Emile Craner Dunn
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Clear AllBorn in Tooele, Tooele, Utah, United States
1898 November 24
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Father
Joseph Owen Dunn
Mother
Mary Ann Craner
Baptized by Edward M. Atkins
1907 July 15 (Age 8)
Set Apart as Missionary
Tongan Mission
1920 April 13 – 1924 May 28 (Age 21)
1920 April 13 – 1924 May 28 (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
Corinne, Box Elder, Utah, United States
Priesthood Office When Called
Seventy
Mission Qualifier
Proselytizing
Set Apart By
Rudger Clawson
Media
Mission Photo, Tonga 1938
Tongan Missionaries with David O. Mckay, 1921
Married Evelyn Hyde
1928 August 15 (Age 29)
Set Apart as Mission President
Tongan Mission
1936 January 4 – 1946 June 20 (Age 37)
1936 January 4 – 1946 June 20 (Age 37)
Start Date Details
Set Apart
End Date Details
Departed from the Field
Additional Dates
Called
Departed from Home
Arrived in The Field
Additional Information
Marital Status at Start of Position
Married
Residence When Called
Logan, Cache, Utah, United States
Priesthood Office When Called
High Priest
Mission Qualifier
Proselytizing
Set Apart By
David O. McKay
Served With Children
Yes
Mission Companionship
1928 August 15
Evelyn Hyde (32)
Evelyn Hyde (32)
Media
Evelyn Hyde and Emile Dunn Family - Tongan Mission, Circa 1940
Missionaries in the Tongan Mission meeting with their mission president, Emile C. Dunn, Between 1937 – 1938
Visiting the graves of two early missionaries, 1937 December 10
Arrived in the Field as Missionary
Tongan Mission
1947 November 29 – 1948 August 12 (Age 49)
1947 November 29 – 1948 August 12 (Age 49)
Start Date Details
Arrived in the Field
End Date Details
Released
Additional Information
Marital Status at Start of Position
Married
Mission Qualifier
Education
Served With Children
Yes
Additional Notes
He had been called to build a "modern mission school" in Tonga at the site of the Cowley Plantation. It would become Liahona High School. He was then appointed mission president.
Called as Mission President
Tongan Mission
1948 July 17 – 1950 August 14 (Age 49)
1948 July 17 – 1950 August 14 (Age 49)
Start Date Details
Called
End Date Details
Departed from the Field
Additional Information
Marital Status at Start of Position
Married
Residence When Called
Tongan Mission
Mission Qualifier
Proselytizing
Served With Children
Yes
Died in Brigham City, Box Elder, Utah, United States
1989 August 4 (Age 90)
Media
Emile Craner Dunn (1898 - 1989) Profile
Missionaries in the Tongan mission with their mission president ca 1937-40
Mission Photo, Tonga 1938
Tongan Missionaries with David O. Mckay, 1921
Evelyn Hyde and Emile Dunn Family - Tongan Mission, Circa 1940
Missionaries in the Tongan Mission meeting with their mission president, Emile C. Dunn, Between 1937 – 1938
Visiting the graves of two early missionaries, 1937 December 10