trip Ms. King is listed on the UK Incoming Passenger List as leaving New York, New York, US and arriving in Liverpool, England and Queenstown 2 February 1907 on board the Campaina (Cunard Steamship Company Ltd.)

Emily King’s April 25, 1910 Census she is listed as the Head Housekeeper at Biltmore House, Asheville, Buncombe County, North Carolina. Her age is listed as 50.

With the sudden death of George Washington Vanderbilt on March 6, 1914 life would change for everyone at Biltmore House. As per her job description, Emily King would continue to maintain operations of the household and supervision of employees at a time when the future, even to George’s widow, must have seemed uncertain!

One major change to take place was the May 2, 1914 marriage of Emily Rand King to William Carvosso Jones (1852-1923). “W.C.” as he was called was a widower of 10 years, a veteran, and a merchant in Asheville dealing in cigars, fruit and tobacco. He was also listed in the 1913 and 1914 city directories as a clerk on Biltmore Estate. W.C.’s son Allmond Hill Jones was listed in the Asheville city directory as being bookkeeper on Biltmore Estate. The marriage was officiated by J.J. Mackey, JP and witnessed by Allmond Hill and James Ragland Jones, sons of W.C. Emily is listed age 40 and William age 55.

Sometime between Emily’s marriage to W.C. Jones May 2, 1914 and the opening of Biltmore Inn in Apopka September 10, 1915, Emily would have retired from service at Biltmore and moved to Florida. History provides that citrus fruit had become the “cash crop” in the Winter Garden area of Apopka with the arrival of the Orange Belt Railway in 1886. The newly wed King-Joneses would now be the growers and shippers rather than buyers of the winter fruit.

September 10, 1915 was the Grand Opening date of the newly built 25 room establishment called Biltmore Inn. The advertisement read:

Mrs. E. King-Jones proprietor
A Newly Constructed Hotel
with Modern Improvements
Electric Lights, Baths & c.
Good Accommodations at Reasonable Rates
Tourists’ Patronage Specially Solicited
Apopka Florida
“Where all the time is summer and the flowers never die”.

January 7, 1920 Orange County census lists Mrs. Emily King-Jones as propr Biltmore Inn and Wm. C. Jones as a fruit grower, trucker and a fireman. Biltmore Inn was located on 4th Street adjacent to City Hall and the fire department in Apopka. Note: January 12, 1918 a tornado in Apopka destroyed City Hall and 24 other buildings in the downtown area. Biltmore Inn was spared. Their property is listed as owned and mortgage free. Emily is 60 and William is 67.

November 13, 1923 Emily’s husband William was admitted to the VA hospital in Hampton, Virginia with cardiac arrhythmia, auricular cardiac hypertrophy, myocarditis. William Carvosso Jones died December 24, 1923 in the National Soldiers Home, Elizabeth City,Virginia. He was buried February 18, 1924 in Hampton National Cemetery, Hampton City, Virginia. He was 71.

January 1, 1925, Emily King-Jones is still listed as proprietor of the Biltmore Inn in Apopka, but later that year she is listed as living in the household of her cousin Constance Alice King and husband William J. King (121 Wengler St.) in Sharon, Mercer County, PA.

Emily King-Jones died April 29, 1926 in Sharon, Mercer County, Pennsylvania. On her death certificate the physician noted he began treating Mrs. Jones March 26, 1926 and cause of death arteriosclerosis. Brother-in-law William J. King was informant and also executor of her estate. She was interred April 30, 1926 in Oakwood Cemetery, Section T, Lot 131. Emily was 72.

The life of Emily Rand King-Jones, borrowing words of George Bernard Shaw could be described as a Splendid Torch…. "I want to be thoroughly used up when I die, for the harder I work the more I live. I rejoice in life for its own sake. Life is no “brief candle” for me. It is a sort of splendid torch which I have got hold of for the moment, and I want to make it burn as brightly as possible before handing it on to future generations".

Photos and documents: http://person.ancestry.com/tree/7366860/person/25120029770/facts

Disclaimer: Please notify of corrections, additions, etc as intent is for accuracy.




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