George Teasdale
Birth Date
On 1831 December 8 (Born)
Death Date
On 1907 June 9 (Died)
Gender
Male
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Mission Activity
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Pioneer
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Born in Saint Pancras, London, Middlesex, England
1831 December 8
Mother
Harriet Henrietta Tidey
Father
William Russell Teasdale
Baptized by
Robert Till, Jr.
1852 August 8 (Age 20)
Married
Emila Emma Brown
1853 August 25 (Age 21)
Traveled in
Sixtus E. Johnson Company (1861)
1861 July 14 – September 27 (Age 30)
Pioneers in Company
Traveling Group
Emila Emma Brown (Age 30)
George Ezra Teasdale (Age 3)
Francis Charles Teasdale (Age 0)
Date Details
Between 1861 July 14 – 15
Joined Company
On 1861 September 27
Company Arrived
Served in
British Mission
1868 April 9 – 1869 July 28 (Age 36)
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Mission Type
Proselytizing
Marital Status
Married
Priesthood Quorum When Called
42nd
Priesthood Office
Seventy
Residence When Called
Great Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah Territory, United States
Set Apart By
Erastus Snow
Set Apart By
Erastus Snow
Date Details
On 1868 April 9
Set Apart
On 1868 September 9
Arrived in Field
On 1869 July 28
Departed from Field
Served in
Southern States Mission
1875 October 11 – 1876 August (Age 43)
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Mission Type
Proselytizing
Marital Status
Married
Priesthood Quorum When Called
41st
Priesthood Office
Seventy
Residence When Called
Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah Territory, United States
Set Apart By
John Taylor
Set Apart By
John Taylor
Date Details
On 1875 October 11
Set Apart
On 1876 August
Released
Married
Lillias Hook
1875 October 14 (Age 43)
Married
Matilda Ellen Picton
1877 December 5 (Age 46)
Ordained an apostle by John Taylor
1882 October 16 (Age 50)
Called as President to
Indian Territory Mission
1883 (Age 51)
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Mission Type
Proselytizing
Marital Status
Plurally Married
Residence When Called
Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah Territory, United States
Date Details
On 1883
Called
On 1883
Released
Married
Mary Lauretta Picton
1883 February 22 (Age 51)
Called as President to
British Mission
1887 February – 1890 September 29 (Age 55)
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Mission Type
Proselytizing
Marital Status
Plurally Married
Missionary Activity Notes
Although he arrived in November 1886, he did not take charge of the mission until February 1887.
Priesthood Office
Apostle
Date Details
On 1886 November 30
Arrived in Field
On 1887 February
Called
On 1890 September 29
Released
Images
Mission Photo
Mission Photo
Married
Marion Eliza Scoles
1897 October 25 (Age 65)
Married
Letitia Dollia Thomas
1900 May 17 (Age 68)
Died in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah
1907 June 9 (Age 75)
Media
George Teasdale (1831 - 1907) Profile
British Mission 1890 Nottingham Conference
George Teasdale (1831 - 1907)
Mission Photo
Mission Photo
Sources
Person
1870 Utah Census
1870 Utah Census. Salt Lake County.
LATTER-DAY Saint biographical encyclopedia, Andrew Jenson
"George Teasdale", LATTER-DAY Saint biographical encyclopedia, Andrew Jenson, 1, Page 144-147.
Saints By Sea
"George Teasdale. ID: 55678", Saints By Sea.
Utah State History Cemeteries and Burials Database
Utah State History Cemeteries and Burials Database.
Mission
British Mission letters, 1887-1888, Church History Library
British Mission letters, 1887-1888, Church History Library, 2 September 1887.
KEEP FIRST Presidency missionary calls and recommendations, 1877 - 1918
KEEP FIRST Presidency missionary calls and recommendations, 1877 - 1918, 15 April 1882.
KEEP FIRST Presidency missionary calls and recommendations, 1877 - 1918, 4 April 1885.
KEEP INDEX to the British Mission manuscript history and historical reports
KEEP INDEX to the British Mission manuscript history and historical reports, Page 162.
Millennial Star
"Daniel H. Wells, Farewell", Millennial Star, 49, (21 February 1887), 8.
George Teasdale, "Valedictory", Millennial Star, (29 September 1890), 52, no. 39.
George Teasdale, "Once More", Millennial Star, (13 December 1886), 48, no. 50.
MISSIONARY Department missionary registers, 1860-1959
MISSIONARY Department missionary registers, 1860-1959, 9 April 1868, Vol. 2, Page 11, Line 420.
MISSIONARY Department missionary registers, 1860-1959, 9 April 1868, Vol. 1, Page 10, Line 420.
MISSIONARY Department missionary registers, 1860-1959, February, Vol. 1, Page 31, Line 1303.
MISSIONARY Department missionary registers, 1860-1959, February, Vol. 2, Page 33, Line 1303.
Pioneer
Johnson, Sixtus Ellis, [Journal], in David Ellis Johnson, comp., Leaves from the Family Tree of Sixtus Ellis Johnson [1955], 121-42
Johnson, Sixtus Ellis, [Journal], in David Ellis Johnson, comp., Leaves from the Family Tree of Sixtus Ellis Johnson [1955], 121-42.
Sixtus E. Johnson Emigrating Company journal
Sixtus E. Johnson Emigrating Company journal, July.
Transcript for Sixtus E. Johnson Emigrating Company journal, 1861 July-September
University of California Utah and the Mormons collection
"George Teasdale, autobiography", University of California Utah and the Mormons collection, Page 11-13.
Transcript for "George Teasdale, autobiography," 11-13.
