Name of “Elizabeth Jane Jones”, year and place of birth, provided by Sarah Ferguson (nee Churton). Sarah is the x2 great-granddaughter of Thomas Jones 1839-1917 through his son John Jones (1874-1955).

Second given name of “Jane”, from Carol Smith in an online message received 21 July 2020. Carol Smith is the x3 great granddaughter of Thomas Jones (ca1840-1917). The wife of Brian of nzolivers is also a Carol and is the great granddaughter of Thomas Jones (ca1840-1917).

Year and country of marriage from search on New Zealand BDM website in August 2020:
1883/1635. Bride: Elizabeth Jones. Groom: John Graydon

Full date of marriage of 18 September 1883 from further searching in August 2020 on BDM Search by incrementally changing the date range for the marriage.

Year and country of death, from death search on New Zealand BDM website in August 2020:
1945/26108. Graydon, Elizabeth Jane, died age 79Y

Full date of death of 6 December 1945 from further searching in August 2020 on BDM Search by incrementally changing the date range for the death.

Entry in the England & Wales, Civil Registration Birth records found in June 2025:
Name: Elizabeth J Jones
Registration Quarter: Q3-Jul-Aug-Sep 1866
Registration Place: Truro, Cornwall, England
Volume: 5c, Page: 157

Entry in the 'General Register Office (GRO) for England and Wales' found in June 2025:
Name: JONES, ELIZABETH JANE
Mother's Maiden Surname: SAMMELS
GRO Reference: 1866 S Quarter in TRURO Volume 05C Page 157

Full date of birth of Elizabeth Jane Jones from Birth Record received from the 'General Register Office (GRO) for England and Wales' in June 2025. Please see PDF for copy.
Name: Elizabeth Jane Jones
When Born: 5 July 1866 at Campfield Hill, Truro
Sex: Girl
Name of Father: Thomas Jones
Name and Maiden Surname of Mother: Anna Jones formerly Sammels
Rank or Profession of Father: Sawyer
Informant: Elizabeth Sammels, Occupier Campfield Hill, Truro [Mother]

Date and place of baptism from England Births and Christenings records found in June 2025:
Name: Elizabeth Jane Jones
Gender: Female
Baptism Date: 14 Sep. 1871
Baptism Place: Kenwyn,Cornwall,England
Father: Thomas Jones
Mother: Anna

Entry in the 1871 England Census taken on the night of 2 April 1871 for the Kenwyn Parish, Cornwall, found in June 2025:
Thomas Jones, Head, Married, age 30, Sawyer, Born Kenwyn, Cornwall, England [circa 1841]
Hannah Jones, Wife, age 25, Born St Cleer, Cornwall, England [circa 1846]
Elizabeth Jones, Daughter, age 4, Scholar, Born St Clement, Cornwall, England [circa 1867]
Emma Jones, Daughter, age 3, Scholar, Born St Clement, Cornwall, England [circa 1868]
Hannah Jones, Daughter, age 2, Born Kenwyn, Cornwall, England [circa 1869]
Elizabeth L Sammels, Lodger, Widow, age 60, Born St Cleer, Cornwall, England [circa 1811]

Jones Family Arrive in New Zealand
In June 2025 it was found that six-year-old Elizabeth, with her parents Thomas and Hannah, and siblings, Emma, Hannah, and Thomas, arrived in Auckland on 3 September 1872 on board the ship "The City of Auckland". It had left Gravesend, about 21 miles east-southeast of London on 31st of May 1872. The passenger lists shows:
Jones: Thomas 30, Hannah 26, Eliza 6, Emma 4, Hannah 3, Thomas 1.
A full account of the journey was published in the New Zealand Herald of the 4 September 1872:
https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/NZH18720904.2.17
A transcription of that newspaper reports is posted on Elizabeth's media page as a PDF.
[NOTE: Prefeered name of “Eliza” in the passenger list].

Death Notice for Elizabeth, with names of children, from the Auckland Star newspaper of 7 December 1945 found on the Papers Past website in June 2025:
GRAYDON. - On December 6, at Cornwall Hospital, Elizabeth Jane, widow of the late John Graydon and loved mother of George, Mabel, Ivy, Stanley, Gordon, Wilfred, Harold and Audrey; in her eightieth year. Funeral will leave her son's residence, 185, Mount Albert Read, at 2 p.m. to-morrow (Saturday) for the crematorium.

Cremation, occupation, found from Auckland Council cemetery search in June 2025:
Name: Elizabeth Jane Graydon
Date of birth: Unknown
Occupation: House Duties
Date of death: 6 December 1945
Age at death: 79 years [Therefore born circa 1866]
Gender: Female
Region: West
Cemetery name: Waikumete Cemetery
Remains type: Ash
Date of cremation: 8 December 1945
Funeral director: W M Morrison Funeral Directors

Place of burial, occupation, found from Auckland Council cemetery search in June 2025:
Name: Elizabeth Jane Graydon
Date of birth: Unknown
Date of death: 6 December 1945
Age at death: 79 years
Gender: Female
Region: Central and Hauraki Gulf Islands
Cemetery name: Waikaraka Cemetery
Plot location: Waikaraka Cemetery, Area 3, Block 1, Plot 016A
Remains type: Ash

Biography, inscription, photos of headstone and grave, from Find a Grave website found in June 2025:
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/91750773/elizabeth_jane-graydon
Name: Elizabeth Jane Graydon (nee Jones)
Birth: unknown
Death: 6 Dec 1945
Burial: Waikaraka Cemetery, Ōnehunga, Auckland Council, Auckland, New Zealand
Plot: Area 3 Block 1 Lot No 16A
Biography:
Wife of: John Graydon - married 1883 in New Zealand
Mother of: George Henry Graydon, Ethel May Daldorf (nee Graydon), Elizabeth Mabel Olive Wilcock (nee Graydon), Ivy Priscilla Braisby (nee Graydon), Stanley John Onslow Graydon, George Percival Graydon, Leslie Roy Graydon and Wilfred Wesley Graydon.
Inscription
In loving memory of JOHN beloved husband of ELIZABETH J. GRAYDON. Died 21st Nov 1930 Aged 71. Also darling DOROTHY IRENE Died 1910 Aged 2 1/2. Also ELIZABETH JANE GRAYDON Died 6th Dec. 1945 Aged 81.