e TITLE PAGE PIONEER (full name) BIR TH (date and place) DEA TH (date and place) PARENTS . MARR IED (who and date) ARRIVAL IN UTAH (date) (Company arrived with) HISTORY (who wrote} (date written} (who submitted} (addre ss} Durrant Family - William and Phebe Hoar for Orr) Du rrant North Hamptons h ire, En gland 12 July 1871 Emma Durrant Porter 27 June 1953 Celeste D u rrant 290 West 10 0 N orth, Mor gan, Utah 840 5 0 CAMP & COUNTY SUB1.11TTING S_o_u_t_h_M_or_g:a::..a_n ________ Camp M_o_r-:ga....a_n ___________ County ' ( Camp Historian & address )_·_ __E _lm_a_D_i_c_k_s_o_n ____________ R t 2, Mor ga n, Uta h 840 50 County Historian & address )_ __v_ e_l_o_y_T_o_n_k_s_D_1_c· _k_s_o_n ________ PO Box 203, Mor g an, Utah 8405 0 S OCRC E or l?\ F 0f\MA7 I G~ & P A G :r:: N U M.3 ERS : • THE DURRANT FAMILY William and Phebe Hoar (or Orr) Durrant Grandfather and Grandmother Durrant were born and raised in North Hamptonshire, England. They were baptized into the Church of Jesus Christ on the 23 April 1850 with their family which were born at that time, The story of their great faith, pers erverance, and love for the Gospel they had accepted, is faith promoting. In their determination to g et their family to America, the encountered many hardships and many heartbreaks, as they were to be send one or two at a time and every penny not needed to live on was saved until enough was collected to buy a ticket to New York, Aunt Jane, the oldest of the family, a g irl of 19, was the fir~t to come, as she was a very trustworthy and dependable girl. They wanted her to be here in Utah to look after the others as they came. She set sail in May 1866 and arrived in Utah the next September. While crossing the plains in a covered wagon, she met and fell in love with Thomas Adams, a teamster who drove a team of oxen. After some time in Morgan, Utah, they were married. Next to migrate were the two boys, Joseph and Thomas, in 18 6 8. They came in the same company as George Compton. Their coming in a short time lessened the burden on the parents, as they were able to obtain employment and send their earning s to them to help bring more of the family to Utah. E1i7a, or Liz.ette as she was k nown, was the next to come. She was married to a man who was cruel and who abused her. Her parents gave her enoug h money to g et h er and her young child, Sarah Jane (Fra ncis) to America. She was divorced befor e leaving . On the b oat she met a young man by t he name of O c tav e - 2 - • Ursenbach, whom she later married. They had one son, Octave Ursenbach. His father died when he was yet a baby; She later married George Compton in June 1871. Grandfather had now, with the he lp of Aunt Jane and the two boys, Thomas and Joseph, here in America, collected enough money to get himself, Grandmother, two daughters, Lavinia and Emma, and the younges t son, Lorenzo H., to America. They arrived in Utah on the 12 July 1871. Emma. the youngest g irl of the family, was very frail and was suffering with consumption. Her parents were told by the Captain of the ship they were to sail on, that they would never get her to New York, and he said, "You know a death at sea means a burial at sea. 11 But Grandmothers wonderful faith seemed to give h er assurance that they were going to be permitted to get h er to Utah. The immig ration officers at New York, told them the same as the old sea captain. That they would never reach Utah with h er alive. They knew she could not live long, but were thankful and happy that God had answered their prayers and permitted them to g et her to Morgan, Utah, alive. She died within the year after they arrived and is buried in the Porterville, Utah, cemetery. All their family were here except James, the eldest boy. He was still in England and was married to a woman by the name of Mary Ann Morris, to whom seven children were born. Not long after the grandparents arrived in Utah, they received word from their son, James, in England, that his wife had pasised away. They later per-suaded him to promise that he would come to America and bring with him his five chi l dren. Two of the seven, Jimmie and Amy, had been buried by the mother . • • - 3 - Sad indeed it was for them to start on such a long journey and leave behind their loved ones, but they had no living kin in England and said goodbye to their native land and set sail for America. Making the journey was James, the father, Mariah, Sarah Owen Theodore (King) and Tommy, who died soon after arriving in Morgan, Utah. Later Uncle James sent to England for Mrs. Elizabeth Sharp, a widow and a very good friend of the family, and married her . She was a wonderful step-mother, but she lived just two years and they were without a mother once more. Mariah, the eldest girl, mothered and cared for the other children in a most loving and efficient way. Later Uncle James married another widow, Mrs. Caroline Ager, who husband had been drowned in the Weber River. Uncle James did much to help pioneer Morgan County. He was County Clerk for many years. His family grew to be loved and respected by everyone. Grandfather, Grandmother, and the children who came with th em; also Uncle James and family, all came from New York by rail. The railroad having been completed to Salt Lake City, Utah. Owen, one of Uncle James D u rrant ' s boys, and N ettie, his wife, were tw o of the dearest, most wonderful people I have ever known . Written by Emma Durrant Porter 27 June 1953