George Lake
Birth Date
On 1838 September 15 (Born)
Death Date
On 1898 March 23 (Died)
Gender
Male
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Pioneer
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Born in Geneva, Kane, Illinois, United States
1838 September 15
Mother
Philomela Smith (1793 - 1873)
Father
James Lake, Jr. (1788 - 1874)
Date Details
Occurred On 1838 September 15
Traveled in
James Lake Company (1850)
1850 June – September 5 (Age 12)
Pioneers in Company
Traveling Group
James Lake, Jr. (Age 62)
Philomela Smith (Age 56)
Lydia Ann Lake (Age 18)
Samantha Lake (Age 15)
Date Details
Started Circa 1850 June
Joined Company
Ended Between 1850 September 4 – 5
Company Arrived
Baptized by Charles Hubbard
1851 February (Age 12)
Married
Louisa Ann Garner
1860 May 13 (Age 21)
Married
Sarah Jane Hill
1862 October 4 (Age 24)
Served in
British Mission
1869 April 8 – August 4 (Age 30)
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Mission Type
Proselytizing
Marital Status
Plurally Married
Priesthood Quorum When Called
53rd
Priesthood Office
Seventy
Residence When Called
Ogden, Weber, Utah Territory, United States
Set Apart By
Wilford Woodruff
Location Served
Europe
Date Details
Started On 1869 April 8
Set Apart
Ended On 1869 August 4
Released
Died in Colonia Dublán, Nuevo Casas Grandes, Chihuahua, Mexico
1898 March 23 (Age 59)
Media
George Lake (1838 - 1898) Profile
George Lake Sr. (1838 - 1898)
Sources
Person
1850 United States Census
1850 United States Census. Great Salt Lake, Utah Territory.
Deseret Weekly
"Obituary Notes", Deseret Weekly, (15 October 1898), Page 576.
Mission
BRITISH Mission manuscript history and historical reports, 1841-1971
BRITISH Mission manuscript history and historical reports, 1841-1971, 7 June 1870.
MISSIONARY Department missionary registers, 1860-1959
MISSIONARY Department missionary registers, 1860-1959, 8 April 1869, Vol. B, Page 12, Line 445.
MISSIONARY Department missionary registers, 1860-1959, 8 April 1869, Vol. A, Page 11, Line 445.
Pioneer
George Lake autobiography, 1894 May
George Lake autobiography, 1894 May, May.
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George Lake reminiscences, 1869 April-1870 February and 1894
George Lake reminiscences, 1869 April-1870 February and 1894, April.
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Pioneer women of Arizona
Roberta Flake Clayton, Catherine H. Ellis, and David F. Boone, "Lydia Ann Lake Nelson", Pioneer women of Arizona, Page 484.
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