John Jacob Schaerrer
Alternate Names
John Jacob Scharrer (Alternate Name)
Birth Date
On 1845 December 28 (Born)
Death Date
On 1931 December 2 (Died)
Gender
Male
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Mission Activity
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Pioneer
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Born in Hegi, Winterthur, Zürich, Switzerland
1845 December 28
Mother
Anna Goetz (1817 - 1888)
Father
Hans Heinrich Schaerrer (1813 - 1889)
Date Details
Occurred On 1845 December 28
Baptized by
Johann Jacob Naef
1858 December 1 (Age 12)
Traveled in
James Darling Ross Company (1860)
1860 June 14 – September 3 (Age 14)
Pioneers in Company
Date Details
Started On 1860 June 14
Joined Company
Ended On 1860 September 3
Company Arrived
Served in
Swiss and German Mission
1877 May 5 – 1879 May 15 (Age 31)
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Mission Type
Proselytizing
Marital Status
Married
Priesthood Quorum When Called
46th
Priesthood Office
Seventy
Residence When Called
Payson, Utah, Utah Territory, United States
Set Apart By
Orson Pratt
Location Served
Switzerland and Germany
Date Details
Started On 1877 May 5
Set Apart
On 1877 July 14
Arrived in Field
Ended On 1879 May 15
Departed from Field
On 1879 June 11
Arrived at Home
Called as President to
Swiss and German Mission
1891 June 26 – July 18 (Age 45)
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Mission Type
Proselytizing
Marital Status
Plurally Married
Missionary Activity Notes
He was appointed mission president to replace
J. Theodore Brandley
.
Priesthood Quorum When Called
116th
Priesthood Office
Seventy
Residence When Called
Payson, Utah, Utah Territory, United States
Set Apart By
George Reynolds
Location Served
Switzerland and Germany
Date Details
Started On 1891 June 26
Set Apart
Ended On 1891 July 18
Released
Called as President to
Swiss and German Mission
1891 June 26 – 1894 February 22 (Age 45)
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Mission Type
Proselytizing
Marital Status
Plurally Married
Priesthood Quorum When Called
46th
Priesthood Office
Seventy
Residence When Called
Swiss and German Mission
Set Apart By
George Quayle Cannon
Location Served
Switzerland and Germany
Date Details
Started On 1891 June 26
Set Apart
On 1891 September 15
Arrived at Home
On 1891 September 15
Arrived in Field
Ended On 1894 February 22
Departed from Field
On 1894 March 18
Arrived at Home
Died in Payson, Utah, Utah, United States
1931 December 2 (Age 85)
Media
John Jacob Scharrer (1845 - 1931) Profile
Sources
Person
New York Passenger Lists, 1820-1957
New York Passenger Lists, 1820-1957.
Saints By Sea
"Henry Scharrer. ID: 64525", Saints By Sea.
Salt Lake Telegram
"Deaths: John Jacob Schaerrer", Salt Lake Telegram, (3 December 1931), Page 15.
Mission
FIRST Presidency missionary calls and recommendations, 1877 - 1918
FIRST Presidency missionary calls and recommendations, 1877 - 1918, 13 April 1891.
FIRST Presidency missionary calls and recommendations, 1877 - 1918, 21 May 1891.
MISSIONARY Department missionary registers, 1860-1959
MISSIONARY Department missionary registers, 1860-1959, 5 May 1877, Vol. A, Page 38, Line 1604.
MISSIONARY Department missionary registers, 1860-1959, 5 May 1877, Vol. B, Page 41, Line 1604.
MISSIONARY Department missionary registers, 1860-1959, 26 May 1891, Vol. A, Page 114, Line 170.
MISSIONARY Department missionary registers, 1860-1959, 26 June 1891, Vol. B, Page 123, Line 170.
Pioneer
Brigham Young office emigrating companies reports, 1850-1862
"Emigration list for Spring, 1860", Brigham Young office emigrating companies reports, 1850-1862, Page 1-46.
Frank Esshom, Pioneers and Prominent Men of Utah: Comprising Photographs, Genealogies, Biographies (1913)
Frank Esshom, Pioneers and Prominent Men of Utah: Comprising Photographs, Genealogies, Biographies (1913), Page 1148.
Historical Department journal history of the Church, 1830-2008
Historical Department journal history of the Church, 1830-2008. Supplement after 31 December 1860: Page 25.