Spouses: Benjamin Jones and Charles Turner.
Hannah Ringrose Turner was born in Willenhall, Warwickshire, England, on 14 April, 1837. She was the daughter of William Ringrose of Willenhall and Ann Anderson from Tipperary, Ireland.She died in Morgan,Utah on 26 May 1914. Hannah was tall, with a dark-complexion, long beautiful shiny hair, piercing dark eyes, and a very pleasing personality. She was baptized into the Church in April 1853 by Charles Turner who also baptized his own brother George on that day. He had previously baptized Hannah's mother Ann. After their baptism, Hannah and her mother Ann walked to Coventry , a distance of some 3 or 4 miles for Sunday meetings. It was usually the desire of new members in Europe to "go home", "gather" or "gather to the bosom of the Saints". So they made preparations to join the body of the church in America
On 24 November1854, the "Clara Wheeler" set sail for New Orleans. The ship was a three-decker with a square stern with a billethead at the bow. It measured 174' x 35' x 27'. There were 422 saints on board with Elder Henry E Phelps who was appointed president of the company with counselors Elder John Parsons and James Crossly. Hannah, her blind mother Ann, her brother Samuel and her betrothed George Turner were among those Saints. After a rough experience in the Irish Channel, being unable to proceed against the incessant head winds and rough weather, the Clara Wheeler was obliged to return to port on the thirtieth of November. During this extraordinary experience the Saints suffered considerably with seasickness. Soon after leaving Liverpool , measles broke out among the immigrants, when twenty children and two adults died at sea.
A poem The House of Ellison commemorated immigrant ancestors and in part reads:
We were crowded in the cabin,
Not a soul would dare to sleep.
It was midnight in the waters.
And a storm was on the deep.
'Tis a fearful thing in winter
To be shattered in the blast;
And to hear the rattling trumpet
Thunder, "Cut away the mast!"
So we shuddered there in silence
For the stoutest held his breath.
While the angry sea was roaring
And the breakers talked of death.
As thus we sat in darkness,
Each one busy with his prayers---
It was during this stormy time on 25 November, 1854, that Hannah at the age of 17 years ,married George Turner, aged 22, on board the ship just out of Liverpool. After receiving further supplies of water and provisions, the ship again put to sea on the seventh of December and with a favorable wind, on the tenth she cleared the Irish Channel after which she had a very quick trip to New Orleans, arriving on the eleventh of January, 1855.
On the twelfth of January, James McGraw, the church immigration agent at New Orleans, contracted with the captain of the steamboat Oceana, to take the passengers to St. Louis at a rate of three dollars and a half for adults and half of that for each child between the ages of three and twelve. So twenty-four hours after they had landed in New Orleans, the immigrants were on their way up the Mississippi . Nearly one half of the company had not the means to pay their passage to St. Louis; but the more well-to-do Saints who had more money than they needed for themselves, were influenced to lend to those who had none, and thus all who desired to continue the journey were enabled to do so.
The Oceana was a large, wood, side-wheeler steamboat with a cabin above the one deck, a transom stern, billethead and no masts. She measured 241' x 38' x x7'.
At St. Louis where the company arrived in safety, on March 7th , the emigrants were met by Apostle Erastus Snow and others who gave the new arrivals a hearty welcome and conducted them to comfortable quarters, which had been secured for their accommodation. This company, although leaving England in the latter part of 1854, really belonged to the emigration of 1855, in connection with the Saints who crossed the Atlantic in the Clara Wheeler continued the journey to the Valley.
Charles Turner had borrowed money from his employer to help his brother George emigrate with the understanding that George, in return, would find work in America and send money to Charles so that he could pay his debt and "gather" also. According to family legend, the brothers had also made a pact that they would each assume the responsibility of caring for the other's future wife and family in case either of them died—a proposition made possible by the Mormon practice of polygamy in America.
When they arrived in St. Louis, they remained there to work and earn enough money to continue their journey up the Missouri River to Council Bluffs, Iowa, then on to Utah. Robert also was also desirous to earn the money to send back to his brother Charles so that he could repay his debt and then emigrate. In the fall of 1855 Charles received a letter from Samuel Ringrose, Hannah's brother. In part it read:
"Dear Brother Charles,
With feelings of pleasure I now sit down to write a few lines and hope to find you all in good health and spirits. We received your kind and welcome letter on the 11 of August and should have answered it sooner but we have been waiting and hoping we should have been able to send better news. You wish to have the writing from the hand of your brother George but I am very sorry to say he is not able to write to you and he wants me to write a few lines for him. It is now twelve weeks since he has done any work. He has been attended by a doctor in St. Louis and been administered to a great many times and the brethren all say when they lay their hands on his head that he will get well and live to become useful in the hands of god and help to roll on the great work of the lord. He is staying with us in Alton. He has been here three weeks. We did hope if we had him here for a few weeks that the change of air would bring him round and then he could go to work with Samuel ( Probably Samuel Garrett)
He is attended by a doctor from Alton and he thinks he can set him up. I am willing to do all I can for him and Samuel is of the same mind. All has been done that we thought would do him any good but all seems of no-avail. Dear Brother Charles it would grieve you to look at him. His body is wasted to nothing but skin and bones, and he looks just ready to drop in to his grave but our prayer is every day that he may live with the rest of us to see the faces of those that we love and them that are near and dear to us by nature and affection."
On January 6, 1856, Charles wrote, "Received a letter from Brother Samuel Ringrose stating the death of my brother George who died at St. Louis, America December 6, 1855, at about 9 o'clock at night. George's death was not only an emotional blow but a financial one as well."
Hannah gave birth to a son, George William on December 5, 1855. The next day George died in a Hospital without her having the privilege of being at the bedside of her husband. Three months later her son died . Ann Ringrose, Hannah's mother was a pillar of strength to her daughter at this difficult time in her life. These two women had a very hard time financially and they had to take in washing to make a living.
In 1856 Hannah met and married Benjamin Jones (born 18 September 1823 in Cardiganshire, Wales). His wife had died leaving him with one son, John. Hannah's life was better now because her husband had a good job as captain of a gun-boat. Seven children were born to them of which three died in infancy. Benjamin died March 17, 1869, and four months later Hannah gave birth to a baby boy, Edward David. This was an extremely hard time for her to be left alone with four young children to be cared for. Soon after this she went to Utah with her children, James Collins, Benjamin, Ann Elizabeth (Lizzie), Edward David and her mother.
There she met Charles Turner who was married at the time to Annie Bosch his second wife. His first wife Elizabeth had died a few years earlier. And Charles had married Annie Bosch (sometimes spelled Bosh) on October 14, 1865, and it was necessary for him to get permission from Annie to take a second wife. Hannah married Bishop Charles Turner June 6, 1870 in the old Endowment House in Salt Lake for time only. Hannah was sealed the same day to her first husband George Turner for eternity.
Six Children were born to them making her the mother of 14 children. Her life was one of devotion, and she passed through many hardships during her lifetime, but overcame all the obstacles in her path. She was known for nursing the sick and comforting those in distress, and was loved by all that knew her. She remained true to the church to the last. She passed away May 26, 1914 at the age of 77 years, and was survived by five children; George, Hannah, Mary, Benjamin Jones, and Edward Jones.
Hannah Ringrose Turner was born in Willenhall, Warwickshire, England, on 14 April, 1837. She was the daughter of William Ringrose of Willenhall and Ann Anderson from Tipperary, Ireland.She died in Morgan,Utah on 26 May 1914. Hannah was tall, with a dark-complexion, long beautiful shiny hair, piercing dark eyes, and a very pleasing personality. She was baptized into the Church in April 1853 by Charles Turner who also baptized his own brother George on that day. He had previously baptized Hannah's mother Ann. After their baptism, Hannah and her mother Ann walked to Coventry , a distance of some 3 or 4 miles for Sunday meetings. It was usually the desire of new members in Europe to "go home", "gather" or "gather to the bosom of the Saints". So they made preparations to join the body of the church in America
On 24 November1854, the "Clara Wheeler" set sail for New Orleans. The ship was a three-decker with a square stern with a billethead at the bow. It measured 174' x 35' x 27'. There were 422 saints on board with Elder Henry E Phelps who was appointed president of the company with counselors Elder John Parsons and James Crossly. Hannah, her blind mother Ann, her brother Samuel and her betrothed George Turner were among those Saints. After a rough experience in the Irish Channel, being unable to proceed against the incessant head winds and rough weather, the Clara Wheeler was obliged to return to port on the thirtieth of November. During this extraordinary experience the Saints suffered considerably with seasickness. Soon after leaving Liverpool , measles broke out among the immigrants, when twenty children and two adults died at sea.
A poem The House of Ellison commemorated immigrant ancestors and in part reads:
We were crowded in the cabin,
Not a soul would dare to sleep.
It was midnight in the waters.
And a storm was on the deep.
'Tis a fearful thing in winter
To be shattered in the blast;
And to hear the rattling trumpet
Thunder, "Cut away the mast!"
So we shuddered there in silence
For the stoutest held his breath.
While the angry sea was roaring
And the breakers talked of death.
As thus we sat in darkness,
Each one busy with his prayers---
It was during this stormy time on 25 November, 1854, that Hannah at the age of 17 years ,married George Turner, aged 22, on board the ship just out of Liverpool. After receiving further supplies of water and provisions, the ship again put to sea on the seventh of December and with a favorable wind, on the tenth she cleared the Irish Channel after which she had a very quick trip to New Orleans, arriving on the eleventh of January, 1855.
On the twelfth of January, James McGraw, the church immigration agent at New Orleans, contracted with the captain of the steamboat Oceana, to take the passengers to St. Louis at a rate of three dollars and a half for adults and half of that for each child between the ages of three and twelve. So twenty-four hours after they had landed in New Orleans, the immigrants were on their way up the Mississippi . Nearly one half of the company had not the means to pay their passage to St. Louis; but the more well-to-do Saints who had more money than they needed for themselves, were influenced to lend to those who had none, and thus all who desired to continue the journey were enabled to do so.
The Oceana was a large, wood, side-wheeler steamboat with a cabin above the one deck, a transom stern, billethead and no masts. She measured 241' x 38' x x7'.
At St. Louis where the company arrived in safety, on March 7th , the emigrants were met by Apostle Erastus Snow and others who gave the new arrivals a hearty welcome and conducted them to comfortable quarters, which had been secured for their accommodation. This company, although leaving England in the latter part of 1854, really belonged to the emigration of 1855, in connection with the Saints who crossed the Atlantic in the Clara Wheeler continued the journey to the Valley.
Charles Turner had borrowed money from his employer to help his brother George emigrate with the understanding that George, in return, would find work in America and send money to Charles so that he could pay his debt and "gather" also. According to family legend, the brothers had also made a pact that they would each assume the responsibility of caring for the other's future wife and family in case either of them died—a proposition made possible by the Mormon practice of polygamy in America.
When they arrived in St. Louis, they remained there to work and earn enough money to continue their journey up the Missouri River to Council Bluffs, Iowa, then on to Utah. Robert also was also desirous to earn the money to send back to his brother Charles so that he could repay his debt and then emigrate. In the fall of 1855 Charles received a letter from Samuel Ringrose, Hannah's brother. In part it read:
"Dear Brother Charles,
With feelings of pleasure I now sit down to write a few lines and hope to find you all in good health and spirits. We received your kind and welcome letter on the 11 of August and should have answered it sooner but we have been waiting and hoping we should have been able to send better news. You wish to have the writing from the hand of your brother George but I am very sorry to say he is not able to write to you and he wants me to write a few lines for him. It is now twelve weeks since he has done any work. He has been attended by a doctor in St. Louis and been administered to a great many times and the brethren all say when they lay their hands on his head that he will get well and live to become useful in the hands of god and help to roll on the great work of the lord. He is staying with us in Alton. He has been here three weeks. We did hope if we had him here for a few weeks that the change of air would bring him round and then he could go to work with Samuel ( Probably Samuel Garrett)
He is attended by a doctor from Alton and he thinks he can set him up. I am willing to do all I can for him and Samuel is of the same mind. All has been done that we thought would do him any good but all seems of no-avail. Dear Brother Charles it would grieve you to look at him. His body is wasted to nothing but skin and bones, and he looks just ready to drop in to his grave but our prayer is every day that he may live with the rest of us to see the faces of those that we love and them that are near and dear to us by nature and affection."
On January 6, 1856, Charles wrote, "Received a letter from Brother Samuel Ringrose stating the death of my brother George who died at St. Louis, America December 6, 1855, at about 9 o'clock at night. George's death was not only an emotional blow but a financial one as well."
Hannah gave birth to a son, George William on December 5, 1855. The next day George died in a Hospital without her having the privilege of being at the bedside of her husband. Three months later her son died . Ann Ringrose, Hannah's mother was a pillar of strength to her daughter at this difficult time in her life. These two women had a very hard time financially and they had to take in washing to make a living.
In 1856 Hannah met and married Benjamin Jones (born 18 September 1823 in Cardiganshire, Wales). His wife had died leaving him with one son, John. Hannah's life was better now because her husband had a good job as captain of a gun-boat. Seven children were born to them of which three died in infancy. Benjamin died March 17, 1869, and four months later Hannah gave birth to a baby boy, Edward David. This was an extremely hard time for her to be left alone with four young children to be cared for. Soon after this she went to Utah with her children, James Collins, Benjamin, Ann Elizabeth (Lizzie), Edward David and her mother.
There she met Charles Turner who was married at the time to Annie Bosch his second wife. His first wife Elizabeth had died a few years earlier. And Charles had married Annie Bosch (sometimes spelled Bosh) on October 14, 1865, and it was necessary for him to get permission from Annie to take a second wife. Hannah married Bishop Charles Turner June 6, 1870 in the old Endowment House in Salt Lake for time only. Hannah was sealed the same day to her first husband George Turner for eternity.
Six Children were born to them making her the mother of 14 children. Her life was one of devotion, and she passed through many hardships during her lifetime, but overcame all the obstacles in her path. She was known for nursing the sick and comforting those in distress, and was loved by all that knew her. She remained true to the church to the last. She passed away May 26, 1914 at the age of 77 years, and was survived by five children; George, Hannah, Mary, Benjamin Jones, and Edward Jones.
Spouses: Benjamin Jones and Charles Turner.
Hannah Ringrose Turner was born in Willenhall, Warwickshire, England, on 14 April, 1837. She was the daughter of William Ringrose of Willenhall and Ann Anderson from Tipperary, Ireland.She died in Morgan,Utah on 26 May 1914. Hannah was tall, with a dark-complexion, long beautiful shiny hair, piercing dark eyes, and a very pleasing personality. She was baptized into the Church in April 1853 by Charles Turner who also baptized his own brother George on that day. He had previously baptized Hannah's mother Ann. After their baptism, Hannah and her mother Ann walked to Coventry , a distance of some 3 or 4 miles for Sunday meetings. It was usually the desire of new members in Europe to "go home", "gather" or "gather to the bosom of the Saints". So they made preparations to join the body of the church in America
On 24 November1854, the "Clara Wheeler" set sail for New Orleans. The ship was a three-decker with a square stern with a billethead at the bow. It measured 174' x 35' x 27'. There were 422 saints on board with Elder Henry E Phelps who was appointed president of the company with counselors Elder John Parsons and James Crossly. Hannah, her blind mother Ann, her brother Samuel and her betrothed George Turner were among those Saints. After a rough experience in the Irish Channel, being unable to proceed against the incessant head winds and rough weather, the Clara Wheeler was obliged to return to port on the thirtieth of November. During this extraordinary experience the Saints suffered considerably with seasickness. Soon after leaving Liverpool , measles broke out among the immigrants, when twenty children and two adults died at sea.
A poem The House of Ellison commemorated immigrant ancestors and in part reads:
We were crowded in the cabin,
Not a soul would dare to sleep.
It was midnight in the waters.
And a storm was on the deep.
'Tis a fearful thing in winter
To be shattered in the blast;
And to hear the rattling trumpet
Thunder, "Cut away the mast!"
So we shuddered there in silence
For the stoutest held his breath.
While the angry sea was roaring
And the breakers talked of death.
As thus we sat in darkness,
Each one busy with his prayers---
It was during this stormy time on 25 November, 1854, that Hannah at the age of 17 years ,married George Turner, aged 22, on board the ship just out of Liverpool. After receiving further supplies of water and provisions, the ship again put to sea on the seventh of December and with a favorable wind, on the tenth she cleared the Irish Channel after which she had a very quick trip to New Orleans, arriving on the eleventh of January, 1855.
On the twelfth of January, James McGraw, the church immigration agent at New Orleans, contracted with the captain of the steamboat Oceana, to take the passengers to St. Louis at a rate of three dollars and a half for adults and half of that for each child between the ages of three and twelve. So twenty-four hours after they had landed in New Orleans, the immigrants were on their way up the Mississippi . Nearly one half of the company had not the means to pay their passage to St. Louis; but the more well-to-do Saints who had more money than they needed for themselves, were influenced to lend to those who had none, and thus all who desired to continue the journey were enabled to do so.
The Oceana was a large, wood, side-wheeler steamboat with a cabin above the one deck, a transom stern, billethead and no masts. She measured 241' x 38' x x7'.
At St. Louis where the company arrived in safety, on March 7th , the emigrants were met by Apostle Erastus Snow and others who gave the new arrivals a hearty welcome and conducted them to comfortable quarters, which had been secured for their accommodation. This company, although leaving England in the latter part of 1854, really belonged to the emigration of 1855, in connection with the Saints who crossed the Atlantic in the Clara Wheeler continued the journey to the Valley.
Charles Turner had borrowed money from his employer to help his brother George emigrate with the understanding that George, in return, would find work in America and send money to Charles so that he could pay his debt and "gather" also. According to family legend, the brothers had also made a pact that they would each assume the responsibility of caring for the other's future wife and family in case either of them died—a proposition made possible by the Mormon practice of polygamy in America.
When they arrived in St. Louis, they remained there to work and earn enough money to continue their journey up the Missouri River to Council Bluffs, Iowa, then on to Utah. Robert also was also desirous to earn the money to send back to his brother Charles so that he could repay his debt and then emigrate. In the fall of 1855 Charles received a letter from Samuel Ringrose, Hannah's brother. In part it read:
"Dear Brother Charles,
With feelings of pleasure I now sit down to write a few lines and hope to find you all in good health and spirits. We received your kind and welcome letter on the 11 of August and should have answered it sooner but we have been waiting and hoping we should have been able to send better news. You wish to have the writing from the hand of your brother George but I am very sorry to say he is not able to write to you and he wants me to write a few lines for him. It is now twelve weeks since he has done any work. He has been attended by a doctor in St. Louis and been administered to a great many times and the brethren all say when they lay their hands on his head that he will get well and live to become useful in the hands of god and help to roll on the great work of the lord. He is staying with us in Alton. He has been here three weeks. We did hope if we had him here for a few weeks that the change of air would bring him round and then he could go to work with Samuel ( Probably Samuel Garrett)
He is attended by a doctor from Alton and he thinks he can set him up. I am willing to do all I can for him and Samuel is of the same mind. All has been done that we thought would do him any good but all seems of no-avail. Dear Brother Charles it would grieve you to look at him. His body is wasted to nothing but skin and bones, and he looks just ready to drop in to his grave but our prayer is every day that he may live with the rest of us to see the faces of those that we love and them that are near and dear to us by nature and affection."
On January 6, 1856, Charles wrote, "Received a letter from Brother Samuel Ringrose stating the death of my brother George who died at St. Louis, America December 6, 1855, at about 9 o'clock at night. George's death was not only an emotional blow but a financial one as well."
Hannah gave birth to a son, George William on December 5, 1855. The next day George died in a Hospital without her having the privilege of being at the bedside of her husband. Three months later her son died . Ann Ringrose, Hannah's mother was a pillar of strength to her daughter at this difficult time in her life. These two women had a very hard time financially and they had to take in washing to make a living.
In 1856 Hannah met and married Benjamin Jones (born 18 September 1823 in Cardiganshire, Wales). His wife had died leaving him with one son, John. Hannah's life was better now because her husband had a good job as captain of a gun-boat. Seven children were born to them of which three died in infancy. Benjamin died March 17, 1869, and four months later Hannah gave birth to a baby boy, Edward David. This was an extremely hard time for her to be left alone with four young children to be cared for. Soon after this she went to Utah with her children, James Collins, Benjamin, Ann Elizabeth (Lizzie), Edward David and her mother.
There she met Charles Turner who was married at the time to Annie Bosch his second wife. His first wife Elizabeth had died a few years earlier. And Charles had married Annie Bosch (sometimes spelled Bosh) on October 14, 1865, and it was necessary for him to get permission from Annie to take a second wife. Hannah married Bishop Charles Turner June 6, 1870 in the old Endowment House in Salt Lake for time only. Hannah was sealed the same day to her first husband George Turner for eternity.
Six Children were born to them making her the mother of 14 children. Her life was one of devotion, and she passed through many hardships during her lifetime, but overcame all the obstacles in her path. She was known for nursing the sick and comforting those in distress, and was loved by all that knew her. She remained true to the church to the last. She passed away May 26, 1914 at the age of 77 years, and was survived by five children; George, Hannah, Mary, Benjamin Jones, and Edward Jones.
Hannah Ringrose Turner was born in Willenhall, Warwickshire, England, on 14 April, 1837. She was the daughter of William Ringrose of Willenhall and Ann Anderson from Tipperary, Ireland.She died in Morgan,Utah on 26 May 1914. Hannah was tall, with a dark-complexion, long beautiful shiny hair, piercing dark eyes, and a very pleasing personality. She was baptized into the Church in April 1853 by Charles Turner who also baptized his own brother George on that day. He had previously baptized Hannah's mother Ann. After their baptism, Hannah and her mother Ann walked to Coventry , a distance of some 3 or 4 miles for Sunday meetings. It was usually the desire of new members in Europe to "go home", "gather" or "gather to the bosom of the Saints". So they made preparations to join the body of the church in America
On 24 November1854, the "Clara Wheeler" set sail for New Orleans. The ship was a three-decker with a square stern with a billethead at the bow. It measured 174' x 35' x 27'. There were 422 saints on board with Elder Henry E Phelps who was appointed president of the company with counselors Elder John Parsons and James Crossly. Hannah, her blind mother Ann, her brother Samuel and her betrothed George Turner were among those Saints. After a rough experience in the Irish Channel, being unable to proceed against the incessant head winds and rough weather, the Clara Wheeler was obliged to return to port on the thirtieth of November. During this extraordinary experience the Saints suffered considerably with seasickness. Soon after leaving Liverpool , measles broke out among the immigrants, when twenty children and two adults died at sea.
A poem The House of Ellison commemorated immigrant ancestors and in part reads:
We were crowded in the cabin,
Not a soul would dare to sleep.
It was midnight in the waters.
And a storm was on the deep.
'Tis a fearful thing in winter
To be shattered in the blast;
And to hear the rattling trumpet
Thunder, "Cut away the mast!"
So we shuddered there in silence
For the stoutest held his breath.
While the angry sea was roaring
And the breakers talked of death.
As thus we sat in darkness,
Each one busy with his prayers---
It was during this stormy time on 25 November, 1854, that Hannah at the age of 17 years ,married George Turner, aged 22, on board the ship just out of Liverpool. After receiving further supplies of water and provisions, the ship again put to sea on the seventh of December and with a favorable wind, on the tenth she cleared the Irish Channel after which she had a very quick trip to New Orleans, arriving on the eleventh of January, 1855.
On the twelfth of January, James McGraw, the church immigration agent at New Orleans, contracted with the captain of the steamboat Oceana, to take the passengers to St. Louis at a rate of three dollars and a half for adults and half of that for each child between the ages of three and twelve. So twenty-four hours after they had landed in New Orleans, the immigrants were on their way up the Mississippi . Nearly one half of the company had not the means to pay their passage to St. Louis; but the more well-to-do Saints who had more money than they needed for themselves, were influenced to lend to those who had none, and thus all who desired to continue the journey were enabled to do so.
The Oceana was a large, wood, side-wheeler steamboat with a cabin above the one deck, a transom stern, billethead and no masts. She measured 241' x 38' x x7'.
At St. Louis where the company arrived in safety, on March 7th , the emigrants were met by Apostle Erastus Snow and others who gave the new arrivals a hearty welcome and conducted them to comfortable quarters, which had been secured for their accommodation. This company, although leaving England in the latter part of 1854, really belonged to the emigration of 1855, in connection with the Saints who crossed the Atlantic in the Clara Wheeler continued the journey to the Valley.
Charles Turner had borrowed money from his employer to help his brother George emigrate with the understanding that George, in return, would find work in America and send money to Charles so that he could pay his debt and "gather" also. According to family legend, the brothers had also made a pact that they would each assume the responsibility of caring for the other's future wife and family in case either of them died—a proposition made possible by the Mormon practice of polygamy in America.
When they arrived in St. Louis, they remained there to work and earn enough money to continue their journey up the Missouri River to Council Bluffs, Iowa, then on to Utah. Robert also was also desirous to earn the money to send back to his brother Charles so that he could repay his debt and then emigrate. In the fall of 1855 Charles received a letter from Samuel Ringrose, Hannah's brother. In part it read:
"Dear Brother Charles,
With feelings of pleasure I now sit down to write a few lines and hope to find you all in good health and spirits. We received your kind and welcome letter on the 11 of August and should have answered it sooner but we have been waiting and hoping we should have been able to send better news. You wish to have the writing from the hand of your brother George but I am very sorry to say he is not able to write to you and he wants me to write a few lines for him. It is now twelve weeks since he has done any work. He has been attended by a doctor in St. Louis and been administered to a great many times and the brethren all say when they lay their hands on his head that he will get well and live to become useful in the hands of god and help to roll on the great work of the lord. He is staying with us in Alton. He has been here three weeks. We did hope if we had him here for a few weeks that the change of air would bring him round and then he could go to work with Samuel ( Probably Samuel Garrett)
He is attended by a doctor from Alton and he thinks he can set him up. I am willing to do all I can for him and Samuel is of the same mind. All has been done that we thought would do him any good but all seems of no-avail. Dear Brother Charles it would grieve you to look at him. His body is wasted to nothing but skin and bones, and he looks just ready to drop in to his grave but our prayer is every day that he may live with the rest of us to see the faces of those that we love and them that are near and dear to us by nature and affection."
On January 6, 1856, Charles wrote, "Received a letter from Brother Samuel Ringrose stating the death of my brother George who died at St. Louis, America December 6, 1855, at about 9 o'clock at night. George's death was not only an emotional blow but a financial one as well."
Hannah gave birth to a son, George William on December 5, 1855. The next day George died in a Hospital without her having the privilege of being at the bedside of her husband. Three months later her son died . Ann Ringrose, Hannah's mother was a pillar of strength to her daughter at this difficult time in her life. These two women had a very hard time financially and they had to take in washing to make a living.
In 1856 Hannah met and married Benjamin Jones (born 18 September 1823 in Cardiganshire, Wales). His wife had died leaving him with one son, John. Hannah's life was better now because her husband had a good job as captain of a gun-boat. Seven children were born to them of which three died in infancy. Benjamin died March 17, 1869, and four months later Hannah gave birth to a baby boy, Edward David. This was an extremely hard time for her to be left alone with four young children to be cared for. Soon after this she went to Utah with her children, James Collins, Benjamin, Ann Elizabeth (Lizzie), Edward David and her mother.
There she met Charles Turner who was married at the time to Annie Bosch his second wife. His first wife Elizabeth had died a few years earlier. And Charles had married Annie Bosch (sometimes spelled Bosh) on October 14, 1865, and it was necessary for him to get permission from Annie to take a second wife. Hannah married Bishop Charles Turner June 6, 1870 in the old Endowment House in Salt Lake for time only. Hannah was sealed the same day to her first husband George Turner for eternity.
Six Children were born to them making her the mother of 14 children. Her life was one of devotion, and she passed through many hardships during her lifetime, but overcame all the obstacles in her path. She was known for nursing the sick and comforting those in distress, and was loved by all that knew her. She remained true to the church to the last. She passed away May 26, 1914 at the age of 77 years, and was survived by five children; George, Hannah, Mary, Benjamin Jones, and Edward Jones.
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