Edna Crowther
Filter Activities
Clear AllBorn in Logan, Cache, Utah Territory, United States
1893 April 17
Relationships
Father
Mother
Mary Weston
Baptized by Bishop A L Skanckey
1901 April 20 (Age 8)
Set Apart as Missionary
Eastern States Mission
1914 June 23 – 1916 May 18 (Age 21)
1914 June 23 – 1916 May 18 (Age 21)
Start Date Details
Set Apart
End Date Details
Released
Additional Dates
Departed from Home
Additional Information
Marital Status at Start of Position
Single
Residence When Called
Malad, Oneida, Idaho, United States
Location Served
Eastern States
Mission Qualifier
Proselytizing
Set Apart By
Seymour B Young
Notes
At age 5, Edna told everyone she was going on a mission and they all laughed. Women do not serve missions. She one of the 1st Sister Missionaries in the Brooklyn Eastern States Mission. A newspaper article said "she was of medium height, with dark hair, clear hazel eyes and an air of invincible determination. While on her mission she spent 2 nights in the Joseph Smith home in Palmyra, New York.
Media
Brooklyn Eastern States Missioin 1914-1916
Single Lady Missionaries Serving in the Eastern States Mission, 1915
Getting Mormon Converts in Brooklyn, 1915 February 28
Married Thomas Richard Jones
1916 June 9 (Age 23)
Married Joseph Ririe
1923 December 19 (Age 30)
Set Apart as Missionary
The Tabernacle Choir at Temple Square Mission
1935 – 1946 (Age 41)
1935 – 1946 (Age 41)
End Date Details
Released
Additional Information
Mission Qualifier
Other
Notes
Alto
Married George Everett Andrus
1952 June 9 (Age 59)
Died in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States
1978 May 27 (Age 85)
Media
Edna Crowther (1893 - 1978) Profile
Early Sister Missionaries - Eastern States 1914-1916
Brooklyn Eastern States Missioin 1914-1916
Single Lady Missionaries Serving in the Eastern States Mission, 1915
Getting Mormon Converts in Brooklyn, 1915 February 28