Joseph and Hannah Smuin
Family of Joseph Smuin & Esther Hannah Pearce & William Irons & Mary Church, 1816 (1794-1887)
Residence: Oxfordshire, England; Buckinghamshire, England; Weber County, Utah; Davis County, Utah
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Parents' Childhood
Joseph Smuin was born in 1794 to Thomas and Mary Smuin in Radley, Oxfordshire, England, the eldest in a family of seven children.
Esther Hannah Pearce was born in 1797 to Richard and Hannah Pearce in nearby Uffington, Oxfordshire, England, sixth in a family of nine children.
Joseph and Hannah Smuin
Joseph and Hannah married in 1816 and lived in Radley for 26 years.
| 1816 | Married in Radley, England |
| 1816 | Thomas born |
| 1818 | Mary born |
| 1820 | John born |
| 1822 | Susanah born |
| 1825 | George born |
| 1828 | Ruth born |
| 1834 | Hannah born |
| 1836 | Harriett born |
| c. 1838 | Thomas married Sarah Hook |
| 1838 | James Blundell born |
| 1842 | Mary married John Brandham |
| 1842 | Joseph died, age 48 |
| 1842 | John married Jane P. Honey |
Joseph drowned while swimming at the Sandford Lock. At his death, the children were ages 26 to 4, with five of them under age 18.
William and Hannah Irons
Hannah married William Irons in 1845.
| 1845 | Married |
| 1845 | George married Anne Sadler |
| 1848 | Susanah married Thomas Empey |
| 1849 | Ruth married Thomas Wooton |
| 1854 | Hannah Jr. married Daniel Harvey |
| 1859 | James married Eliza Astington |
| 1859 | James immigrated with Harriett to Utah |
Descendants
Most of the family immigrated to Utah, but they traveled separately:
- James and his wife immigrated shortly after their marriage in 1859, settling in Lehi
- Harriett immigrated with James in 1859; she married in 1861, spent a few years in Salt Lake City, then settled in Kaysville
- Hannah lived in London, then immigrated with her family in 1863, settling in Kaysville
- Thomas raised his family in Radley until they immigrated in 1868, settling in Davis County (his daughter, Eliza, immigrated alone in 1861; daughters Matilda and Rachel immigrated with Hannah in 1863; and Thomas H. immigrated with his cousin Martha in 1866)
- John and his family moved frequently, eventually living in London before immigrating in 1869 and settling in Ogden (his daughter, Martha, immigrated with her cousin Thomas in 1866)
- Susanah and her family lived in Bedfordshire for a few years, immigrating in 1872 and settling in Ogden
A few children remained in England:
- Mary lived with her family in Bedfordshire
- George lived with his family in Radley
- Ruth and her family lived in Bedfordshire; after her husband died, she remarried and moved to Greater London
References
- Saints by Sea immigration records:
