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Elsie May Farmer
Served with her husband: Bryan Winward
Born in Clifton, Oneida, Idaho Territory
1893 May 18
Mother
Mary Ellen Holt
Father
Erastus Grenig Farmer
Date Details
Occurred On 1893 May 18
Baptized by Erastus G Farmer
1901 June 6 (Age 8)
Married Bryan Hunsaker Winward
1916 January 25 (Age 22)
Served in Samoan Mission
1916 May 17 – July 6 (Age 22) See Missionaries
Mission Type
Proselytizing
Marital Status
Married
Residence When Called
Preston, Franklin, Idaho, United States
Set Apart By
Francis M Lyman
Location Served
Samoa
Date Details
Started On 1916 May 17
Set Apart
On 1916 May 18
Departed from Home
Ended On 1916 July 6
Departed from Field
Served in Tongan Mission
1916 July 6 – 1919 May 11 (Age 23) See Missionaries
Mission Type
Proselytizing
Marital Status
Married
Residence When Called
Samoan Mission
Set Apart By
Willard Smith
Additional Information
Served with Children
Served With
Location Served
Tonga
Date Details
Started On 1916 July 6
Arrived in Field
Ended On 1919 May 11
Released
Images
![](https://history.churchofjesuschrist.org/church-history-people/bc/missionaries/tonga/Elsie Bryan Windward/Elsie-Winward-Ship-home-tonga-mission-ca-1919.jpg)
Elsie and Ofa, returning home on the R.M.S. Niagara
![](https://history.churchofjesuschrist.org/church-history-people/bc/missionaries/tonga/bryan-winward-1916a-fs-6.jpg)
Winwards and Elder Cutler on boat heading home from mission in Tonga, 1919
![](https://history.churchofjesuschrist.org/church-history-people/bc/missionaries/tonga/Elsie Bryan Windward/Elsie-Winward--school-Tonga-Mission.jpg)
Elsie Winward, teaching school, Tonga Mission
![](https://history.churchofjesuschrist.org/church-history-people/bc/missionaries/tonga/Elsie Bryan Windward/Elsie-Ofa-winward-tonga-mission-ca-1918.jpg)
Elsie and Ofa Winward, Tonga Mission
![](https://history.churchofjesuschrist.org/church-history-people/bc/missionaries/tonga/Elsie Bryan Windward/CH51938_Bryan and Elsie--Graveyard of Tonga.jpg)
Bryan and Elsie Winward, Tonga Graveyard
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Bryan, Elsie, Ofa (daughter) Winward, Tonga Mission
Died
1980 May 18 (Age 87)
Media
![Elsie May Farmer (1893 - 1980) Profile](https://history.churchofjesuschrist.org/church-history-people/bc/missionaries/portraits/W/Elsie-Windward-1916-wedding-photo-family-search.jpg)
Elsie May Farmer (1893 - 1980) Profile
![Tongan Mission ca 1917](https://history.churchofjesuschrist.org/church-history-people/bc/missionaries/Samoan/willard-lisbon-smith-1891-fs.jpg)
Tongan Mission ca 1917
![Elsie and Ofa, returning home on the R.M.S. Niagara](https://history.churchofjesuschrist.org/church-history-people/bc/missionaries/tonga/Elsie Bryan Windward/Elsie-Winward-Ship-home-tonga-mission-ca-1919.jpg)
Elsie and Ofa, returning home on the R.M.S. Niagara
![Winwards and Elder Cutler on boat heading home from mission in Tonga, 1919](https://history.churchofjesuschrist.org/church-history-people/bc/missionaries/tonga/bryan-winward-1916a-fs-6.jpg)
Winwards and Elder Cutler on boat heading home from mission in Tonga, 1919
![Elsie Winward, teaching school, Tonga Mission](https://history.churchofjesuschrist.org/church-history-people/bc/missionaries/tonga/Elsie Bryan Windward/Elsie-Winward--school-Tonga-Mission.jpg)
Elsie Winward, teaching school, Tonga Mission
![Elsie and Ofa Winward, Tonga Mission](https://history.churchofjesuschrist.org/church-history-people/bc/missionaries/tonga/Elsie Bryan Windward/Elsie-Ofa-winward-tonga-mission-ca-1918.jpg)
Elsie and Ofa Winward, Tonga Mission
![Bryan and Elsie Winward, Tonga Graveyard](https://history.churchofjesuschrist.org/church-history-people/bc/missionaries/tonga/Elsie Bryan Windward/CH51938_Bryan and Elsie--Graveyard of Tonga.jpg)
Bryan and Elsie Winward, Tonga Graveyard
![Bryan, Elsie, Ofa (daughter) Winward, Tonga Mission](https://history.churchofjesuschrist.org/church-history-people/bc/missionaries/tonga/Elsie Bryan Windward/Bryan-Elsie-daughter-Winward-Tonga-Mission-ca-1918.jpg)
Bryan, Elsie, Ofa (daughter) Winward, Tonga Mission