COLE Sons of William George COLE Sr.1815-1890 and Sarah Larnder 1813-1884

from L to R:  Walter Charles COLE Sr.1848-1900, George COLE 1846-1919, William George COLE Jr.1842-1899, Erastus Moroni COLE 1852-1918.

Other children:

Elizabeth Sarah COLE ALLEN 1838-1906

Eliza COLE CRESSALL HAWKES 1840-1905

Sarah Ann COLE 1844-1847

Lorenzo COLE 1850-1851

Symaria COLE

Eliza COLE HAWKES by daughter Sarah HAWKES WORLEY

Eliza seated between youngest daughter Elizabeth and oldest son Cal.

Eliza COLE HAWKES BY Sarah Ann HAWKES WORLEY

Sarah LARNDER COLE mother of Eliza

Mary Ann MILES HAWEKS Eliza's mother in-law.

Ancestry Chain: JR, Lark, Camilla SMITH, Amy Ella HAWKES, Herbert Henry HAWKES, Eliza COLE, Sarah LARNDER. 

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 Sarah LARNDER COLE

 William George COLE

Taken from the "Life History of Charles Clinton Allen.

[Son of Frederick Charles Allen.  Frederick was the son of John Allen and Elizabeth Cole. Elizabeth Cole Allen was the oldest daughter of William George Cole and Sarah Larnder.] 

My paternal grandmother was Elizabeth Cole Allen—born April 19, 1938—in Poplar Parrish, Middlesex, England. Her father and mother—George William Cole and Sarah Lander Cole, joined the Latter-day Saint Church and decided to come to Salt Lake City and so booked passage for the family in 1863, on the Amazon. When they boarded the ship, they found that not all of them could go aboard as there wasn’t room. So, Elizabeth and her sister Eliza were forced to take passage on another ship. It sailed, as did the Amazon, but the Amazon sprang a seam and had to return to port. It was a year before it was mended and they could sail. Charles Dickens had written some unsatisfactory comments about the Mormons and so he decided to visit the Amazon and have a look for himself at the Mormons. He changed his mind and wrote some very flattering things about the members on the ship. He recorded it and published it in “Mr. Uncommercial.” Eliza had married a Mr. Cressoll and had a four or five-month old baby. Her husband would have nothing to do with the church and so she left him and came with my grandmother. They arrived in New Orleans and found the Amazon had been delayed so they went up the Mississippi and came to Utah. They had to walk almost 800 miles and carry the baby with them. John Allen had been assigned to make trips and help the trains to Utah. He met Elizabeth Cole and they were married and settled in Goshen, Utah. Eliza succeeded in finding work in Salt Lake to support her and her child. A little later, she met a widower—a Mr. Hawkes—from Logan and married him. They settled in Logan. The rest of the family came the next year and also settled in Logan.

Thanks to family members sharing at familysearch.org we now have photos and history which had been unknown.

ELIZA COLE Excerpts from A Sketch of the Life of Sarah Lardner Cole By Glanda C. Landon Submitted by Mary Dennis Poulter

These excerpts are taken from the time the Cole Family was preparing to leave England to follow the Saints to Utah. . . . Beautiful young Eliza had fallen in love with a handsome young man named Paul Cressall. Like many young Englishmen, he was a sailor for the Royal Navy . . . (sentence missing) was “queen of the Seas.” Their first child Ellenor was born December 13 1858 but had died early in 1859. This was a sorrow also for Sarah (Eliza’s mother) and her husband to lose their first little grandchild. Having lost three of their own little ones in infancy, they grieved for and with Eliza in her loss. Two years later Eliza’s second child, little Clarence Cressall, arrived on December 13, 1861, and no doubt he was a great joy to all the family. Unfortunately, Eliza’s husband Paul was never interested in Mormonism, the religion that meant so much to her and her family. As the Coles prepared to leave England, they faced the prospect of never seeing Eliza and her baby again. The Cole Family booked passage on the Amazon, expecting to sail for America early in 1862. As the sailing date drew near, the other members begged Eliza to come with them. Sarah’s heart must have ached with her daughter’s over this decision, for it would be difficult for Eliza whichever choice she made. At the last moment Eliza was persuaded to go too. (Many years later Eliza told her daughter-in-law that she “. . .left her love in England to join the Saints in Zion and to be with her parents and brothers and sister.” (Mitton, Jessie Cressal, Life of Clarance C. C. Cressal, unpub. Manuscript and letters to Glenda Landon dated Dec. 2, 1977 and Aug. 20, 1979.) At that late date the Amazon was booked full and could take no more passengers, so Elizabeth offered to go on another ship with Eliza and her baby. The two girls, Elizabeth, then 24; Eliza, 22;and baby Clarence, just 4 months old, embarked from London on the John J. Boyd sailing vessel on April 23, 1862, expecting the remainder of their family to leave about the same time and meet them in New York. However, the Amazon was delayed for repairs, and it was actually more than a year before it set sail for America. The girls’ journey took more than five months of travel; they had to walk the last 1000 miles and carry the baby. By the time they arrived in Utah, Sept. 24, 1862, baby Clarence was nine months old. . . . . . As the young women crossed the plains in the previous summer Elizabeth had become acquainted with one of the teamsters, John Allen, a young Englishman who was helping that company of converts make the trip to Utah. A romance developed between them during the journey, and a few days after the wagon train reached Utah, John and Elizabeth were married in Goshen, September 28, 1862. They settled in a log home there in Goshen, a small colony about 60 miles south and west of Salt Lake City. Eliza had remained in Salt Lake City for about 2 months and found some work in homes to provide for herself and baby. While there she met a young Englishman, Francis Hawkes, who was also born in London and who had come to Utah nine years earlier. He had married and settled in Logan, Cache Valley, about 90 miles north of Salt Lake. His wife and baby had both died at childbirth, so he was lonely, too. He and Eliza were married November 23, 1862. They then went to live in the new settlement of Logan where he had a small home. He was a good, kind man and a loving father to her son, little Clarence who was nicknamed Cal.

Francis HAWKES

Ancestry Chain: Utah Pioneer Mary Ann MILES b.1798, Utah Pioneer Francis HAWKES b.1830, Herbert Henry HAWKES b.1869, Amy Ella HAWKES b.1897, Camilla SMITH b.1926, Lark, CR.

The History of Francis HAWKES

Who Came to Utah in 1865
Written By His Daughter Nellie HAWKES CURTIS
For the Henry Ballard Camp, Cache Valley Chapter,
[of The Daughter of The Utah Pioneers]

[Francis HAWKES married 23 Nov 1862 Eliza COLE daughter of William George COLE and Sarah LARNDER.]

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1836 Love Letter:

To Sarah LARNDER (1813-1884)
from William George COLE (1814-1890).
They married 12 Feb 1837 in London England.

Parents of nine.

Ancestory chain: 3-Camilla SMITH, 4-Amy Ella HAWKES, 5-Herbert Henry HAWKES, 5-Eliza COLE, to 7-William George COLE and 7-Sarah LARNDER.

Sept. 7th 1836

My Dear Sarah

It is with every feeling of love and regard to you that I now take up my p0en to address you I received your kind Letter and was glad to hear that you was quite well I have been waiting with the greatest anxiety to hear from you and Have lost no time in answering you you may judge from your own feelings that I shall be glad to see you although you are absent in person yet you are well aware you are present in mind. The time is fast hastening when I hope to

be blest with the greatest gift that earth can bestow or that man can receive which is the only sincere desire of my heart to spend the remainder of my days with one who I love as my life my Rather & Mother desire their kind love to you give my kind love to all inquiring friends and accept the same for yourself

From Your ever true
& Sincere Lover
Wm Geo. Cole

P.S. I shall do my
self the pleasure of
coming on Sunday
according to your appointment
excuse all imperfections

William mentions his parents, they are William COLE (1782-1843) and Elizabeth MAY (1781-1858) married 1813.

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William George COLE and Sarah LARDER
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Thank you Sonnett (great great grandchild of Herbert Henry HAWKES) for sharing this precious family history.

Logan City Cemetery - HAWKES - COLE

Mary Ann MILES HAWKES ARMSTRONG born in England (1878-1879) married first 1822 Shoreditch England to widower with two children William HAWKES born and died in England (1790-1838). Mary Ann and William were the parents of seven children.

Thomas Columbus ARMSTONG Sr. married Mary Ann Salt Lake City, UT 1857, she was soon abandoned by Thomas.
Mary Ann was the daughter of Bernard MILES and Mary Ann LUCKIN.


William George COLE born in England (1814-1890) married 1837 in London, England Sarah LARNDER born in England (1813-1884) they were the parents of nine children.
note: Sarah's maiden (Larnder) name is miss spelled the grave marker.
Hannah Louisa SMITH SQUIRES became the second wife of William George COLE abt 1884 Logan, UT.
William was the son of William COLE and Elizabeth MAY.
Sarah was the daughter of George LARNDER and Elizabeth FOSSEY.


Francis HAWKES born in England (1830-1899) married first 1860 Salt Lake City, UT Georgina Maria MADDSEN they had one child. As a widower with no living children Francis married second 1862 Salt Lake City, UT Eliza COLE born in England (1840-1905). Eliza was a mother, one of her two children was living at the time of the marriage. Francis and Eliza were the parents of nine children.
Francis is the son of William HAWKES and Mary Ann MILES.
Eliza is the daughter of William George COLE and Sarah LARNDER.


Born in Logan, UT.
Herbert Henry HAWKES (1869-1948) married 1896 in Logan, UT Sarah Amy JONES (1875-1952) they were the parents of nine children.
Amy Ella HAWKES SMITH MONSON, Kate HAWKES OBRAY, Herbert Jones HAWKES, Frank Jones HAWKES, Joseph Jones HAWKES, Ethel HAWKES POULTER, Lorin Jones HAWKES, Blayne Jones HAWKES.

Herbert was the son of Francis HAWKES and Eliza COLE.
Sarah was the daughter of Cyrus Joseph JONES and Sarah WORLEY.

These are the parents, and paternal grand and great grand parents of Amy Ella HAWKES SMITH MONSON (1897-1971).

Mormon Trail - English Saints - William George COLE and Sarah LARNDER

Mormon Pioneer ancestor of Camilla SMITH WOOD CR - Seventh Generation William George COLE (1814-1890) and Sarah LARNDER (1813-1884) m. 1837. William George COLE

English Saints Seventh Generation William George Cole and Sarah Larnder Cole, England / Logan UT / Brigham City, UT / ID William George Cole age 49/ b. 1814 ENG - m. 1837 - ENG. - d. 1890 Logan, UT. Sarah Larnder Cole age 50/ b. 1813 ENG - m. 1837 - ENG. - d. 18 Parris, ID. 9 children. Other Spouse: George m. after 1884 Hannah Louisa SMITH SQUIRES. BAPTIZED: William and Sarah England 1848 BY SEA: 4 June 1863 Steamship 'Amazon' 1863 ‘Amazon’ Information: Sailing vessel with atleast three masts Master: H. Hovey Departed Liverpool: June 4, 1863 Arrived New York: July 18, 1862 44 days of passage 895 LDS passengers Company Leader: William Bramall In 1863 Charles Dickens, famous English writer, visited the Latter-day Saint emigrants on board the Amazon before it sailed from London. In his book, "Uncommercial Traveler," he presents an account of this interesting experience. Following are a few excerpts: Charles Dickens and the Mormons (Our Pioneer Heritage, Vol. 7, p.12-14) …I go aboard my Emigrant Ship. I go first to the great cabin, and find it in the usual condition of a cabin at that pass. Perspiring lands-men, with loose papers, and with pens and inkstands, pervade it; and the general appearance of things is as if the late Mr. Amazon's funeral had just come home from the cemetery, and the disconsolate Mrs. Amazon's trustees found the affairs in great disorder, and were looking [p.13] high and low for the will. I go out on the poop-deck for air, and surveying the emigrants on the deck below (indeed they are crowded all about me, up there too), find more pens and inkstands in action, and more papers, and interminable complication respecting accounts with individuals for tin cans and what not. But nobody is in ill temper, nobody is the worse for drink, nobody swears an oath, curses a coarse word, nobody appears depressed, nobody is weeping; and down upon the deck, in every corner where it is possible to find a few square feet to kneel, crouch, or lie in, people in every unsuitable attitude for writing are writing letters. Now, I have seen emigrant ships before this day in June. And these people are so strikingly different from all other people in like circumstances whom I have ever seen, that I wonder aloud, "What would a stranger suppose these emigrants to be!" The vigilant bright face of the weather-browned captain of the Amazon is at my shoulder and he says; "What, indeed! The most of these came aboard yesterday evening. They came from various parts of England in small parties that had never seen one another before. Yet they had not been a couple of hours on board when they established their own police, made their own regulations, and set their own watches at all the hatchways. Before nine o'clock the ship was as orderly and as quiet as a man-of-war…" …The Mormon agent who had been active in getting them together, and in making the contract with my friends, the owners of the ship, to take them as far as New York on their way to the Great Salt Lake, was pointed out to me. A compactly made, handsome man in black, rather short, with rich brown hair and beard and clear bright eyes. From his speech I should set him down as American. Probably a man who had "knocked about the world" pretty much. A man with a frank open manner, and unshrinking look; withal a man of great quickness. I believe he was wholly ignorant of my Uncommercial individuality, and consequently of my immense Uncommercial importance... BY LAND: 1863 railway to Florence NE, Unknown wagon train Departure: 1863 Arrived Salt Lake City: 4 Oct 1863 William George Cole (48) husband Sarah Larnder Cole (50) wife William George Cole Jr. (20) George Cole (17) Walter Charles Cole (14) Erastus Moroni Cole (11) Pioneer Information: William George COLE was a Mormon Pioneer with his wife Sarah and 4 sons. William G. and Sarah Cole and William G. Jr. are listed as passengers on the 1863 ship of Amazon. Also on the Perpetual Emigration Fund list of 1863. The Amazon traveled 44 days from London to NY with "895" Mormons on board. On Thursday 4 June 1863 George and his wife Sarah and four sons set sail as part of a company of "883" Saints on the packet ship "Amazon" with Elder william Brimhall as Presiding Elder. Charles Dickens visited the Mormons an the ship. New York 18 July 1863 to Florence, Nebraska by railroad. This was during the Civil war and Rebels burned a train and my Saints lost all their belongings. Then from Florence to Salt lake City by Ox team. (Family History) “They left England, June 4, 1863, and arrived in New York after a six week voyage. They took a train to Florence, Nebraska. It was during the Civil War and rebels set fire to the train and they were left stranded on the Plains until help arrived.” “Their journey westward, by ox-team and wagon train began in July. They arrived in the Salt Lake Valley, October 4, 1863, four months after leaving England.” (Pioneer Women of Faith and Fortitude Vol. I, A to E, International Society Daughters of Utah Pioneers, p. 636 - Sarah Larnder Cole.) Daughters Elizabeth who married John Allen on the plains, and Eliza COLE with Eliza’s son Clarence had emigrated in 1862. Company Information: Began its journey from the outfitting post at Florence, Nebraska (now Omaha). Cole, William G, 1863, NA, Amazon, Ship roster on microfilm(s) 175586 25691 Cole, William Geo, 1863, NA, NA, Perpetual Emigration Fund (Book)-Microfilm 25686 Cole, Sarah, 1863, NA, Amazon, Ship roster on microfilm(s) 175586 25691 Cole, Erastus, 1863, NA, Amazon, Ship roster on microfilm(s) 175586 25691 Cole, George, 1863, NA, Amazon, Ship roster on microfilm(s) 175586 25691 Cole, Walter, 1863, NA, Amazon, Ship roster on microfilm(s) 175586 25691 Cole, William G. Jr., 1863, NA, Amazon, Ship roster on microfilm(s) 175586 25691 Camilla SMITH - Amy Ella HAWKES pedigree

HAWKES - COLE Scrapbook

Aunt Sarah Ann Hawkes Worley wife of Harry Worley. She is pictured in the (lower left corner) Sarah made this scrapbook page. Sarah Ann Hawkes was an older sister of Herbert Henry Hawkes she married the brother of Sarah Worley Jones. Sarah Worley Jones was the mother in-law of Herbert Henry Hawkes.

Pictured are our grandparents - (top left) Francis HAWKES and (top right) Eliza COLE HAWKES parents of Herbert Henry Hawkes. (center left) Mary Ann MILES HAWKES mother of Francis HAWKES. (center right) William George COLE and (lower left) Sarah LARNDER COLE parents of Eliza COLE HAWKES.

Sarah Ann Hawkes Worley is pictured with Martha Maria Hawkes Brough in the lower center photo, they are both sisters of Herbert Henry Hawkes.

Sarah LARNDER COLE - Pioneer Women of Faith

I find many of my grandmothers in:

Pioneer Women of Faith and Fortitude

Volume I
A to E
International Society Daughters of Utah Pioneers
page 635-636

I will scan the articles of my grandmothers found in these volumes and add more as time permits. If you click on the image it will be enlarged so you can read the copy.

I have learned much from the histories of Grandmother and Aunts found in these volumes. You should always read what you can find by the siblings of your ancestors and their spouses. They talk about their parents and siblings who are your grandparents.



George LARNDER was the father of - Mormon Pioneer
Sarah LARNDER COLE wife of William George COLE - parents of Eliza COLE HAWKES - who was the mother of Herbert Henry HAWKES - the father of Amy Ella HAWKES SMITH - mother of Camilla SMITH WOOD who was my mother. see page 635 - 636.

William and Sarah's daughters Elizabeth and Eliza with Eliza's toddler son Clarence pioneers from England to Utah a year before their parents and younger siblings.

When the Coles arrived in Logan they lived with their daughter Eliza and her new husband Francis Hawkes. Eliza.