James Oswald
Birth Date
On 1860 January 4 (Born)
Death Date
On 1935 September 18 (Died)
Gender
Male
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Pioneer
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Born in Woolwich, Kent, England, United Kingdom
1860 January 4
Mother
Hanna Lark Bensley (1834 - 1905)
Father
John Robert Oswald (1834 - 1908)
Date Details
Occurred On 1860 January 4
Traveled in
Daniel D. McArthur Company (1868)
1868 August 14 – September 2 (Age 8)
Pioneers in Company
Traveling Group
William Oswald (Age 6)
Hanna Lark Bensley (Age 34)
John Robert Oswald (Age 34)
Walter Oswald (Age 3)
John Archibald Oswald (Age 12)
Charlotte Audrey Payne Oswald (Age 1)
Date Details
Started On 1868 August 14
Joined Company
Ended On 1868 September 2
Company Arrived
Baptized
1877 November 28 (Age 17)
Served in
Hawaiian Mission
1885 April 8 – 1887 October 5 (Age 25)
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Mission Type
Proselytizing
Marital Status
Married
Missionary Activity Notes
Arrived in Field/Release Date(s) per Hawaiian Mission Index, 1850-1930.
Priesthood Office
Seventy
Residence When Called
Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah Territory, United States
Set Apart By
Seymour Bicknell Young
Location Served
Sandwich Islands
Date Details
Started On 1885 April 8
Set Apart
On 1885 April 22
Arrived in Field
Ended On 1887 October 5
Released
On 1887 October 25
Departed from Field
Died in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States
1935 September 18 (Age 75)
Media
James Oswald (1860 - 1935) Profile
Sources
Person
1900 Utah Census, Salt Lake County
1900 Utah Census, Salt Lake County.
Deseret News
"Funeral Sunday For Church Worker Slated For 1 p. m.", Deseret News, (21 September 1935), Page 6.
New York Passenger Lists, 1820-1957
New York Passenger Lists, 1820-1957.
Salt Lake Tribune
"Salt Lake Constable, Former Missionary to Hawaii, Succumbs", Salt Lake Tribune, (19 September 1935), Page 8.
Mission
First Presidency missionary calls and recommendations, 1877 - 1918
First Presidency missionary calls and recommendations, 1877 - 1918, 27 March 1884.
MISSIONARY Department missionary registers, 1860-1959
MISSIONARY Department missionary registers, 1860-1959, 8 April 1885, Vol. A, Page 75, Line 3226.
MISSIONARY Department missionary registers, 1860-1959, 8 April 1885, Vol. B, Page 82, Line 3226.
Pioneer
Perpetual Emigrating Fund Company church trains accounts, 1861-1868
"Captain D. D. McArthur, memorandum book, 1868", Perpetual Emigrating Fund Company church trains accounts, 1861-1868, Page 23.