Joseph Lawson
Birth Date
On 1824 December 9 (Born)
Death Date
On 1896 January 1 (Died)
Gender
Male
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Mission Activity
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Pioneer
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Born in Douglas, Isle Of Man, United Kingdom
1824 December 9
Mother
Margaret Coltier
Father
Edward Lawson
Date Details
Occurred On 1824 December 9
Baptized by John Muncaster
1844 February 27 (Age 19)
Traveled in
John Hindley Company (1855)
1855 June 7 – September 3 (Age 30)
Pioneers in Company
Date Details
Started On 1855 June 7
Joined Company
Ended On 1855 September 3
Company Arrived
Married
Ruth Margaret Greenway
1855 September 9 (Age 30)
Served in
British Mission
1866 April 21 – 1869 October 16 (Age 41)
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Mission Type
Proselytizing
Marital Status
Married
Priesthood Quorum When Called
53rd
Priesthood Office
Seventy
Residence When Called
Ogden, Weber, Utah Territory, United States
Set Apart By
John Taylor
Location Served
Isle of Man, Pembrokeshire, Wales, Gloucestershire and Herefordshire, England
Date Details
Started On 1866 April 21
Set Apart
Ended On 1869 October 16
Released
Served in
British Mission
1889 May 29 – August 31 (Age 64)
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Mission Type
Proselytizing
Marital Status
Married
Priesthood Office
High Priest
Residence When Called
Menan, Bingham, Idaho Territory, United States
Location Served
Isle of Man
Date Details
Started On 1889 May 29
Called
Ended On 1889 August 31
Departed from Field
Died in Ogden, Weber, Utah Territory, United States
1896 January 1 (Age 71)
Media
Joseph Lawson (1824 - 1896) Profile
Sources
Person
Deseret Evening News
"Obituary: Elder Joseph Lawson", Deseret Evening News, (28 January 1896), Page 6.
Deseret Weekly
"Obituary Notes", Deseret Weekly, (8 February 1896), Page 254.
Mission
Joseph Lawson, First Mission to Great Britain
Joseph Lawson, First Mission to Great Britain, Devin McFarlane.
Joseph Lawson, Second Mission to Great Britain
Joseph Lawson, Second Mission to Great Britain, Devin McFarlane.
MISSIONARY Department missionary registers, 1860-1959
MISSIONARY Department missionary registers, 1860-1959, 21 April 1866, Vol. A, Page 8, Line 321.
MISSIONARY Department missionary registers, 1860-1959, 21 April 1866, Vol. B, Page 9, Line 321.
Pioneer
Joseph Lawson papers, 1855-1879
Joseph Lawson papers, 1855-1879.
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Utah State History Cemeteries and Burials Database
Utah State History Cemeteries and Burials Database.