George Finley Brooks
Birth Date
On 1833 November 4 (Born)
Death Date
On 1911 October 27 (Died)
Gender
Male
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Pioneer
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Born in Harwich, Essex, England, United Kingdom
1833 November 4
Mother
Elizabeth Harper (1805 - 1893)
Father
Thomas Philip Brooks
Date Details
Occurred On 1833 November 4
Baptized by
William Bunce
1853 July 26 (Age 19)
Traveled in
John A. Hunt Company (1856)
1856 August 1 – December 10 (Age 22)
Pioneers in Company
Date Details
Started On 1856 August 1
Joined Company
Ended On 1856 December 10
Company Arrived
Married
Hannah Charlotte Bowthorpe
1858 February 13 (Age 24)
Married
Phoebe Susannah Bowthorpe
1887 December 14 (Age 54)
Served in
British Mission
1896 July 15 – 1898 (Age 62)
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Mission Type
Proselytizing
Marital Status
Married
Priesthood Quorum When Called
8th
Priesthood Office
Seventy
Residence When Called
Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States
Set Apart By
John Henry Smith
Location Served
Great Britain
Date Details
Started On 1896 July 15
Set Apart
Ended Fall 1898
Released
Died in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States
1911 October 27 (Age 77)
Media
George Finley Brooks (1833 - 1911) Profile
Sources
Person
Biographical sketches, 1891-2013
"George Finley Brooks", Biographical sketches, 1891-2013.
Latter-day Saints Biographical Encyclopedia (1901)
"Brooks, George Finly", Latter-day Saints Biographical Encyclopedia (1901), 2, Page 99-100.
Mission
MISSIONARY Department missionary registers, 1860-1959
MISSIONARY Department missionary registers, 1860-1959, 15 July 1896, Vol. C, Page 30, Line 419.
Pioneer
Brigham Young office emigrating companies reports, 1850-1862
"John A. Hunt Company report, 1856", Brigham Young office emigrating companies reports, 1850-1862, Page 1-8.
Deseret News
"Immigration to Utah", Deseret News, (15 October 1856), Page 6.
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Handcart Veterans Association scrapbook, 1906-1914
"Scrapbook Part 7", Handcart Veterans Association scrapbook, 1906-1914, (1907), Page 2-4.
"Scrapbook Part 6, Hand Cart Veterans reported alive", Handcart Veterans Association scrapbook, 1906-1914, (4 October 1906), Page 1-19.
"William Spicer to S. S. Jones", Handcart Veterans Association scrapbook, 1906-1914, (1906).
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Historical Department journal history of the Church, 1830-2008
Historical Department journal history of the Church, 1830-2008, 15 December 1856, Page 11.