Letter from Isabella Jones to Laurence L. Doggett (November 23, 1917)
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A four page letter from Isabella Jones to Laurence L. Doggett dated November 23, 1917. This letter from Isabella is to tell Doggett thanks for the letter and kind word that he sent her. It is also to inform him of how the funeral of her brother Roland M. Jones was.
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Roland Jones was born in 1889 in Winnipeg, but they soon moved to Victoria, where he attended North Ward School. Before attending the International YMCA College, now Springfield College, he worked as a boys’ secretary at a local YMCA. After graduation, Jones joined the medical corp at Vernon and traveled to France. He was a graduate of the class of 1916. He was nicknamed "Cupid" Jones on account of his cherubic stature. He died on October 11, 1917.
