John SMUIN
Ancestral File Record
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Edith Duncan recorded the following about John Smuin in her Family Journal. "John Smuin was an apprentice in the linen trade in England when a young boy. He came to America with his parents and sisters in a group of emigrants at age 13. His parents stopped in N.Y. but he came on to Odgen Utah with his sister Martha Smuin McFarlane on the first train to cross the country as far as Ogden."
He married Jane Pursey Honey 14 Nov 1842 at Radley, Berks, Eng . Jane Pursey Honey was born at Radley Parish, Berks, Eng 8 Jul 1822 daughter of William Honey and Mrs. Martha Honey .
They were the parents of 10
children:
Harriet Smuin
born 1844/45.
George Smuin
born 1846.
Martha Ann Smuin
born 8 Aug 1847.
George Smuin
born 1850.
Joseph Smuin
born 1851.
John Smuin, Jr.
born 3 Mar 1852.
Annie Smuin
born 15 Dec 1853.
Eliza Jane Smuin
born 13 Jan 1859.
Louise Smuin
born 16 Aug 1860.
Annie Smuin
born 20 Dec 1861.
John Smuin died 20 Jan 1904 at Ogden, Weber, Ut .
Jane Pursey Honey died 20 Jul 1907 at Ogden, Weber, Ut .