Grant Watkins Baker

Birth Date
On 1915 November 26
Death Date
On 1998 October 28
Gender
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Born in Mendon, Cache, Utah, United States

1915 November 26

Date Details

Occurred On 1915 November 26
Birth

Relationships

Father
Alma Morgan Baker
Mother
Elise Watkins

Baptized

1923 November 26 (Age 8)

Set Apart as Missionary

Swiss and German Mission
1937 October 13 – 1938 January (Age 21)

Start Date Details

Set Apart
Sources

End Date Details

Ended On 1938 January
Released

Additional Information

Marital Status at Start of Position
Single
Residence When Called
Pleasant Green Ward, Oquirrh Stake
Priesthood Office When Called
Seventy
Location Served
Swiss and German
Mission Qualifier
Proselytizing
Set Apart By
Joseph Francis Merrill
Additional Notes

  Set apart for the "German" Mission in Oct 1937.


Called as Missionary

West German Mission
1938 January – 1939 September (Age 22)

Start Date Details

Called
Sources

End Date Details

Ended On 1939 September
Departed from the Field

Additional Information

Location Served
West German
Mission Qualifier
Proselytizing
Additional Notes

   Serving in the new West German Mission in 1938 due to the Swiss-German and German-Austrian Missions being dissolved in the later part of 1937.

Evacuation of missionaries to the states in Sep 1939 due to the war in Europe.

Media
Munchen District missionary meeting, 8 May 1939
Munchen District missionary meeting, 8 May 1939
Missionary Meeting in Augsberg, February 1939
Missionary Meeting in Augsberg, February 1939
Missionary Meeting in Augsburg - 10 Feb 1939
Missionary Meeting in Augsburg - 10 Feb 1939
Munchen District meeting in Augsburg - 10 Feb 1939
Munchen District meeting in Augsburg - 10 Feb 1939
Missionaries of the West German Mission - Frankfurt, May 30, 1939.
Missionaries of the West German Mission - Frankfurt, May 30, 1939.

Called as Missionary

Northern States Mission
1939 September – December 23 (Age 23)

Start Date Details

Called
Sources

End Date Details

Ended On 1939 December 23
Arrived at Home

Additional Information

Location Served
Northern States
Mission Qualifier
Proselytizing

Died in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States

1998 October 28 (Age 82)

Date Details

Occurred On 1998 October 28
Died

Media
Grant Watkins Baker (1915 - 1998) Profile
Grant Watkins Baker (1915 - 1998) Profile
Munchen District missionary meeting, 8 May 1939
Munchen District missionary meeting, 8 May 1939
Missionary Meeting in Augsberg, February 1939
Missionary Meeting in Augsberg, February 1939
Missionary Meeting in Augsburg - 10 Feb 1939
Missionary Meeting in Augsburg - 10 Feb 1939
Munchen District meeting in Augsburg - 10 Feb 1939
Munchen District meeting in Augsburg - 10 Feb 1939
Missionaries of the West German Mission - Frankfurt, May 30, 1939.
Missionaries of the West German Mission - Frankfurt, May 30, 1939.