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"No one ever lived after he decided ter kill 'em... he'd killed some o' the best witches an' wizards of the age — the McKinnons, the Bones, the Prewetts —"
— Voldemort murdered several wizarding families during the First Wizarding War[src]

Bones was the surname of a wizarding family with both magical and Muggle heritage.[1] They were a prominent family, with strong connections to the Ministry of Magic. These connections made them a target of Lord Voldemort during the First Wizarding War.

The family was almost entirely slaughtered by Death Eaters,[2] and Amelia Bones and her parents were murdered by Voldemort himself.[3]

Recent history[]

Seraphina Bones was a witch whose portrait hung at Hogwarts Castle in the 1990s.[4] Seraphina was most likely a forerunner of the Bones family, which was active in the 20th century.

First Wizarding War[]

"That’s Edgar Bones... brother of Amelia Bones, they got him and his family too, he was a great wizard..."
Alastor Moody's opinion of Edgar[src]
Order of the Phoenix

The orginal Order of the Phoenix

During the First Wizarding War, Edgar Bones became member of the original Order of the Phoenix. The Order was an organisation led and founded by Albus Dumbledore. The organisations aim was to oppose the Dark Lord Voldemort and his Death Eaters. Edgar also married a woman and had more than one child with her. Edgar was also described as being a great wizard by Alastor Moody.[5] Rubeus Hagrid also told Harry Potter that the Bones family was considered among the greatest wizards of the time.[6]

Edgar, his wife, and children were murdered by Death Eaters sometime in the later half of 1981.[2] His mother and father were also murdered by Voldemort.[7]

Between the wars[]

Minerva McGonagall: "Bones, Susan."
Sorting Hat: "HUFFLEPUFF!"
— Susan Bones being sorted[src]

Amelia joined the Ministry of Magic and was there-on known as "Madam Bones". Amelia was possibly roused by her parents' deaths and the deaths of some of her siblings at the hands of Lord Voldemort and his Death Eaters. She became the Head of the Department of Magical Law Enforcement and had a seat on the Wizengamot.

Susan Sorting

Susan being Sorted into Hufflepuff House

Susan Bones was sorted into Hufflepuff House at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry in 1991.[8] In her fifth year, Susan became a member of Dumbledore's Army, an organisation taught and led by Harry Potter.[9] Later on in the year, the Death Eaters who murdered her uncle Edgar and his family escaped from Azkaban, the wizarding prison, and many students questioned Susan for information about this.

Second Wizarding War[]

"My father reckons your aunt's a troublemaker, someone will teach her a lesson!"
— Gregory Goyle foreshadows what happens to Amelia[src]
Bones at hearing

Amelia Bones as a member of the Wizengamot

Madam Bones sat on the Wizengamot and presided over Harry Potter's disciplinary hearing in 1995, along with Cornelius Fudge and Dolores Umbridge who acted as "Interrogators". Albus Dumbledore was the "witness for the defence". Despite poor treatment of Harry by Fudge, Madam Bones managed to keep the trial fairly unbiased and Harry was found innocent by a large majority of the court.[10]

Amelia was murdered during the 1996 summer holiday, presumably for her anti-Voldemort activities. According to Fudge, the then-recently dismissed Minister for Magic, she was known to be so skilled that Voldemort might have killed her personally.

DailyProphetAmeliaBones

A 1997 Daily Prophet article: "Amelia Bones found murdered at her home"

Her murder was also reported in the Muggle newspapers, the nature of which baffled Muggle police officers as she was murdered in a room which was locked from the inside.[3] Afterwards, some members of the Order of the Phoenix referred to her as one of the greatest witches of her time, and that her absence would be keenly felt by many.

Susan fought along side her fellow D.A. member in the Battle of Hogwarts.[11] It can be assumed that she survived the Second Wizarding War, as her name was not listed amongst the casualties.

Family members[]

Wizard(s) Notes
Amelia Bones Head of the Department of Magical Law Enforcement and member of the Wizengamot; murdered by Voldemort in 1996
Edgar Bones Member of the Order of the Phoenix; murdered by Death Eaters during the First Wizarding War
Edgar Bones' wife Murdered along with her husband and children
The children of Edgar Bones and his wife Murdered by Death Eaters along with their parents
Effie Bones A witch living in the 19th century.
Mr Bones Parents of Amelia and Edgar, Susan's paternal grandparents; murdered by Voldemort during the First Wizarding War[7]
Mrs Bones
Susan Bones' parent Child of Mr Bones and Mrs Bones, sibling of Amelia and Edgar, and parent of Susan
Seraphina Bones A witch whose portrait hung at Hogwarts[12]
Susan Bones A Hufflepuff and member of Dumbledore's Army who was in the same year at Hogwarts as Harry Potter; niece of Edgar and Amelia Bones

Family tree[]

 
 
 
Bones
family
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Seraphina Bones
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Mr Bones
(d. c. 1970s/'80s)
 
Mrs Bones
(d. c. 1970s/'80s)
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Amelia Bones
(d. 1996)
 
Edgar Bones
(d. 1981)
 
Mrs Bones
(d. 1981)
 
Mr Bones
 
Mrs Bones
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Edgar Bones' children
(d. 1981)
 
 
 
 
 
Susan Bones
(b. 1979 or 1980)
 
 
 
 

Etymology[]

Bones is an English surname originally from either the Old French bon, meaning "good", or the Old English ban, meaning "thin, bony"[13]. A bone is a rigid connective organ that makes up the skeleton of vertebrates. Skull and Bones is the name of a secret society based at Yale University; many members of the Bones family were associated with the secret society the Order of the Phoenix.

Appearances[]

Notes and references[]

Order of the Phoenix
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Founder:
Albus Dumbledore
Leaders:
Albus Dumbledore | Alastor Moody | Kingsley Shacklebolt
Original Order of of the Phoenix:
Aberforth Dumbledore | Alastor Moody | Alice Longbottom | Arabella Figg | Benjy Fenwick | Caradoc Dearborn | Dedalus Diggle | Dorcas Meadowes | Edgar Bones | Elphias Doge | Emmeline Vance | Fabian Prewett | Frank Longbottom | Gideon Prewett | James Potter | Lily Potter | Marlene McKinnon | Mundungus Fletcher | Peter Pettigrew (defected) | Remus Lupin | Rubeus Hagrid | Severus Snape | Sirius Black | Sturgis Podmore
Reconstituted Order of the Phoenix:
Aberforth Dumbledore | Alastor Moody | Arabella Figg | Arthur Weasley | Bill Weasley | Charlie Weasley | Dedalus Diggle | Elphias Doge | Emmeline Vance | Fleur Delacour | Fred Weasley | George Weasley | Harry Potter | Hermione Granger | Hestia Jones | Kingsley Shacklebolt | Minerva McGonagall | Molly Weasley | Mundungus Fletcher | Nymphadora Tonks | Remus Lupin | Ron Weasley | Rubeus Hagrid | Severus Snape | Sirius Black | Sturgis Podmore
Order of the Phoenix allies:
Andromeda Tonks | Augusta Longbottom | Buckbeak | Dobby | Fawkes | Filius Flitwick | Firenze | Garrick Ollivander | Ginny Weasley | Grawp | Helena Ravenclaw | Horace Slughorn | Karkus | Karkus's wife | Kreacher | Lee Jordan | Luna Lovegood | McKinnon family | Mr Westenberg | Mrs Westenberg | Muriel | Nicholas de Mimsy-Porpington | Neville Longbottom | Oliver Wood | Olympe Maxime | Rita Skeeter | Patrick Delaney-Podmore | Peeves | Percy Weasley | Pomona Sprout | Poppy Pomfrey | Sybill Trelawney | Ted Tonks | The Fallen Fifty | Westenberg family | Winky | Xenophilius Lovegood
Other affiliations:
Dumbledore's Army | Forbidden Forest Centaur colony | Headless Hunt | Hogwarts Hippogriff herd | Hogwarts house-elves | Hogwarts Ghosts | Hogwarts Staff |
Hogwarts students | Hogwarts Thestral herd | British Ministry of Magic | Giant colony (Karkus's control)
Dumbledore's Army
Founders
Harry Potter · Hermione Granger · Ronald Weasley
Leaders
Harry Potter · Neville Longbottom · Luna Lovegood · Ginny Weasley
Members
Gryffindor ClearBG2 Gryffindor Katie Bell · Lavender Brown · Colin Creevey · Dennis Creevey · Seamus Finnigan · Angelina Johnson · Lee Jordan · Cormac McLaggen · Parvati Patil · Alicia Spinnet · Dean Thomas · Romilda Vane · Fred Weasley · George Weasley · Nigel Wolpert · Unidentified female · Unidentified female (II)
Dumbledore army
Ravenclaw ClearBG2 Ravenclaw Terry Boot · Cho Chang · Michael Corner · Marietta Edgecombe · Anthony Goldstein · Padma Patil · Maisy Reynolds · Unidentified male · Unidentified male (II) · Unidentified female
Hufflepuff ClearBG2 Hufflepuff Hannah Abbott · Susan Bones · Justin Finch-Fletchley · Ernie Macmillan · Zacharias Smith · Leanne · Unidentified female
Unknown House Luca Caruso · Alice Tolipan
Allies and other affiliations
Order of the Phoenix · Hogwarts staff · Augusta Longbottom · Andromeda Tonks · Ted Tonks · Percy Weasley · Oliver Wood · Grawp · Dobby · Winky · Hogwarts house-elves · Forbidden Forest Centaur colony · Hogwarts Hippogriff herd · Hogwarts Ghosts · Hogwarts students · Hogwarts Thestral herd
Department of Magical Law Enforcement employees
Department of Magical Law Enforcement logo
Heads of Department
Justus Pilliwickle · Torquil Travers · Bartemius Crouch Senior · Amelia Bones · Pius Thicknesse · Corban Yaxley · Arthur Weasley · Harry Potter
Auror Office
Heads: Theseus Scamander · Rufus Scrimgeour · Gawain Robards · Harry Potter
Mordecai Berrycloth · John Dawlish · Penelope Fawley · Dorian Fungbury · Timothy Hale · Alice Longbottom · Frank Longbottom · Neville Longbottom · Patricia McManners · Alastor Moody · Alastor Moody's father · Riya Patel · Proudfoot · Savage · Kingsley Shacklebolt · Nymphadora Tonks · Ronald Weasley · Williamson · Unidentified Aurors · Helen Thistlewood · Solomon Sallow · Aesop Sharp · Aesop Sharp's partner · Unidentified male Auror at Hogwarts · Director of the Investigation Department No. 61042
Improper Use of Magic Office
Heads: Travers · Dolores Umbridge
Mafalda Hopkirk · Honoria's fiancé · Mafalda Hopkirk's Ministerial Superior · Rufus Fudge · Orabella Nuttley · Chester Davies · Linderina Crane
Other personnel
Council of Magical Law guards · Leta Lestrange · Minerva McGonagall · Elphinstone Urquart · Elton Elderberry · Alastor Gumboil · Arnold Peasegood · Arthur Weasley · Perkins · Bilius Finbok · Cerberus Langarm · Hermione Granger · Bob Ogden · Constance Pickering · Ruth Singer · Tulip Karasu's mother · Tulip Karasu's father · Dempster Wiggleswade · Amelia Bones's assistant · Arthur Weasley's ten subordinates · Unidentified Hit Wizard · Unidentified Wizengamot clerk · Director of the Investigation Department and Ministry Police
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