When Thomas Boness was born on 13 February 1803, in Bedfordshire, England, United Kingdom, his father, Thomas Boness, was 42 and his mother, Henrietta Maria Knot, was 42. He married Ann Jarratt on 3 June 1827, in Potton, Bedfordshire, England, United Kingdom. They were the parents of at least 3 sons and 1 daughter. He was buried in Potton, Bedfordshire, England, United Kingdom.
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South German: derisive nickname meaning ‘bean-eater’ (from a compound of Middle High German bone ‘bean’ + ezzen ‘to eat’), used to denote a bean-grower or a poor person whose diet consisted mainly of beans.
English (Bedfordshire): variant of Bownes .
Americanized form of Norwegian Bones 3 and perhaps also of Bønes (see Bones 4).
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