George and Mary Hone
Family of George Hone & Mary Boss, 1833-1900 (b. 1810)
Residence: Oxfordshire, England; Greater Manchester, England; Utah County, Utah
Grandparents:
Descendants:
Parents' Childhood
George Hone was born in 1810 to George and Ann Hone in Buckinghamshire, England, the third of seven children.
Mary Boss was born in 1833 to Sarah Boss in Banbury, Oxfordshire, England. She grew up with a stepfather and younger half-sibling.
Life in England
George and Mary married in 1833 and lived in a few different villages near Banbury. In the 1860s, they moved north to Greater Manchester.
| 1833 | Married in Banbury, England |
| 1835 | Sarah Ann born |
| 1837 | David born |
| 1840 | George Jr. born |
| 1841 | Emma born |
| 1844 | Caleb born |
| 1848 | Mary Jane born |
| 1851 | Joshua born |
| 1853 | Henry born |
| 1856 | Sarah married William Chittem |
| c. 1857 | Conversion to The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints |
| 1859 | Sarah died, age 24 |
| 1860 | David married Sarah Elizabeth Adams |
| c. 1861 | Moved to Greater Manchester, England |
| 1862 | David's family immigrated to Utah |
| 1863 | Caleb married Alice Taylor |
| 1864 | George Jr. married Jane Mills & immigrated to Utah |
The Hone children worked in factories and had little education.
Life in Utah
In 1866, the Hone family followed David and George Jr. in immigrating to Utah, where they settled in Utah County.
| 1866 | Immigrated to Provo, Utah |
| 1867 | Emma married George Evans |
| 1867 | Mary Jane married Thomas Herbert Jr. |
| 1871 | Emma died, age 29 |
| 1871 | George & Mary disfellowshipped from the church |
| 1875 | Henry married Rebecca Mills |
| 1876 | Moved to Benjamin, Utah |
| 1880 | Joshua married Susanah Losser |
| 1889 | George died, age 79 |
| 1900 | Mary died, age 87 |
George Sr., Mary, Emma (age 24), Mary Jane (age 18), Joshua (age 14), and Henry (age 12) traveled together by ship from Liverpool to New York, by rail to Wyoming, Nebraska, and then by wagon on the Mormon Trail to Salt Lake City. They were joined by their friends the Herbert family, which Mary Jane later married into. They settled in Provo.
Friction with the church leadership in Provo led to George & Mary and some of their children being disfellowshipped from the church, and a few years later relocating to Benjamin. There, they began participating in the Presbyterian Church in Payson, and with David, Mary Jane, Caleb, and their families, helped to establish the Presbyterian Church of Benjamin.
In Benjamin, George and Mary shared a house with David and his family. Family members farmed, grew fruit trees, and kept bees.
Descendants
Sarah lived in Coventry, England and had one daughter before her death.
The rest of the family immigrated to Utah, generally living in Provo and then moving to Benjamin.
- Emma had one surviving daughter when she died in Provo.
- Caleb and his family remained in Greater Manchester until they immigrated in 1874, settling directly in Benjamin.
- Mary Jane spent the early years of her marriage in Springville.
- After his children were grown and his wife died, David remarried and moved to Los Angeles.
- After their children were grown, George and his wife retired in Payson.
- Joshua eventually moved with his family back to Provo.
- Henry and his wife remained in Benjamin.
References
- Church History Biographical Database entry for George Hone, Mary Hone, David Hone, George Hone Jr., Emma Hone, Mary Jane Hone, Joshua Hone, and Henry Hone
- Saints by Sea immigration record for David & Sarah Hone, George Jr. & Jane Hone, and George Sr. and Mary Hone
- The Faces and Places of Benjamin, Utah
