Giuseppe Efisio Taranto
Alternate Names
Joseph Toronto (Alternate Name)
Birth Date
On 1818 June 25 (Born)
Death Date
On 1883 July 6 (Died)
Gender
Male
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Mission Activity
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Pioneer
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Born in Cagliari, Cagliari, Sardinia, Italy
1818 June 25
Mother
Angela Maria Fazio
Father
Francesco Matteo Antonio Taranto
Date Details
Occurred On 1818 June 25
Baptized by
George Benjamin Wallace
1843 (Age 24)
Traveled in
Brigham Young Company (1848)
1848 June 5 – September 24 (Age 29)
Pioneers in Company
Date Details
Started On 1848 June 5
Joined Company
Ended Between 1848 September 20 – 24
Company Arrived
Served in
Italian Mission
1849 October 19 – 1852 (Age 31)
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Mission Type
Proselytizing
Marital Status
Single
Priesthood Office
Seventy
Residence When Called
Great Salt Lake City, Great Salt Lake, Deseret, United States
Served With
Lorenzo Snow
Date Details
On 1849 October 6
Called
Started On 1849 October 19
Departed from Home
On 1850 June 25
Arrived in Field
Ended On 1852
Released
Served in
Swiss Mission
1876 January 17 – 1877 May 8 (Age 57)
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Mission Type
Proselytizing
Marital Status
Plurally Married
Priesthood Quorum When Called
3rd
Priesthood Office
Seventy
Residence When Called
Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah Territory, United States
Set Apart By
John Taylor
Location Served
Palermo, Sicily
Date Details
Started On 1876 January 17
Set Apart
Ended On 1877 May 8
Released
Died in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah Territory, United States
1883 July 6 (Age 65)
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Giuseppe Efisio Taranto (1818 - 1883) Profile
Sources
Person
1870 Utah Census
1870 Utah Census. Salt Lake County.
1880 Utah Census, Salt Lake County
1880 Utah Census, Salt Lake County.
Mission
Historical Department journal history of the Church, 1830-2008
Historical Department journal history of the Church, 1830-2008, 19 October 1849.
Historical Department journal history of the Church, 1830-2008, 6 October 1849, Page 3.
Historical Department journal history of the Church, 1830-2008, 7 October 1849.
Italian Mission history, 1849-1854, Church History Library
Italian Mission history, 1849-1854, Church History Library.
MISSIONARY Department missionary registers, 1860-1959
MISSIONARY Department missionary registers, 1860-1959, 17 January 1876, Vol. B, Page 35, Line 1362.
MISSIONARY Department missionary registers, 1860-1959, 17 January 1876, Vol. A, Page 32, Line 1362.
Pioneer
Camp of Israel schedules and reports, 1845-1849
Camp of Israel schedules and reports, 1845-1849. Brigham Young's 1848 emigration division, First 100, report: Page 1-6.
Historical Department journal history of the Church, 1830-2008
Historical Department journal history of the Church, 1830-2008. Supplement after 31 December 1848: Page 9.
