World-Wide Inquiries Into Family’s History

Press, Volume XC, Issue 27395, 7 July 1954, Page 11

World-Wide Inquiries Into Family’s History

Mr W.-iA. Honeybone, of 88 Winder House, Wenlock road, London, recently suggested the holding of a *™ l,y leHnionI e H nion of all bearers of the ~ a “® °* *S? n ?? bone ' " eacb year from i’ P;? 1 ' w£’l 10 P- m - on the Saturday bef ore Whitsunday in London. England. Fifty-five Welsh and English Honeybones attended the first gathercob '° n une 5 and 40 of them were A s «, result, the London press carT- headbne ’„ P>e Honeybones Come to Town, and the gathering was ?m s tioned in the B ' BC ’ news bulleof other Honeybones, ail of them descended from a family founded in 1665 by a clockmaker“had r®™ rf tra ? ed . *?• the Un 'ted States. Canada, Australia, and New Zealand, but were unable to attend the reun'on. Next year with better notice, it i s hoped that all countries will be r^p-' Seventy-six-year-old Mrs Jane Eliza’

Ro ??y b °Pof Ascot-under-Wychwood est Mol «sey, greeted the visitors as senior member of the family. Mr W. A.- Honeybone then explained his plan kLS ,mpile .? family history, to be Onlv wn s fl ? e “Honeybone Record.” will „ Ioo ( c °Pies Will be printed. One to the British Museum, and the others to the first families to requiry 0 Hor!eybone ' s original inAi^’^ ady al l absorbing collection of SLi- rpmonts and pictures has been ed Some of the information has adv been disseminated to Honeybo”es throughout the world. Honeybone, of Waikari (No. a <mberley» thinks she has all **? e Ncw Zealand HoneyexceT?* one family in jpetone. *r°m reports she has from abroad, it is clear that Honfybones y .ryvthere hw* been intrigued bv the C frrn il v history, and a-* really • O’n*' to to v 'n” in their nfllorts to provide all relevant information.